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Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: It does not add up.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Following the recent tragic deaths in Carrickmines and the subsequent reaction of residents in blocking the resettlement of displaced families, could the Taoiseach organise a debate on discrimination against the Traveller community so that we can speak about the rights and ethnicity of that community and the blatant bigotry that exists in our society?

Order of Business (21 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Does the Deputy accept everything MI5 says? That is his problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I thank Mr. Mulvey for his presentation and wish him the best. I respect his honesty. He was passionate about the way he sees this. I was surprised that he was so straightforward in terms of what has happened. It is a great pity that we have Mr. Mulvey here to talk about all the issues around Sport Ireland but have ended up debating the whole Billy Walsh issue. I will touch on it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I have seen some of the developments. The committee has it on the list of things to do and we will make a visit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I raised the point because there is a huge conflict between the general sporting industry and the horse racing industry in trying to prevent it getting a grip in the way that it is a big sport in America, Wales and France. It is also very commercial.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Emissions Readings for Volkswagen Cars: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I thank Mr. Himmer and Mr. Nolan for their presentation. The first reaction of most people to this issue has been the scale of the problem, not only here but across the Continent. The reason this continued from 2009 and was only discovered in 2015 is difficult for anybody to understand. If the problem is confined to the EA189 engine and there are three different versions of it and if it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Emissions Readings for Volkswagen Cars: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Are there tax implications?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (21 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 89. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for a breakdown of funding for youth services and supports in west Wicklow from 2011 to 2015 to date; his plans to improve these services by providing, for example, a Garda Síochána diversion programme or outreach services, to address the growing demographic need and recent increased levels of young persons being out of school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (21 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the problems being experienced in west Wicklow relating to the lack of provision for 12 to 16 year olds who have been expelled from school, including no visits from an educational officer or social worker in over a year, no intra-agency collaboration across administrative boundaries; and her plans to improve this situation....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (21 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 157. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline in tabular form the funding that has been provided to west Wicklow in the past three years to deal with structural inequalities and spatial disadvantage. [36692/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (21 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 158. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the inequalities in County Wicklow relating to service provision for dealing with spatial disadvantage, deprivation and social exclusion, particularly in the east of the county; and the measures being put in place to enable communities and young persons to access the services they need. [36693/15]

Proceeds of Sale of Aer Lingus: Motion (20 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: First, I will comment on how the debate has been scheduled. The provision of just five minutes per speaker on such an important topic is very disappointing, particularly given that it will pass through the Seanad without even any nod to a debate. The discussion on the distribution of €335 million from the controversial sale of the State's share in Aer Lingus warrants a real debate....

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (20 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 447. To ask the Minister for Health the authority that a general practice has to ban a patient who is in receipt of a medical card, from its services because the person made a complaint to Dublin City Council regarding the parking of cars of the staff of the general practice outside a person's premises as they were a traffic hazard and a danger to children on the road. [36171/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (20 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 691. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that Irish citizens (details supplied) born in the North of Ireland who renew their drivers licence are now designated as from Northern Ireland; if his Department is aware of the potential difficulties this discrepancy in official documents may cause when travelling internationally; the action his Department is taking to...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Deich nóiméad.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Go raibh maith agat. I would like to express my sympathy to the friends, family and relatives of the ten members of the Traveller community so tragically killed. I also express my sympathy to the family, relatives and friends of Garda Tony Golden, who was tragically killed while performing his duties. This Government is a master of spin. It may have managed to lead RTE into believing...

Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: But the problem is still growing.

Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I am glad the Taoiseach told that to his Labour Party colleagues.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (13 Oct 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 424. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost per modular housing unit; the size of the units per square meter; and the facilities available in each unit. [35422/15]