Results 421-440 of 4,612 for speaker:Dessie Ellis

Covid-19 (Education): Statements (14 Jan 2021)

Dessie Ellis: I have a number of questions for the Minister and I hope she will respond to some of them. I also wish to make a number of points. It is clear that occasionally there have been mixed messages and a breakdown in communication with parents, pupils, teachers and trade unions. Engaging with all stakeholders is extremely important and necessary. I acknowledge the Minister's announcement that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Insurance (15 Dec 2020)

Dessie Ellis: The Covid-19 pandemic has up-ended many areas of our lives. In normal circumstances, buying a home can often be a complex and stressful process. However, Covid-19 has made the purchase of a new home especially difficult for people with underlying health conditions. That is because individuals with underlying health conditions are finding it increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Insurance (15 Dec 2020)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister of State for his contribution, but he must use his influence. I accept he cannot interfere in the insurance market, but his influence is very important. I do not think it is acceptable at all to say that things can be delayed, because that effectively means the person has lost their house, and to wish them luck and tell them they must search again. The Minister of...

Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2020)

Dessie Ellis: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a thabhairt do mo chomrádaithe Teachtaí Dála O'Reilly agus McDonald mar gheall ar an mBille seo. Domestic violence has a devastating impact on the victim, family unit and wider community. According to Women's Aid, one in four women has been abused by a current or former partner. In 2019 alone, Women's Aid received more than 19,000 disclosures...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance (1 Dec 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance if professional drivers in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment will have issues with insurance cover directly relating to the period they were off work due to the gap in insurance coverage addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39892/20]

Scrambler Motorbikes and Quad Bikes: Motion [Private Members] (17 Nov 2020)

Dessie Ellis: In 2017 Sinn Féin moved its first Bill on quads and scramblers to tackle the scourge of the illegal use of these vehicles which has plagued our communities for years. In 2018 our Bill was debated in the Dáil and was voted down by the Government and Fianna Fáil. Since then, a number of deaths and many injuries have been caused by these vehicles. I have repeatedly raised this...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Nov 2020)

Dessie Ellis: There is a commitment in the programme for Government to provide extra funding for the retrofitting and insulation of Dublin City Council houses and apartments. It has been made known to me that no funding has been provided for a long time to Dublin City Council. This lack of funding has resulted in a complete standstill and suspension of the council's retrofitting programme. If we are...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Nov 2020)

Dessie Ellis: It is the Department.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Nov 2020)

Dessie Ellis: The problem is that the councils did not get funding from the Department.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Nov 2020)

Dessie Ellis: That is the problem. It is not funding that Dublin City Council has from property tax or anything else.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (10 Nov 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason those that are on the pandemic unemployment payment since March 2020 are not considered to be permanently impacted and do not qualify for the SUSI grant in 2020 under the change of circumstances appeal criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34615/20]

Ministerial Power (Repeal) (Ban Co-Living and Build to Rent) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2020)

Dessie Ellis: Is mór an trua nach bhfuil aon Aire anseo chun éisteacht linn, i mo thuairim. Tá sé dochreidte nach bhfuil aon duine anseo ag éisteacht linn agus le mo chomrádaí, an Teachta Eoin Ó Broin, a chuir an PMB os ár gcomhair anseo. The arguments Fianna Fáil and the Greens made against co-living while in opposition were valid then and are valid...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Oct 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the e-tendering process for quantity surveyors with regard to school construction projects; the quantity surveyors that were successful in the tendering process; the school projects for which their tenders were accepted from January 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27832/20]

Child Poverty: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: I welcome this motion put forward by the Social Democrats. The issue of child poverty is something I have great interest in. As a parent, there is nothing that means more to me than the welfare of children. What parents does not want to do their best for their children? Who would not want to provide their children with a stable life in a caring environment? The reality is that many...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (29 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current available supply of social and affordable housing; the number available in each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26959/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (29 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 910. To ask the Minister for Health when the commencement of the building of the primary healthcare centre in Finglas on the site of the Church of the Annunciation will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26944/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (29 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 912. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the delay to the construction of the new children’s hospital due to Covid-19; the amount this delay and halting in construction added to the existing costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26958/20]

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: There has been an unprecedented increase in the use of illegal fireworks across communities in Dublin. In my constituency of Dublin North-West, we have been plagued by individuals letting off bangers and rockets on a continual basis during the day, in the evening and at night for nearly three months. People are at the end of their tether with these incessant and at times deafening daily...

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: Táim an-bhuíoch don Teachta Joan Collins as an rún seo a chur os comhair an Tí. Five months ago more than 1,000 Debenhams workers in 11 stores across the Republic of Ireland were told the company was going into liquidation and they were to lose their jobs. Rather than set aside funds to pay the workers a proper redundancy package, the company transferred assets to the UK...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Anti-Social Behaviour (16 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: The daily and nightly misuse of fireworks is a menace in our communities. Throughout the country and particularly in Dublin, there has been an unprecedented level of use. With Hallowe'en more than a month away and no sign of their use abating, I shudder to think what we are in for. There have been many cases of fireworks having been thrown at people, animals, cars, buses and shops,...