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Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Dessie Ellis: What is seldom is wonderful.

Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2017)

Dessie Ellis: The figures released during the census of 2015 showed that 183,000 vacant homes throughout the country. Some 35,293 were in Dublin. This does not reflect the true figure of vacant homes, because local authorities just do not have the resources to deal with this and to ascertain what the true figure is. To properly identify them and determine the true figures vacant home officers must be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (3 Oct 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing and family hubs in Dublin to date in 2017; the location of each; the number of housing and family hubs planned for the remainder of 2017 for Dublin; the proposed locations of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41301/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (3 Oct 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 602. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large number of elderly persons' apartments unoccupied in complexes for elderly persons, for example, those in Glasanaon court and Mellows court, Finglas; if such empty bedsits or apartments can be renovated to a standard to accommodate the large number of elderly persons awaiting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister and his officials for attending. Everyone here, including the Minister, accepts that we need more social housing. It is important that we and the local authorities build more social housing in bigger quantities. We have seen applications for ten or 20 units. That is not going to solve the problem. There is almost the same amount of work involved in dealing with those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: It is only a matter of changing planning permission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: There are 20 CPOs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: Some 20 to 26-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: They are needed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: Chairman, this is a discussion between two people. I know that other members are trying to contribute. We have only a limited time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: We spoke about land banks. There is a huge amount of land at Dunsink Lane in Castleknock. Much of it was compulsorily purchased over the last while by Fingal County Council but there are no plans in place for building on that site. Recently I was at a meeting with the managers of Fingal County Council which was attended by some Deputies, and it was made clear that it has not been looked...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: It does not relate specifically to overcrowding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: One of the reason we ended up with so many voids was that the local authority staff was run down. There is no recruitment in the maintenance section of Dublin City Council. There are no apprenticeships, which we did have in the past. We are all talking about apprenticeships and getting people back into the workforce and producing the workforce. That was a big source of employment in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: I appreciate that, but it has a knock-on effect in terms of delivering the voids quickly.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: I wish to raise the plight of dozens of families I am dealing with on housing alone on a weekly basis in my constituency. In the majority of cases, landlords are seeking repossession because they are supposedly selling their properties or they or a family member are moving back in. Assuming proper notice is served and the RTB is satisfied, tenants are left with no alternative but to seek...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: Fianna Fáil councillors on Dublin City Council voted for a reduction in property tax.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: Fianna Fáil councillors vote for reductions in property tax.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: What about Fianna Fáil councillors on Dublin City Council?

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: That is a joke.

Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: And people to become homeless.