Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Public Transport

Dessie Ellis

5. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to work with Dublin City Council and public transport companies to improve the accessibility and affordability of public transport links in Dublin, with a particular focus on the commuter belt and Dublin Airport. [39589/15]

City of Culture Initiative

Dessie Ellis

8. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the support his Department will provide to Dublin City Council as part of the council's efforts to secure city of culture status for 2020; and the estimated benefits a successful bid would have on the city's tourism industry. [39267/15]

Public Transport Initiatives

Dessie Ellis

9. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on plans for the Dublin Bus rapid transit system that has been proposed for the capital city. [39269/15]

Sale of Aer Lingus

Dessie Ellis

20. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress his Department has made in using the proceeds of the sale of Aer Lingus for a connectivity fund. [39266/15]

Public Transport

Dessie Ellis

26. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a breakdown of the funding provided to Dublin Bus, Irish Rail and Bus Éireann for 2015 and 2016; and his plans to increase revenue for these companies. [39270/15]

Rural Transport Services

Dessie Ellis

37. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the establishment of the transport co-ordination units to replace the former structure of the rural transport programme, and the timeframe in this regard. [39268/15]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Dessie Ellis

20. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to fast-track the delivery of modular units for emergency accommodation; and if he envisages any potential for legal challenge from commercial interests. [38225/15]

Occupational Injuries Benefit Eligibility

Dessie Ellis

37. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the criteria required to make a claim for compensation by a person who has been affected by asbestos exposure; the legislation that covers such compensation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38450/15]

NAMA Social Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

282. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Finance his plans for the delivery of 20,000 units for commercial sale by NAMA; and if any of these units will be made available for social housing or designated for affordable rent. [37633/15]

Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility

Dessie Ellis

953. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills if home tuition can be provided for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who has autism and is awaiting the outcome of a section 29 appeal, which could take some time, as the child has already been absent from school for several months. [37654/15]

Local Authority Housing

Dessie Ellis

1075. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his planned timeline for the delivery of 500 modular units for emergency accommodation; the number of persons these will accommodate; and the length of time while social housing is being made available. [37907/15]

Local Authority Housing

Dessie Ellis

1076. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the estimates for the delivery of the 500 modular units for emergency accommodation; and the ancillary services required in tabular form. [37908/15]

Motor Insurance Coverage

Dessie Ellis

1164. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the rising costs of motor insurance for private vehicles and for taxis, with many motorists experiencing increases of around 100% in the past year, particularly customers of a company (details supplied); and his plans to keep motor insurance costs at a reasonable rate, which does not unfairly increase the cost of operating a vehicle. [37437/15]

Driver Test Centres

Dessie Ellis

1165. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of a request made to the Office of Public Works by the Road Safety Authority for a compound site to be made available in the north Dublin area to carry out driving tests and facilitate lessons for learner drivers, and the rationale for this request, if it is being pursued. [37438/15]

Driver Safety

Dessie Ellis

1166. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the ongoing issue of high volumes of learner drivers concentrated in certain estates, such as an area (details supplied) in Dublin 11, where at least 12 tests per day are carried out, as well as up to 68 approved driving instructors using the area for their lessons every day. [37439/15]

Road Safety Strategy

Dessie Ellis

1178. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to publish a winter gritting map for use by motorists when deciding their route during the winter period. [37811/15]

Road Safety Strategy

Dessie Ellis

1179. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to put a winter ambassador programme in place to support local efforts by a range of stakeholders, including rural post offices and An Garda Síochána, to get food and fuel to homes where people may not travel when roads are ice-bound, or to help get school routes salted within local communities. [37812/15]

Youth Services Funding

Dessie Ellis

89. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for a breakdown of funding for youth services and supports in west Wicklow from 2011 to 2015 to date; his plans to improve these services by providing, for example, a Garda Síochána diversion programme or outreach services, to address the growing demographic need and recent increased levels of young persons being out of school or engaging in drug and alcohol misuse. [36695/15]

Education Welfare Service

Dessie Ellis

144. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the problems being experienced in west Wicklow relating to the lack of provision for 12 to 16 year olds who have been expelled from school, including no visits from an educational officer or social worker in over a year, no intra-agency collaboration across administrative boundaries; and her plans to improve this situation. [36694/15]

Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme

Dessie Ellis

157. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to outline in tabular form the funding that has been provided to west Wicklow in the past three years to deal with structural inequalities and spatial disadvantage. [36692/15]

Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme

Dessie Ellis

158. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the inequalities in County Wicklow relating to service provision for dealing with spatial disadvantage, deprivation and social exclusion, particularly in the east of the county; and the measures being put in place to enable communities and young persons to access the services they need. [36693/15]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Dessie Ellis

447. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the authority that a general practice has to ban a patient who is in receipt of a medical card, from its services because the person made a complaint to Dublin City Council regarding the parking of cars of the staff of the general practice outside a person's premises as they were a traffic hazard and a danger to children on the road. [36171/15]

Driver Licences

Dessie Ellis

691. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that Irish citizens (details supplied) born in the North of Ireland who renew their drivers licence are now designated as from Northern Ireland; if his Department is aware of the potential difficulties this discrepancy in official documents may cause when travelling internationally; the action his Department is taking to resolve such problems; and if he will allow such persons to be designated as from Ireland in the future. [36240/15]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Dessie Ellis

424. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost per modular housing unit; the size of the units per square meter; and the facilities available in each unit. [35422/15]

Fire Safety Regulations

Dessie Ellis

444. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government given questions raised regarding the National Asset Management Agency controlled Prospect Hill development at Leaders' Questions on 7 October 2015, if he will provide an outline of the extent of the problems which pose a health and safety threat in the whole of the complex, besides the 62 units already identified; the efforts by his Department to ascertain such details; and help in the resolution of the issue. [35776/15]

Fire Safety Regulations

Dessie Ellis

445. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the serious concerns of many local officials of Dublin City Council and others, that the health and safety threats relating to the National Asset Management Agency controlled Prospect Hill extends well beyond the 62 units currently identified. [35777/15]

Road Projects

Dessie Ellis

778. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that an upgrade to the M7 will not include a toll bridge, following the announcement of a €27 billion capital programme. [34663/15]

Motor Industry

Dessie Ellis

168. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the potential repercussions for the Irish motor industry, and the action his Department will take, as a result of allegations made against the Volkswagen company regarding the falsification of emissions in new model cars. [33484/15]

Driver Test Centres

Dessie Ellis

169. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the pass and failure rates in each driving test centre in Dublin; and if the price of a re-test will be re-evaluated. [33485/15]

Rail Network Maintenance

Dessie Ellis

2. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the future of the Irish rail network after a period of cuts to subvention and moves to liberalise rail services across Europe supported by the European Union. [32199/15]

Rail Network Expansion

Dessie Ellis

5. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for no longer progressing with the DART underground project; and his plans for improving Dublin transport links with commuter towns and the airport through a further Luas extension. [32200/15]

Transport Policy

Dessie Ellis

15. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide regulations for the operation of non-traditional private for hire transport, such as Uber or rickshaws, in towns and cities here given recent local and international concerns about the security of passengers and the standards applied to such services. [31948/15]

Rail Services

Dessie Ellis

26. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the development of plans for the DART project; if he will confirm if this will remain under the auspices of Dublin Bus beyond 2018; and if not, if he will provide the rationale for this. [31952/15]

Tourism Policy

Dessie Ellis

34. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to encourage and develop historical tourism interest, focusing on the revolutionary periods of Irish history during and following on from the 1916 Easter Rising centenary year. [31950/15]

National Transport Authority

Dessie Ellis

146. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of the plans to hold open tenders for 10% of existing Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann routes; and if he has met with either company to discuss potential difficulties for them should they be unsuccessful in retaining these contracts. [31951/15]

Private Rented Accommodation Price Controls

Dessie Ellis

33. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to tackle unaffordable rents in the private housing market. [29005/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

45. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the current expected shortfall in the housing and homelessness budgets for Dublin City Council; his plans for the allocation of additional funding and the estimated target for delivery of housing in Dublin; and the type of housing that will be provided. [29004/15]

Road Network

Dessie Ellis

911. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked 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]

Housing Issues

Dessie Ellis

228. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the difficulties in getting a connection to the Electricity Supply Board power grid by those behind the Clare Lane, Dublin, development and other social housing initiatives; the delays this is causing in delivering this housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27843/15]

