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Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 144: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council has not passed on the November interest rate cut to everyone entitled to it and has told those inquiring that DCC is unable to pass on this cut due to a new system it is implementing. [4181/12]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (24 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date the organisational review programme of the Department of the Taoiseach, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Department of Education and Skills, and Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government will be completed. [3798/12]

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (24 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is considering the freezing of civil and public sector pay increments in his preparation for budget 2013. [3799/12]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the addresses of the 2,000 housing units to be made available for social housing by the National Asset Management Agency, including the number of beds that each unit is suited for. [3347/12]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 422: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number to date of the 2,000 housing units to be made available for social housing by the National Asset Management Agency that have been assessed for suitability as housing units in regard to their general condition, accessibility and proximity to essential services; and when this process will be...

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (24 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 445: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will give a breakdown of housing estates which are exempt from the household charge due to their status as ghost estates. [3614/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 567: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the impact assessments that have been carried out regarding the proposed relocation of the Ballymun social work department to Park House on the North Circular Road, Dublin. [3273/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 568: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions that have been taken by management in the Health Service Executive to appraise concerns among social workers regarding the proposed move of the Ballymun social work department to Park House, Dublin. [3274/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 569: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the rational for the relocation of administrative staff from offices in Rathdown Road, to the purpose-built social work department in Ballymun rather than to Park House on the North Circular Road, Dublin. [3275/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 570: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action being taken to ensure that the relocation of the Ballymun social work department to Park House on the North Circular Road, Dublin, will not damage the provision of mandatory minimum standards of service laid out under the Child Care Act 1991, as well as other legislation, standards, and her policy. [3276/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 571: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the work being done to ensure that social work services will not be disrupted in the transition from Health Service Executive competence to that of the Child and Family Support Agency. [3277/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 572: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that the proposal for relocation of social work services requires full impact assessment and equality proofing to ensure that service is maintained at the mandatory standard outlined by legislation and best practice guidelines. [3278/12]

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: It was not cents but billions of euro.

Mortgage Arrears (19 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: There are roughly 100,000 distressed mortgages in the State, with €1 billion in arrears owed. Some 8.1% or 62,970 mortgages are 90 days or more behind with payments. The average amount of the arrears is just over €17,000. There are 46,371 mortgages in arrears for over 180 days. The average arrears in these cases is approximately €21,000. The director of FLAC said that the number of...

Mortgage Arrears (19 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister of State. I am glad to hear we are considering these mortgages before people end up losing their homes. That is very important. However, the practice until lately, which varied in different local authorities and was a source of frustration, was to look at the situation at the very last minute, when people were virtually outside the door with the banks on their backs....

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (19 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected management and organisational structures of new further education and training authority SOLAS; and the percentage of its management that will come from the entity previously known as FÁS. [2958/12]

Written Answers — Third Level Charges: Third Level Charges (19 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that student contribution fee increases beyond 2012 were not included in the comprehensive expenditure report 2012 to 2014, if he will confirm that there will be no further increases beyond that announced in budget 2012. [2959/12]

Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Yesterday in the United States and other countries there was a shutdown of websites such as Google, Tumblr, Mozilla and Wikipedia.

Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: They shut down all day in protest at the Stop Online Piracy Act, SOPA. Under our criminal justice Bill, the cyber crime Bill is due to come into force. When will it be published? There are huge ramifications for the sharing of and access to information on the Internet and freedom of speech.

Dublin Airport Authority (12 Jan 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I met the chairman and we had a long discussion at the committee meeting. There was a concern in terms of the issue of the pay cap of €250,000 set by the Minister. It is too much one way or the other but in this time of austerity and given all that is happening in the economy, I have no wish to see us going beyond that amount. The chairman indicated he had no problem with this in...