Results 1,421-1,440 of 4,672 for speaker:Dessie Ellis
- Order of Business (26 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: They cost €191,000 in Ballymun.
- Order of Business (26 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: Some 22 cost €4.2 million. Is the Government living in another world or something?
- Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: We are trying to stop them.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: They made a mess of that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Conviction Rates for Drink Driving: Discussion (25 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I thank the Garda and the RSA for their presentations. It is worrying that one person in ten has admitted to drink driving in the surveys that have been done. That is a massive number. I thought we had moved on as society. The attitude of the 62% who seem to think there is nothing wrong with drink driving is also shocking.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Conviction Rates for Drink Driving: Discussion (25 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: Sorry; that is what I meant. It is very worrying. However, I am glad the conviction rate has been clarified, because everybody nearly had a heart attack when we heard it. It is approximately 80%, which is below the European average so we must increase that. We have been conveying the message as much as we can, but obviously it must be done more extensively. We must look at every angle....
- Order of Business (24 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill is being debated in the Seanad this evening and the Dáil will review the Seanad amendments on Thursday. The process had been very messy and rushed, due to the Government’s foot-dragging. Nonetheless, we need the small measure of delaying rent reviews. Can the Taoiseach outline the remaining progress of the Bill through the...
- Order of Business (24 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: It is urgent.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: You wanted the process abandoned. That is what you wanted.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: That was the most ridiculous thing of all.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: That is not what you said.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I have to remind him.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: You were in favour of it.
- Developments in Mental Health Services: Statements (19 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: Mental health in Ireland is, thankfully, being increasingly discussed in an open and transparent way. For too many years there has been a stigma attached to mental health, which portrayed mental illness as a sign of personal weakness and a taboo subject within society in general. Mental health is not just the absence of mental illness but is in fact a level of mental well-being which equips...
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 21:In page 18, line 9, to delete “30” and substitute “10”. We want to substitute ten for 30. I think that makes more sense as 30 people would be just too many.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 22:In page 18, line 30, to delete “30” and substitute “10”.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 23:In page 18, line 36, to delete “A local authority chief executive” and substitute “The employees through an election”.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 24:In page 18, line 38, to delete “, in the opinion of that chief executive,”.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 25:In page 19, line 1, to delete “consider” and substitute “accept”.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 26:In page 23, line 35, to delete “A local authority chief executive” and substitute “An Elected Council in consultation with Stakeholder and Community Group”.