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Covid-19 (Sport): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Dessie Ellis: I have a further small question. Are we setting up dedicated places for sports clubs or their members to be tested? I know we have Croke Park but will there be more local facilities in different areas to help communities?

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (28 May 2020)

Dessie Ellis: We will take four minutes each. We have been through challenging times before, most recently when the economy crashed and brought in an era of austerity. The austerity measures brought in often targeted the most vulnerable in society. Savage cuts were made to benefits, including the back-to-school allowance, the jobseeker’s allowance, the one-parent family allowance, the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Revenue Commissioners Staff (27 May 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance if the number of staff dealing with customers experiencing difficulties contacting the Revenue Commissioners regarding tax queries will be increased; if the tax office is taking telephone queries at this time; the measures that can be put in place to improve the response time for queries submitted online through the Revenue website; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 May 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 612. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the availability of psychiatric services at James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Blanchardstown for those that present at the hospital with mental health issues; his views on whether it is acceptable that on 19 May 2020 up to seven persons that presented to the hospital with mental health issues had to wait up to 24 hours before they were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (27 May 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 613. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE addiction tier 4 residential service (details supplied) will be reopened; if the asymptomatic persons presently accommodated in the facility would be better accommodated in other facilities that are available to house same in order that this facility be reopened as soon as possible to help reduce the risk of deaths from substance misuse and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 637. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether boutique gyms, micro gyms and those that offer personal training and small group personal training would be more suited to inclusion in phase 3 of the Covid-19 re-opening phases which allows for indoor sporting activities in which social distancing is adhered to behind closed doors rather than in phase 5...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (20 May 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 668. To ask the Minister for Health the last occasion a service has seen or assessed a person (details supplied) who was originally assessed when the person was four or five years of age; the status of the services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5618/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 May 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 800. To ask the Minister for Health the bed and staff capacity of the Silverbirch Unit in Blanchardstown Hospital; if this unit is currently in use; if not, the locations where the staff are currently employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6863/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (20 May 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 801. To ask the Minister for Health the status of testing, retesting and tracing of all staff and residents in nursing homes and residential units to allow the eventual opening of these facilities to visitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6864/20]

Covid-19 (Health) - Statements (14 May 2020)

Dessie Ellis: Mental Health Reform has indicated that the Covid-19 pandemic is leading to a surge in mental health issues and a recent report by the mental health department of the World Health Organization, WHO, to the UN stated that, "the world could expect to see an upsurge in the severity of mental illness, including amongst children, young people and healthcare workers". The report continued by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (13 May 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 697. To ask the Minister for Health if medicinal cannabis can be provided here without the necessity of patients having to travel abroad to acquire the product; if so, the location it can be sourced; the requirements for acquiring same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4863/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (13 May 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 699. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanism and criteria to reimburse families that have had to travel abroad to obtain medicinal cannabis; the length of time it takes for families to be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4867/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 May 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 700. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4871/20]

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (20 Feb 2020)

Dessie Ellis: I dtús báire, gabhaim buíochas le gach duine a thug tacaíocht dom agus do mo pháirtí. Freisin, gabhaim buíochas le m’fhoireann a d'obair go crua mar gheall orm féin agus Sinn Féin. Congratulations, a Cheann Comhairle, on your election. It is wonderful for you and your family. I am honoured to be returned to the Dáil for the...

Section 39 Organisations: Motion [Private Members] (17 Dec 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh na daoine sa Ghailearaí atá ag féachaint ar na rudaí atá ar siúl anseo. Tá mé an-bhuíoch go bhfuil deis agam mo thacaíocht a thabhairt don Bhille seo, atá curtha chun cinn ag mo chomrádaí, an Teachta Ó Caoláin. I welcome the people in the Visitors Gallery and those watching...

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2019)

Dessie Ellis: The Taoiseach is going to hear more diatribe.

Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2019)

Dessie Ellis: For many in the rental sector, this is a very worrying time. Spiralling rents and decreasing numbers of rental properties are making them feel very vulnerable and not in control of their lives. Many who are in good, secure employment are facing the prospect of homelessness. Sinn Féin has been advocating a rent freeze for years. I called for such a freeze on a number of occasions when...

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Dessie Ellis: It might.

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Dublin North-West stretches across and includes Cabra and Whitehall. Most of those who go to these bingo halls, most of whom are elderly, do so to go out. I do not consider it a form of gambling; I just see it as a form of entertainment for most of them. My mother is not well but she used to do it. I seek clarity on the figure of €5,000 per week. My local soccer club holds a...

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Dessie Ellis: May I come in on the same issue?