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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Jun 2023)

Dessie Ellis: 861. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to work in Ballymun Garda station. [27317/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Jun 2023)

Dessie Ellis: 862. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel assigned to the Santry-Whitehall area, given the closure of Whitehall Garda station. [27318/23]

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I welcome both the Bill and the new approach to dealing with child crime, which sees children more as victims of exploitation and not simply as delinquents intent on criminal or antisocial activity. The Bill provides for the prosecution of adults who groom children to commit crimes. It is something that has been advocated for by me and other Members of the Oireachtas across all parties for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disabled People's Organisations and the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (1 Jun 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank everyone for their input there. Once again, we can hear directly from the people who are most affected and the organisations representing them. We have heard from all of the different services, including the HSE and different groups, and often enough one gets bogged down listening to them when we talk about funding and so on. Having listened to everyone here, from the people with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Living with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank Dylan, Niamh, Padraic, Saoirse and Ciarán for their input. There is absolutely no doubt, from much of what they have said, that people have been let down badly, particularly those working in the disability sector and those who are disabled. I listened to the witnesses' stories. Each tells us what is happening to people on the ground. It is quite disturbing. We do not have...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: The constituency of Dublin North-West that I represent is served by three hospitals. The Mater hospital is a teaching hospital that provides acute and tertiary specialist services for approximately 190,000 people. The Mater hospital is also the national centre for a number of specialties, for example, spinal injuries, cardiac surgery, and heart and lung transplants. It is the home of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank everyone from all of the different Departments for their input. I will come back to the issue of housing and the housing adaptation grants for people with disabilities and older people. Obviously, these grants are administered by Dublin City Council and other local authorities. My experience has been that, in many cases, the defined thresholds are too high when it comes to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: Yes, but it is also the issue of what the terms are. For instance, I deal with people with autism who may need extra accommodation or otherwise whom the local authority, Dublin City Council, does not deem a priority. They are continually shot down. That whole system on how a judgment is made and who is a priority needs to be reviewed. I know Mr. O'Sullivan is talking about the priority...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: By and large, the local authorities do a good job but there is certainly a huge deficit there when it comes to people with disabilities in terms of getting more things done and expanding that definition. It is much more widespread than we think.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: Price gouging.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Primary Care Centres (11 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: It is more than ten years since Finglas was promised a primary care centre. A comprehensive study by the HSE and other services was carried out. It identified the urgent need to deliver a primary care centre in the north and west of Finglas. At the time, Finglas was the top priority on the list, ahead of Cabra and Blanchardstown primary care centres which were built a couple of years ago....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Primary Care Centres (11 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: As the Minister of State said, this is a fantastic place. The Church of Annunciation has been there for many years. It will be pulled down. The site is very large. It is in the heart of Finglas. I do not know why we cannot decide that this project can move ahead much more quickly. The Minister of State referred to the second quarter of this year. We are in the second quarter of this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (11 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank our guests for their contributions. I thank Michael in particular for sharing the lived experience he has had with us. He has shown us all of the obstacles that people with disabilities have to face and how he has overcome them, although, obviously, he still has more obstacles to overcome. My experience is that I deal with a lot of issues related to carers. As everyone knows,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (11 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I am curious about personal assistants.

Food Costs and High Grocery Bills: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I dtús báire gabhaim buíochas le mo chomhghleacaí an Teachta Louise O'Reilly as an rún seo a chur os comhair an Tí. The cost of buying groceries in Ireland soared by more than 15% in the year to January 2023. In addition, the rate of inflation in supermarkets had reached one of the highest levels ever recorded by retail. The cost of essential basic products...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank everyone for coming and I thank Ms O'Keefe for the presentation. It is a difficult area and I admire anyone who takes it up. I have experienced some terrible incidents involving people with schizoaffective disorder. Dual diagnosis is a difficult area to deal with. As the witnesses will be aware, it is an area we do not have the proper services in place for. Positive behaviour...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I asked a question about private places because I want to inquire about a case, which I know is more HSE-orientated, whereas there is a 15-year-old young man with very serious behavioural problems who will be handed over into the care of his mother and, inevitably, there will be serious problems with the kids in that family. That situation is very frustrating. I do not know the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: Do behaviour analysts engage with or have a role in hospitals and with the HSE?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: Very good.