Results 61-80 of 4,592 for speaker:Dessie Ellis

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: 493. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the atropine 0.01% eye drops, under trial since prior to 2021; to confirm if the trial will be concluded in January 2024, as outlined in a letter to a person (details supplied) from the Head of Pharmacy Function, HSE, as these drops have proven very effective for the daughter of the person; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank everyone for their input. I will probably end up going back over a few things. The Mental Health Commission carries out an annual review of mental health services in the State. That includes the lack of emergency services and out-of-service care and, as was said, difficulties in primary care. Does the commission cover manning levels and recruitment? I am curious as to whether...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: The housing crisis has reached an alarming level with significant implications for individuals and the economy as a whole. The underspend in the Department's capital budget between 2020 and 2022 and the missed targets for affordable housing delivery have only exacerbated this crisis. The Minister for Finance acknowledged, as did the Minister for Housing, Heritage and Local Government, that...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: What about your own? There have been objections in my area.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: Between 2020 and 2022, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage had a €1 billion underspend in its capital budget. It missed its targets for delivering affordable housing. In his budget speech, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael McGrath, described housing as the biggest domestic challenge we face today, yet the Government decided it would not make housing the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (7 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: 478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether it is the intention to continue with the refurbishment of a school (details supplied), with a view to modernising the school or if it is her Department's intention to build alongside the old school a new school to replace it; if she will clarify what her Department's plans for this school are; and if she will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: When Ms Carthy spoke about her experience on her trip to Brussels, and about the aeroplane and not being able to get a place in the cabin for a wheelchair, it reminded me that we always talk about buses and all sorts of transport but we never talk about aeroplanes and how difficult it is to manoeuvre in them and otherwise. We do not seem to take that into account. I thought the captain...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I think the original thing with the Saturday was that people who were working in Dublin went home and were able to vote at home. I do not necessarily accept all of that but I think that was the idea at the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: True enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I wanted to say one other thing on polling stations. When a person gets into the polling station to vote, they are supposed to have a private cubicle. None of them are wheelchair accessible. That is a point I have noticed over the past number of years. The polling station is said to be wheelchair accessible and wheelchair approved but my experience is that is not the case. That needs to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: We should have them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the witnesses for their input. They mentioned the EPSEN Act, which is currently under review. Part of the review covers expulsions, suspensions, the use of reduced timetables and restraint and seclusion practices in educational settings. I am curious about expulsions and suspensions in cases where a child develops even more behavioural problems, then we find that the school is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: What I was trying to ask about is the issue of mainstream schools, where a child starts developing the behavioural problems and has not been properly assessed. Is there not some fast-forward way of dealing with that? It seems an awful burden to put on a parent. Some get the child privately assessed. It is a real block for them to overcome this. Do we not have a fast-forward option?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank everyone for their presentations. I was thinking about CBM Ireland there. On the SDGs, the achievements in Ireland far outpace progress across much of the world. It should be a concern for all that while Ireland is achieving 80% of the SDGs on our own soil, globally only 15% of the targets are on track. What are the main reasons only 15% of the SDG targets are being met? What...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: We have similar figures here, perhaps not quite as bad, but not far off.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: 561. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to address the fact that there are no chiropodists currently available under the public health system in Finglas (details supplied); his plans to address the matter; the actions that have been taken to provide this type of care in the Finglas area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44026/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (5 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister's Department funds youth work to the tune of €72.9 million nationally, as he said. I understand that. The National Youth Council of Ireland, the people who advocate policy for young people at national level, is calling for €9.4 million to be invested in the youth work sector. It is proposing that €7.3 million of this additional funding go to various...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (5 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: The Finglas Youth Resource Centre has been a force in the Finglas area for almost 20 years, during which time the centre has been empowering young people in the Finglas community by giving them opportunities to learn and grow as valued members of the community. The centre provides young people aged between ten and 25 with a safe and welcoming space where they have opportunities to grow and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Enhanced Transport and Mobility Support Options for People with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister of State and Mr. O'Shea for his input. I have a question about people with disabilities purchasing a vehicle with that person being the driver of that vehicle. There is a repayment where they can reclaim the VAT and the vehicle registration tax, VRT. This can amount to €10,000 to €16,000 approximately, or somewhere in that region. We have many electric...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Enhanced Transport and Mobility Support Options for People with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: Yes.