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Thu, 26 Oct 2017
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Homeless Accommodation Provision
Dessie Ellis
22. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of his plan to end the use of hotels, bed and breakfasts and similar accommodation for homeless persons; if his targets are being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45103/17]
Thu, 26 Oct 2017
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Public Private Partnerships Data
Dessie Ellis
28. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the housing PPPs; the timeframe for their delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45104/17]
Tue, 24 Oct 2017
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Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
Dessie Ellis
399. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the entitlement to invalidity pension for the self-employed will become operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44966/17]
Wed, 18 Oct 2017
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Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
Dessie Ellis
109. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills if special provision will be made for those special needs assistants on income supports who took part in his Department's July provision and are not already in full-time employment in order that payment for this July work for such SNAs will be made promptly and not in November as is currently the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44182/17]
Wed, 18 Oct 2017
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Health Services Funding
Dessie Ellis
136. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to private rehabilitation beds and nursing homes from the health budget due to lack of bed spaces in the National Rehabilitation Hospital. [44122/17]
Wed, 18 Oct 2017
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Medical Aids and Appliances Applications Data
Dessie Ellis
143. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for wheelchairs waiting zero to three months, three to six months, six to 12 months and longer than 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44141/17]
Wed, 18 Oct 2017
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HSE Data
Dessie Ellis
144. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the procurement process used by the HSE to acquire wheelchairs; the names of the suppliers of wheelchairs including specialist wheelchairs to the HSE; the types of wheelchairs supplied to the HSE; the cost to the HSE of each type of wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44142/17]
Tue, 17 Oct 2017
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Occupational Therapy Staff
Dessie Ellis
387. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health when a replacement for the occupational therapist for the Finglas area, who is on maternity leave, will be put in place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43921/17]
Tue, 17 Oct 2017
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Drug Treatment Programmes
Dessie Ellis
396. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce suboxone for the treatment of narcotic addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43952/17]
Tue, 17 Oct 2017
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Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
Dessie Ellis
397. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the allocation of funding that each of the local drugs and alcohol task forces received, in tabular form. [43953/17]
Tue, 3 Oct 2017
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Emergency Accommodation Data
Dessie Ellis
601. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing and family hubs in Dublin to date in 2017; the location of each; the number of housing and family hubs planned for the remainder of 2017 for Dublin; the proposed locations of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41301/17]
Tue, 3 Oct 2017
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Housing Provision
Dessie Ellis
602. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large number of elderly persons' apartments unoccupied in complexes for elderly persons, for example, those in Glasanaon Court and Mellowes Court, Finglas; if such empty bedsits or apartments can be renovated to a standard to accommodate the large number of elderly persons awaiting accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41302/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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Workplace Safety
Dessie Ellis
67. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to serious design flaws in the loading bays at the new Poolbeg incinerator (details supplied), and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35238/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Dessie Ellis
701. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided a date for surgery. [35115/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospital Beds Data
Dessie Ellis
480. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of inpatient beds and procedure beds in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33605/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospital Procedures
Dessie Ellis
481. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the number of outpatient hospital cancellations and the procedures cancelled from 2009 to date for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33606/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospital Services
Dessie Ellis
482. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of patients outsourced; the procedures for which the patients were outsourced; and the location to which patients were outsourced to from 2009 to present from Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33607/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospital Beds Data
Dessie Ellis
483. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of persons on trollies from 2009 to date in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33608/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospital Services
Dessie Ellis
484. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the waiting times for each hospital department from 2009 to present for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33609/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospital Services
Dessie Ellis
485. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of emergency department attendances from 2009 to date for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33610/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospital Groups
Dessie Ellis
486. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the capital spend for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33611/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospitals Expenditure
Dessie Ellis
487. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the operational spend at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33612/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospitals Expenditure
Dessie Ellis
488. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the total agency staff spend at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33613/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospital Appointments Status
Dessie Ellis
489. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments before cancellations at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33614/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospitals Data
Dessie Ellis
490. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the did-not-attend rate in percentages per year at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33615/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospitals Policy
