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Road Traffic (All Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motor-cycle) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 May 2019)

Dessie Ellis: It should come as no surprise to anyone that Fianna Fáil has put together a Bill on quads and scramblers that is both ill-thought through and focused on forthcoming local elections. In October 2018, the Sinn Féin spokesperson on transport, Deputy Imelda Munster, and I brought to the Dáil a comprehensive Bill to regulate quads and scramblers. We made it clear at the time that...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 21: In page 15, to delete line 34 and substitute the following:“ Less than 6 months 90 days”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Dessie Ellis: I will be moving amendment No. 21.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Dessie Ellis: There is ample evidence to say that 90 days' notice is sufficient. Certainly 28 days' notice after six months is not good enough. We have heard of people dragging three, four or five children across the city looking for places under HAP. People are being pushed onto HAP and there are no places to be found. It has proved impossible for people who have been served an eviction notice to find...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Dessie Ellis: I support this amendment. It has posed an awful problem for many people to get back their deposits but if the deposit was set at an even higher level, that would pose a bigger problem. A deposit of a month's rent is a fair amount. We should not ask for more than that. Many people are struggling and it is proving nearly impossible for potential tenants to get additional money from a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Districts (8 May 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reverse the decision to downgrade Gorey Garda district resulting in the loss of its superintendent in 2013; the number of gardaí in the Gorey area in each of the years 2007 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19337/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Funding (8 May 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 598. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing drugs crisis in north County Wexford and that a group (details supplied) involved in the community response to the crisis has had its funding cut by 30%; his plans to address the crisis in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19336/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (18 Apr 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and dates of fire safety inspections that have been carried out at a centre (details supplied) from 2018 to date; the results of the inspections if they were carried out; if not, the reason such inspections were not carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18154/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Testing (18 Apr 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 192. To ask the Minister for Health if Forensic Science Ireland tests for potency of cannabis seized; if it tests for the purity of cannabis seized; if it confirms the presence of other substances in the cannabis, the details of the substances; the quantity of the other substances should they be present in the cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18201/19]

Autism Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a thabhairt do gach éinne sa Visitors Gallery. Bringing up a child with autism can be challenging for parents, particularly when other people do not understand the issues involved. Parents often find it more difficult to get their child access to educational and other services because of perceived issues related to the child’s condition....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Extradition Arrangements (26 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the case of a person (details supplied) facing extradition to Lithuania in view of the conditions faced by prisoners on pre-trial detention in Lithuanian prisons; his further views regarding the removal of a number of judges as a result of an anti-corruption investigation raising the potential for the denial of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (12 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the capacity of a centre (details supplied); if it is at full capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12190/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (12 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the capacity of a centre (details supplied) to accommodate additional asylum seekers and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12257/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Regeneration (12 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 715. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the final cost of a regeneration project in Ballymun, Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12177/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Regeneration (12 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 716. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of works to date on dwellings which were new builds as part of the Ballymun regeneration project and have since required remediation works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12178/19]

Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Sinn Féin will be tabling an amendment to the motion. I commend Independents 4 Change on tabling this Private Members' motion. For many local communities, the drugs crisis has got progressively worse. Tragically, it does not seem to have the same priority on the political agenda as it once did. From the early 1980s until 1996, the State had effectively abdicated its responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (7 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position of existing legislation in which a person using a motorised scooter uses it on a footpath; if this is not permissible under current legislation, the penalties in place for a person using the motorised scooter in such a manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11011/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: The fomeless figures are going up.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Organisations (6 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had exploratory talks with associations (details supplied) regarding an all-Ireland soccer team in line with the practice of the all-Ireland rugby team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10984/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he envisages changes to the plans for metro north; the timeline and dates which would include the period of the consultation process up to the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10985/19]