Results 81-100 of 330 for long speaker:Dessie Ellis

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Will that take long?

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: ...and compassion of our nurses. However, nurses and midwives in our hospitals do not feel valued or respected. They feel that they are being taken advantage of because they are caring for people. They feel that as long as they keep doing what they are doing without complaining, the more that will be asked of them. They should never be made to feel this way. They deserve consideration,...

Children's Rights: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: ...to provide for the wellbeing, education and development of children". I am at a loss, however, as to why the Labour Party did not come to the same conclusions when it was in government not that long ago. Everything the Labour Party has said in the motion makes sense. Labour was in government with Fine Gael and had the Ministers who could have implemented many of these proposals. Not...

Children's Rights: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: ...family benefit for children over the age of seven, cut the clothing and footwear allowance and cut the carer's allowance. The full list of cuts the Labour Party made while in government is too long to outline in the short time I have. By any accounts this is a shameful record but it is a thoroughly shameful record for a party that claims to represent the working class.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Dessie Ellis: ...tackled. I am curious. Will some sort of memorandum be given to the Garda? If certain rules will have to be followed, they will need to be outlined clearly. An examination of this sector is long overdue. In light of the way we have introduced licences into the taxi industry, we should have a ceiling on the numbers of rickshaws. We should not just rubber-stamp applications for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Dessie Ellis: ...have been operated. I am trying to figure out how this one will be much better than previous PPPs. On some of them the sod has been turned about six times. I find it frustrating that it takes so long. The pulling together of public and private has been a major problem. I am told by management of Dublin City Council that the Scribblestown scheme should start before Christmas, but I...

Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)

Dessie Ellis: ...to this emergency are not working. The crisis reflects the Government's failure through its reliance on the private sector to deliver housing. It is clear that this policy has failed and will continue to fail for as long as the Government pursues its ideology. The pandering of the Government to the private sector and its reliance on the market is something about which we should be very...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (21 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: ...especially in the case of families. Hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation are often booked on a daily basis, leaving families in a terrible and uncertain situation, sometimes having to travel long distances, if they can even afford it, at the last minute to secure beds for the night. Most families and individuals who are homeless with Dublin City Council are now spending up to three...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: ...within it. There are 9,652 on the homeless list for April, 3,689 of whom are children. The length of time people are homeless, whether in a hotel, a bed and breakfast or a hostel, is getting longer and longer. The Minister said there was a speeding up with regard to the hubs but that is because many people from the hubs are taking HAP tenancies, where and if they can get that. This is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: ...opportunities to acquire homes, such as when Ires Reit bought large numbers of apartments in Hampton Wood. If we are not building homes, we at least should try to buy them. We will get better value for money in the long run if we do so. That is the point I was making to the Minister. It greatly upsets me that Ires Reit has 130 units in Hampton Wood, and will benefit from HAP. The...

Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: ...that target and waiting times have grown substantially ever since. The reality is that the number waiting for more than 18 months for inpatient or day case treatment has soared. The number of long-term waiters on outpatient waiting lists has increased substantially. They show an increase of 29,956 since May last year. According to the 2017 Euro Health Consumer Index, Ireland had the...

Topical Issue Debate: Light Rail Projects (18 Apr 2018)

Dessie Ellis: ...the Minister for his reply. There has been a huge amount of consultation on this project over the years. There were very contentious consultations before the project was scrapped and put on the long finger in 2011 but the current proposal regarding the land of Na Fianna is the most contentious I have seen. It does not make sense. When I met the NTA and other parties at the recent...

Topical Issue Debate: Light Rail Projects (18 Apr 2018)

Dessie Ellis: ...per year. There are major benefits relating to employment, not just during the construction phase, which would provide 4,000 jobs, but afterwards, with the creation of new jobs and businesses all along the area served by metro north. It will also help in regenerating areas and provide badly needed access to Dublin Airport. We must also be conscious of the impact that long-term...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply Leakages (7 Mar 2018)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister for his response. I get very frustrated over this because, for many years as a councillor, long before I became a Deputy, I heard constant talk about the water shortage in the greater Dublin area. I have been at meeting after meeting over the years. This is going back well over ten years but we are still no closer to having the problem resolved. There are shortages...

Other Questions: Homeless Persons Data (27 Feb 2018)

Dessie Ellis: ...hostels, bed and breakfast accommodation and hotels. Many of these are being lumbered around the city, far from their families, friends and where they are being educated. It is scandalous. The long-term effects of this on the children going through it will be massive.

Topical Issue Debate: Light Rail Projects Provision (31 Jan 2018)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister. We all welcome metro north and we are waiting for it to get moving. I wish we could speed up the process as the timeframe is a bit long. There is an onus on the Minister, the Department, the NTA and Transport Infrastructure Ireland. They should look at the project and all the State agencies should be instructed to examine it. It would not cost an arm and a leg to...

Topical Issue Debate: Light Rail Projects Provision (31 Jan 2018)

Dessie Ellis: ...Valley, Dunsoghly, Rathvilly, Virginia, Kilshane and Deanstown have little or no service, although they have many elderly residents, young children and people with disabilities who cannot walk long distances. One of the first public private partnerships for 70 housing units is planned for Scribblestown and the project is expected to start in the near future. Dunsink Lane in Finglas,...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Dessie Ellis: ...influenced by the Catholic Church and other conservative institutions. Women were treated as second-class citizens and the Magdalen homes were a consequence of that mindset, but we have come a long way since the condom trains to the northern part of the country. Even the acquisition of the morning after pill was outlawed throughout the 1970s and 1980s and as a result, thousands of women...

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2018)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, has been telling everyone for a long time that he is planning to introduce an affordable housing scheme. Yesterday a list of forthcoming legislation was published by the Government. Amazingly, despite the significant housing crisis, there was no mention of an affordable housing scheme. Many citizens remain...

Hospital Trolley Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2018)

Dessie Ellis: ...departments that were evident some years ago are now a crisis that manifests itself all year round. Why do patients, some of whom are very elderly, have to wait for unreasonable and extremely long times in accident and emergency departments? Why do they have to spend so much time lying on trolleys or sitting in chairs placed around accident and emergency departments? Among the many...