Results 1-20 of 47 for cork speaker:Dessie Ellis

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Dessie Ellis: Cork City Council, like Dublin City Council, does not. There are awful inconsistencies. I have another point. The bar seems to be set high in a lot of local authorities when it comes to medical issues. This is the case in particular for people with intellectual disabilities and mental health issues. The bar is so high for them to get places, and there are a lot of loops they have to jump...

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Dessie Ellis: ...numbers of private and public nursing homes closing across the country. Take the example of Maureen who is 81 years of age. She is over two years in Beaumont Residential Care in County Cork. She suffers from dementia and Alzheimer's disease. She has a husband and six children. As a result of her condition and the fact that her family was unable to deal with her worsening health, she...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Traveller Accommodation (17 Nov 2022)

Dessie Ellis: The Ombudsman for Children issued a damning report in May 2021, which said that the rights of Traveller children were being violated at the Spring Lane halting site in Cork. The report details what was described as failure after failure to improve living conditions, with children being left in filthy, overcrowded, rat infested, cold and damp living conditions. It was concerning to say the...

Committee Report on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community: Statements (3 Mar 2022)

Dessie Ellis: ...report will be fully implemented and followed up. We witnessed at first hand many of the issues in the different areas. We visited various sites, such as Carrowbrowne in Galway, Spring Lane in Cork and St. Margaret's and Labre Park in Dublin. I am more familiar with St. Margaret's and the halting site in St. Joseph's Park in Finglas. The concerns I have seen in the halting sites in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Review of Traveller Inclusion Policy, Education and Health: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Dessie Ellis: ...in certain cases. Does the Minister have ideas or penalties to deal with this or do we have any actions that would put them on the spot? The ombudsman's report was very damning in regards to Cork. That has obviously kicked them a bit. It is very strange that in the whole of Cork, whether it in Cork county or city, there is not one horse project. While I am not saying that is the be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (29 Jun 2021)

Dessie Ellis: ...to fund this even more and much faster into the future. This is a very important environmental issue which is affecting our people right across the board. It is not only in Dublin; it is in Cork, Galway and in different places. It is an issue that is not going to go away. We do not honestly know the effects of this or what it has caused. We do not know what its impact may have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)

Dessie Ellis: ...that surprised me. He suggested Ó Cualann Cohousing Alliance was being confined to Ballymun. I got that impression from what he said and would be very disappointed if that was the case. I know that it is moving into Cork and elsewhere. There are plenty of places across Dublin that could be utilised. Is it down to the shortage of workers and skilled people? I keep hearing that we...

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protection) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2018)

Dessie Ellis: ...is far out-stripping supply. Each new academic year highlights the chronic shortage of rental accommodation for students. Rental costs have sky-rocketed, particularly in cities such as Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway. The shortage of student rentals is adding extra pressure to the existing problems across the entire housing market. Many students have a real and legitimate fear...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: ...have rowed back on the idea of financial contributions, but we need to increase that. A few hundred people in my area alone are on the housing waiting list. When that number is replicated, be it in Cork, Dublin or Waterford, it concerns many thousands of people. Consideration has been given to building more senior citizen housing complexes. It is not what I believe should be done, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: I am conscious of that. This is my last question. I want to ask about the EU competitive dialogue procurement procedures, to which a representative of Cork County Council referred and who stated it should be rolled out more fully. She might expand on that and explain how it would work.

Report on Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Motion (1 Jun 2017)

Dessie Ellis: ...by the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. Local authorities in Kildare, Clare and Carlow did not spend any of the money set aside for Traveller accommodation, while city councils in Cork and Waterford only used a small portion of the available funding. How can this be the case? We would not allow any other group of people to become so marginalised from...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Dessie Ellis: ...I am not saying for one minute we can stop them now. We are in this situation and we need to address it. However, we need to look at the future because it is unsustainable the way we are going. The Minister spoke about rent pressures in Cork city and Dublin city which initially led to these rent cap percentages. His Fianna Fáil colleagues then jumped in, smelling victory, and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Funding (6 Jul 2016)

Dessie Ellis: ...and Local Government further to the request this Deputy made to provide a breakdown of 2016 commitments on regeneration projects which were €28 million for Limerick city, €11 million for Cork city, €5 million for Dublin city and €2 million each for Tralee, Dundalk and Sligo, which amounts to €50 million overall (details supplied), if the total allocation...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Dessie Ellis: ...dole for young people. It failed utterly to protect tenants and homeowners from profiteering which threatened their homes. Clear examples are Cruise Park Estate in Tyrrelstown and Eden in Blackrock in Cork where vulture funds out to pick the carcase of the Irish housing market have laid their greedy hands. I commend the Tyrrelstown Tenants Action Group, the members of which are in the...

Other Questions: City of Culture Initiative (11 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: How could we decide which city to fight for? I cannot win. Whether Dublin, Cork or Limerick-----

Other Questions: City of Culture Initiative (11 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: ..., many good things are happening. I am concerned about Dublin city. There have been reports of a shortage of hotel places in the city. If it is the case, it must be examined. Whether Dublin, Cork or otherwise, we must ensure there is quality accommodation.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (11 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: ...of those initiatives has been major. I hope they will be expanded to other cities, because currently they are predominantly based in Dublin. I accept that the initiatives have been extended to Cork and other cities but I would like to see them spread even more widely. The Minister indicated that he had maintained the PSO funding at last year's level but, in effect, with inflation and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (14 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 911. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade the N28 road as part of an expansion of Cork Port, which has the support of the two local authorities, local industry and businesses, and other institutions, as a vital project in supporting local recovery. [28241/15]

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)

Dessie Ellis: ...national airline to an airline whose track record is not to provide services from Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham or any other region of the UK to North America". What hope has Cork, Shannon or other regional airports in that environment? We have been able to utilise Aer Lingus to support regional airports and the economies surrounding them. This will no longer be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: ...in that regard and I certainly did not get that impression. A number of major issues arise in respect of this matter, of which connectivity is the first, particularly in the context of Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports. This matter was touched on in the context of the guarantees IAG was prepared to give in respect of Cork and Shannon airports. Mr. Walsh has indicated that IAG is prepared...