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Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: ...with the full knowledge that the world is watching. Gaza has a population of 2.3 million, half of whom are children, in an area that is half the size of County Louth, the smallest county in Ireland. Thousands of them have already been killed by Israeli bombs and tens of thousands more will be forever scarred by the terrible traumas they are witnessing every hour of every day. What sort...

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Dessie Ellis: .... The Government is not delivering social housing on a scale that will alleviate the homeless and housing crisis. We do not even have a realistic affordable housing scheme. Local authority lands around Finglas, Ballymun and Santry on which housing can be built on at an affordable rate have been identified. This will certainly be the case around the country. Voluntary housing groups...

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

Dessie Ellis: ...were not happy with accessibility. Since then, negotiations have been entered into with the City of Dublin Education and Training Board, CDETB, which runs the two schools, Coláiste Eoin and Coláiste Íde, on land attached to the side. Agreement has now been reached, but the land has still not been transferred. We were also told this would be concluded in the second quarter...

Building Defects: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Dec 2022)

Dessie Ellis: ...these defects. We are in a housing emergency but 58 apartments in the Prospect Hill complex in Finglas have been lying idle for more than 15 years. Construction began in 2004 on council-owned land. The builders entered into an agreement with Dublin City Council to supply it with 150 affordable homes and 35 senior citizen apartments. Those builders went into receivership in 2012. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Oct 2021)

Dessie Ellis: ...Traveller accommodation and the local authorities. I will give an example. The Traveller site in St. Mary's Park, Dunsink Lane is administered by Dublin City Council, but a portion of the land is in the Fingal area. There is a proposal to construct two additional houses on the site but my understanding is the Traveller section of Dublin City Council is struggling to get Fingal County...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jul 2021)

Dessie Ellis: ...is an issue with water being cut off. They are getting tankers but have no direct water, which is a disgrace and should not be allowed. Fingal County Council said there is a legal issue with the land which has to be sorted out before it will put running water in. It was originally there but was cut off for a particular reason. Issues such as the redevelopment of St. Margaret's in...

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2021)

Dessie Ellis: ...say that he is talking about that. He has clarified some of these matters, but further clarity is needed. I have a great concern that, among other categories of development that are exempt under Part V, one is where a site is on land of 1,000 sq. m or less. This has had a detrimental effect on developments that are mainly located in the city centre and where more than nine units are...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Dessie Ellis: The Gaza Strip is one of the most densely populated areas of the world. Over 2 million people are squeezed into an area smaller than County Louth, the smallest county in Ireland. The people of Gaza are discriminated against and humiliated by the Israelis on a daily basis. There has been a land, air and sea blockade of the Gaza Strip since the early 1990s, which has resulted in great...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2021)

Dessie Ellis: .... Investment funds are driving up property prices and rents. Local authorities should be the drivers behind the building of social and affordable housing, not private developers. In my constituency, lands belonging to local authorities have been identified around Finglas, Ballymun, Whitehall and Santry where housing can be built at an affordable cost. The only winners from the...

Ministerial Power (Repeal) (Ban Co-Living and Build to Rent) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2020)

Dessie Ellis: ...against co-living while in opposition were valid then and are valid now. I have no argument with their assessment that co-living is both grotesque and inhumane and is, in the main, profit-driven. There has been a housing crisis in Ireland for many years, irrespective of which Government was in place. The housing crisis is a reflection of the poor housing policies that have been in place...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Primary Care Centres (23 Jul 2020)

Dessie Ellis: ...State for his reply. I am disappointed, however, that we have not been given any timescale. The site has been identified and a deal has been on the table with Dublin City Council which bought the land from the church. It is ready to go. I was concerned Covid was one of the reasons for the delay. However, we need to advance this. There is no point in continuing the way we are. People...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects (18 Sep 2019)

Dessie Ellis: ...library, a crèche, restaurants and public houses as well as more than 70 shops, offices and apartments. Construction was to begin in 2010. However, as a result of the economic crash, the town centre lands became part of NAMA's portfolio of loans before any development began. Many retailers in the centre closed in 2014 and the shopping centre suffered a major blow when it lost...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (21 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 122. To ask the Minister for Health when a new primary care centre will be delivered for an area (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for which land has already been identified; when funding will be available to build the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8810/19]

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: ...great talent to other countries. Across the world, hospitals in Australia, the USA, Europe and elsewhere are gaining at Ireland's expense. How could anyone blame graduate nurses for leaving our shores for foreign lands where they will receive proper wages for the work they do? Why should they struggle financially? Why should they work just to survive? Our nurses and midwives deserve...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: There was a commitment by the Government, and a top priority of the HSE, to build a primary care centre in Finglas. Dublin City Council entered into an agreement with the HSE to provide the land. The council recently purchased a local site - the Church of the Annunciation site - from the diocese. Money and a commitment to building the new centre is urgently needed. Will the Minister...

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

Dessie Ellis: .... The local authorities are sending letters telling people that they have to move onto the HAP from rent supplement. That is increasing the number of homeless people because nobody can get the HAP or their landlords to agree to accept it. I am finding that it has now nearly come to a standstill. We have transferred as many as we can from rent supplement. We are facing a very serious...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Dessie Ellis: ...;1,000 a month or thereabouts. We know that in the general area of Ballymun it would probably be €1,500 or €1,600. I am not sure about the value in terms of cost rental on this site because the land is being given over, but various figures for land prices have been given, including €33,000 and €50,000. I much prefer to see local authorities building social...

Road Traffic (Quads and Scramblers) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Oct 2018)

Dessie Ellis: ...scramblers have caused a number of fatalities and serious injuries. The most recent and shocking example was when Ilabek Avetian received serious head injuries in Darndale Park when a scrambler landed on him while he was sunbathing. This innocent man is now in a vegetative state in hospital. His wife, Anzhela, was also injured in the incident when she suffered a broken pelvis. Her life...

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Dessie Ellis: .... The hop on-hop off approach in Ballymun will impact greatly on the elderly, those on disability payments, families with children and wheelchair users. We have not seen any plans for the lands that are to be subject to compulsory purchase orders, CPOs. We do not know what those are or their location. A further concern is that this will also result in redundancies, not just in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (17 May 2018)

Dessie Ellis: ...authority housing. A commitment was made that those who came off the scheme would be given a local authority house or another place but that is not being lived up to. The suspicion is that some landlords are trying to sell off the houses because the rents are restricted to a 4% increase on a yearly basis. Local authorities have tried to buy them from the landlords and, in most cases,...