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Olympics 2012 (6 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: This is a golden opportunity to advertise Ireland and the facilities available here. As the Minister of State noted, facilities such as the National Aquatic Centre and the National Sports Campus, as well as other sites in Limerick and elsewhere, will be utilised. As this is a great opportunity to attract both teams and tourists, it is important that we make an effort. Any way by which...

Olympics 2012 (6 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Perhaps the recent VAT reductions in respect of accommodation, restaurants and so on might be promoted and people made aware that it now is cheaper to come to Ireland. In addition, will the Minister of State be able to ascertain whether the Olympic torch can pass through Ireland? As it would be a great advertisement, is it part of the plan? My recollection is that there have been some...

Road Safety (6 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Have sanctions been imposed on Applus as a result of the revelations on the recent "Prime Time Investigates" programmes about irregularities in the industry? Has the Minister made representations about people being informed about tests? Test dates appear to pass people by and they are not notified that their test date is approaching. This happens constantly and constituents complain to me...

Tourism Promotion (6 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: As the Minister said, Tourism Ireland was set up as part of the Good Friday Agreement and as a body of the All Ireland Implementation Bodies. It markets the island of Ireland internationally while Fáilte Ireland markets the 26 Counties locally and the Northern Ireland Tourism Board markets the Six Counties locally. There seems to be a significant overlap in the work of the bodies. Does...

Tourism Promotion (6 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: I have heard the Minister's reply. I still believe there is much scope for linking up as regards tourism and the promotion of the canals and boating, for example. There is a significant potential to push this forward. We should aim to push forward an all-Ireland tourism approach and not to have a fragmented approach with money being expended in duplication. Proper co-ordination would...

Public Transport (6 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: I have a question on procedure to ask the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I ask why questions being dealt with in the House use the term, "details supplied". Is there a ruling? It seems unusual to me that we are not supplied with the information.

Sports Capital Funding (6 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Many sports are not being promoted which are of significant benefit to communities, particularly in disadvantaged areas. I am also conscious that many local sports clubs, be they GAA or soccer clubs, are in debt. This will become a bigger problem and many clubs will struggle to survive. When this happens I hope the Minister of State will look favourably on many of these clubs.

Sports Capital Funding (6 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: I concur with the Minister of State in regard to volunteers. A large number of people are volunteers and they are a great credit to communities. Sport has helped to improve areas massively. People participate in sport from an early age. In my area there have been major sports festivals. There was one in Farnham in Finglas recently in which 35 teams and hundreds of children participated....

Sports Capital Programme (6 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: The sports capital programme has been the lifeblood of communities. There is no doubt it has delivered hugely for them. In certain areas it has been politically driven. I take the comments of the Minister of State on board when he said he would not be part of any politically driven funding. There are sports capital projects in my area. He has given a guarantee before that projects that...

Taxi Industry (6 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will review the appointments to the Taxi Review Steering Group to ensure fair representation for all stakeholders. [19189/11]

Taxi Industry (6 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: I am disappointed that the Minister of State has made it clear he will not review the matter. As somebody who welcomed the steering group, I see it as a very important step. Previously, there was an elitist attitude on the part of the regulator who would not meet taxi men or public representatives even though many requests were made. I ask the Minister to consider the fact that the...

Written Answers — Tax Compliance: Tax Compliance (5 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding his work with regard to the programme for Government commitment to ensure that tax exiles make a fair contribution to the Exchequer. [18593/11]

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (5 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a report on the additional revenue raising measures currently being considered by him as part of the fifth quarter requirements of the EU-IMF programme. [18592/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (5 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Question 317: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the social welfare payments for which the universal social charge is deductible for the means test; if the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill has made changes to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18203/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (5 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Question 442: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to roll out replacement of senior citizen complexes, specifically Ballygall Road East and Mellowes Court, Finglas, Dublin 11, which are bedsit only, in view of the fact that these do not meet international best practice for social housing. [18868/11]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (5 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if cutbacks in the medical service have had any effect on the ability of An Garda Síochána to detain, arrest or charge persons suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol of drugs; if his attention has been drawn to any cases in which the absence of a medical professional to test a suspect has meant that a suspect had to be...

Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (5 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Question 618: To ask the Minister for Health if curtailments in the doctor on call service has had any effect on the availability of doctors to attend in order to test drivers who are suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18850/11]

Written Answers — Taxi Industry Reform: Taxi Industry Reform (5 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Question 630: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria used to select each member of the steering group on taxi industry reform; and the way each appointee met those criteria. [18297/11]

Written Answers — Taxi Industry Reform: Taxi Industry Reform (5 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Question 631: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will detail any relevant business interests of taxi review steering group appointees (details supplied); and any taxi licenses that they hold. [18298/11]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (5 Jul 2011)

Dessie Ellis: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the issue of special needs assistant cuts which are causing serious disruption in my constituency of Dublin North-West. We have been hit heavily by cuts to funding of SNAs and other special resource teachers like in the case of St. Brigid's national school in Finglas which has to...