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Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons: Statements (12 Jun 2025)

Dessie Ellis: We all want the best for our elderly relatives when it comes to their care in the latter part of their lives. They have paid their taxes and contributed to the growth and prosperity of the country. The least they deserve is to have a life without worry or stress in their twilight years. Some parents are cared for by family members in their own homes or in the homes of their adult children,...

Vacant Council Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2025)

Dessie Ellis: We are in a housing crisis. Over 2,700 vacant council properties are boarded up and lying vacant across the State. Of those, more than 800 have been vacant for over a year. It is estimated that Dublin alone accounts for 27% of such vacant properties. Dublin has a growing senior population and along with it an increase in the demand for senior citizen accommodation. There are a number...

Housing: Statements (10 Jun 2025)

Dessie Ellis: This man-made housing crisis continues to spiral out of control. We have once again, to the shame of this and previous Governments Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have been members of, reached record homeless figures. Over 15,500 people are now officially considered homeless, of whom over 4,600 are children. Bad as they are, these numbers do not take account of those affected by what is...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Business of Joint Committee (22 May 2025)

Dessie Ellis: I congratulate the Chair. I look forward to working with everyone. I am not sure whether we will be meeting every Thursday. Will that be the pattern from here on or has it been set? It is crucial to find out which days we will meet on, how often and what times we will be dealing with. Everyone has commitments and is trying to sort them out.

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Dessie Ellis: In my constituency of Dublin North-West, there are a great number of children and young people with autism and other special needs and disabilities who have been waiting for assessment and support services for a long time. I have had many parents come into my constituency office who are frustrated at the long waiting times for their children and who cannot progress or get the service they...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (15 May 2025)

Dessie Ellis: It is clear that the site is identified and that money, €1.3 million, is supposed to be allocated. However, there is real urgency here. People with severe acquired brain injuries are often left behind and end up in nursing homes with little or no supports or even therapy resulting in unimaginable misery, loneliness and despair. An Saol offers them and their families hope and a way...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (15 May 2025)

Dessie Ellis: An Saol Foundation is a charity that supports individuals who are unlikely to recover fully from their traumatic injuries and will therefore require life-long support. It also supports families affected by severe acquired brain injuries, SABIs. It is a strong advocate for those affected by severe brain injuries, ensuring respect and dignity for those suffering from this condition. It works...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Dessie Ellis: It is exactly a year since I raised the issue of the persistent delays in the redevelopment of Scoil Chiaráin in Glasnevin, which is a school for students with mild to moderate educational needs. A report commissioned by the school deemed the school building not fit for purpose. With everything effectively in place, the parents and the school authorities are at a loss to know when...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Schools Building Projects (13 May 2025)

Dessie Ellis: 844. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the proposed building for a school (details supplied), which has not progressed since the sod was turned in March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23214/25]

Children's Health Ireland: Statements (29 Apr 2025)

Dessie Ellis: As a consequence of what happened to our children, the board of CHI should step down and be relieved of its responsibility for the provision of services at CHI-----

Children's Health Ireland: Statements (29 Apr 2025)

Dessie Ellis: -----before more children are put at risk.

Children's Health Ireland: Statements (29 Apr 2025)

Dessie Ellis: Proper healthcare for children is crucial as it lays the foundation for their future well-being, development and success. It enables them to grow into healthy and productive adults. Good healthcare supports their physical, mental and emotional development. Proper investment in children’s health also benefits society by reducing future healthcare costs and promoting healthy...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Cancer Services (29 Apr 2025)

Dessie Ellis: 2424. To ask the Minister for Health the number waiting for a BreastCheck through the HSE’s national screening service for each CHO; the average wait time for BreastCheck for each CHO; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20808/25]

Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2025)

Dessie Ellis: In the lifetime of this Government.

Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2025)

Dessie Ellis: The aim of this Bill is to scrap water charges once and for all and to give people-----

Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2025)

Dessie Ellis: -----certainty that the prospect of such charges being introduced will never arise again.

Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2025)

Dessie Ellis: Eight years after the legislation to introduce water charges was passed, efforts have been made in recent days to reintroduce the charges, which were described as a high-level priority by the Department of housing. Uisce Éireann’s water charges plan 2024 describes in full how excess water charges for domestic users will work. In order to implement these water charges, Uisce...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (3 Apr 2025)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister of State. I am delighted that the land swap has been agreed, there but I am worried about the Minister of State's comment to the effect that there are a lot of surveys to be done. The Oscar Traynor Woods complex is right beside the school. Some 895 apartments and houses are being built there. In nearby Whitehall, Santry and Coolock, vast numbers of apartments are also...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (3 Apr 2025)

Dessie Ellis: Táim an-bhuíoch den Aire as an seans labhairt faoi Ghaelscoil Cholmcille, a bunaíodh in 1996. Gaelscoil Cholmcille was founded in 1996. Its first years were spent in the upstairs rooms of the football club St. Kevin’s in Santry, Dublin 9. It is a very successful Gaelscoil and has a great academic reputation. It is a very popular choice for parents in the area....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Apr 2025)

Dessie Ellis: Car insurance hikes are hitting the ordinary motorist, particularly loyal customers. Despite certain reforms that lowered legal costs and claims, these savings are not being passed on to the customer. The Government has given a commitment in the programme for Government to publish a new action plan for insurance reform. When will this plan be published and its recommended reforms implemented?