Dessie Ellis
491. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown implements the SDU and HSE guidelines for "did not attend". [33616/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospital Appointments Administration
Dessie Ellis
492. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown operates or plans to operate a text alert to persons in advance of outpatient department appointments. [33617/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospital Services
Dessie Ellis
493. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of theatres and the number operational at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33618/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospitals Data
Dessie Ellis
494. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the percentage of persons attending the emergency department aged between 18 and 30, 31 and 45, 46 and 60 and aged 61 and above at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and the reason for attending the department by each of these age groups at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to present. [33619/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospital Staff Data
Dessie Ellis
495. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in each of the years 2004 to date. [33621/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospital Staff Data
Dessie Ellis
496. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in each of the years 2004 to date. [33622/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospital Beds Data
Dessie Ellis
497. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of beds at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in each of the years 2004 to date. [33623/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospital Accommodation Provision
Dessie Ellis
498. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol has been deployed at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2012 to date; the process for implementing this protocol at the hospital; and the effect on wider services at the hospital when it was deployed. [33624/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospitals Data
Dessie Ellis
499. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of persons whose elective surgery was cancelled or rescheduled more than once in 2016 and to date in 2017 at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33625/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospitals Policy
Dessie Ellis
500. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the policy or procedures in place in the accident and emergency department of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown when an adult, adolescent or child, respectively, presents with suicidal ideation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33626/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospital Staff Data
Dessie Ellis
501. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of suicide crisis assessment nurses in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33627/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospital Staff Data
Dessie Ellis
502. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the psychiatric and mental health services and facilities currently available at the Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; the number of consultants, specialists and nurses working in these services and facilities; the role of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33628/17]
Tue, 11 Jul 2017
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Hospitals Data
Dessie Ellis
391. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the waiting times for each hospital department in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017 for Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32244/17]
Tue, 11 Jul 2017
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Hospitals Data
Dessie Ellis
392. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of theatres and the number operational at Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [32245/17]
Tue, 11 Jul 2017
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Hospital Appointments Status
Dessie Ellis
506. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been given a definitive date for surgery; the reason they have not received a date for surgery in view of the urgency of the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32797/17]
Wed, 5 Jul 2017
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Housing Policy
Dessie Ellis
257. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for an audit of vacant commercial properties, specifically shops, by county, as was carried out when establishing the list of vacant homes in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31619/17]
Wed, 28 Jun 2017
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Building Regulations
Dessie Ellis
302. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will arrange for a safety audit of all existing apartment and commercial blocks built over the years to the present, with a particular emphasis on those built during the Celtic tiger era from 1994 to 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30299/17]
Wed, 28 Jun 2017
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Building Regulations
Dessie Ellis
303. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will arrange for fire safety checks on all lift shafts in apartment and commercial blocks to ensure that they are fully compliant with building fire safety standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30300/17]
Tue, 27 Jun 2017
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Departmental Funding
Dessie Ellis
496. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the funding for the renovation of a building (details supplied); the timeframe of works for its renovation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30038/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Office of Public Works Properties
Dessie Ellis
409. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the OPW funding for the renovation of Abbotstown House; the timeline of works for its renovation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29047/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Architectural Heritage
Dessie Ellis
996. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Aldborough House on Portland Row, a listed building, is in a state of disrepair; if she will ensure that the owners will fully comply with their obligations to preserve this protected structure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29048/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Public Transport Provision
Dessie Ellis
585. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the route for the extension of the Luas from Broombridge through Finglas to the N2 has been agreed; and if so, the preferred option. [25404/17]
Tue, 16 May 2017
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Dublin Bus Services
Dessie Ellis
572. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans by Dublin Bus to remove or downgrade their services in and from Larkhill, Whitehall and Santry. [23345/17]
Tue, 16 May 2017
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Bus Services
Dessie Ellis
573. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the process of putting out to tender 10% of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann routes is completed; and if so, the outcome of that process. [23346/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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Local Authority Housing Data
Dessie Ellis
227. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authority rented dwellings in 2015 directly rented by the local authority, managed by a housing agency or under HAP. [21691/17]