Local Authority Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

621. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses on local authority books that are long-term vacant or in need of renovation. [26024/15]

Local Authority Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

622. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the average rental income for a local authority house by county. [26025/15]

Local Authority Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

623. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total rents received by local authorities for social housing in 2014; and the amount owed in outstanding arrears for that year. [26026/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Dessie Ellis

624. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the planned capital expenditure in each year up to 2020 for social housing build through local authorities. [26027/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

627. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the social housing targets issued to local authorities by his Department for the period 2015 to 2017, detailing the total number of units to be delivered by each council and the breakdown of these units by construction and acquisition, social housing current expenditure programme and rental accommodation scheme; if he will provide the housing assistance payment targets for each relevant local authority for the period 2015 to 2017; and when those local authorities which do not currently have housing assistance payment targets will be provided with these targets. [26147/15]

Traveller Accommodation

Dessie Ellis

640. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to fund Traveller specific accommodation in the years 2015 to 2020m respectively; and if he will provide details of the allocation of this funding. [26347/15]

Traveller Accommodation

Dessie Ellis

641. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the average cost of the delivery of a unit of Traveller specific housing. [26348/15]

Traveller Accommodation

Dessie Ellis

642. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure the draw-down by local authorities of funding for Traveller accommodation; and the steps he will take to discourage failure to use this funding, as has happened in previous years. [26349/15]

NAMA Social Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

646. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of National Asset Management Agency housing units in north Kildare detailing where houses and apartments are and their current status. [26383/15]

NAMA Social Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

647. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of National Asset Management Agency units for social housing; the number that have been delivered or are in the process of coming on stream; the location; and if they are to be leased or purchased by local authorities. [26384/15]

Rail Network

Dessie Ellis

675. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reopen the Tuam to Athenry railway line in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25882/15]

National Car Test

Dessie Ellis

702. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) is required to maintain a national car test certificate for a vehicle which has been declared off-the-road; his plans to change this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26338/15]

Public Transport

Dessie Ellis

703. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the plans to remove the taxi rank from O'Connell Street in Dublin 1 for the duration of works relating to the Luas cross city project; his plans to ensure continued access for taxis in the area, given his Department's responsibility for the Luas works and the need for taxi access on Dublin's main thoroughfare. [26343/15]

Local Authority Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

243. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of units that were renovated for social housing use in 2014 and to date in 2015; the planned figure for 2015; the number of units that are planned for renovation in 2016; and if these properties are owned by a local authority. [25485/15]

Local Authority Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

248. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current average cost of constructing a social housing unit by a local authority. [25345/15]

Local Authority Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

249. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current average cost of constructing a one-bedroom; two-bedroom; and three-bedroom social housing unit by a local authority. [25346/15]

Local Authority Housing

Dessie Ellis

250. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the refurbishment of vacant council houses under the Government's housing strategy, including the number under refurbishment, planned for refurbishment, completed and remaining vacant; and the local authority in which they are situated. [25347/15]

Local Authority Housing

Dessie Ellis

251. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the average costs incurred in the refurbishment of local authority housing in the years 2013 and 2014 and to date in 2015. [25348/15]

Local Authority Leases

Dessie Ellis

252. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of costs paid by the State or local authorities to private owners of property leased under social leasing agreements, such as for wear and tear, refurbishment, and other miscellaneous costs, for the years 2011 to 2014 and for 2015 to date. [25349/15]

Sale of Aer Lingus

Dessie Ellis

110. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Finance his plans for the use of proceeds from the sale of Aer Lingus. [23550/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Payments

Dessie Ellis

151. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the average annual cost to the State of rent supplement for one recipient in Dublin. [25060/15]

Ministerial Responsibilities

Dessie Ellis

284. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an estimate for the cost of establishing a dedicated Department of housing, with a full Cabinet Member as Minister over such a Department. [25054/15]

Taxi Regulations

Dessie Ellis

374. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 15 April 2015, if she will provide an update on the Garda Síochána report she commissioned. [24825/15]

School Equipment

Dessie Ellis

558. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the poor state of computers at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and the action she is taking to ensure that all students, under the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools scheme, who need access to up-to-date computer hardware, have this access. [24971/15]

Urban Renewal Schemes

Dessie Ellis

574. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will estimate the annual revenue from the proposed vacant site levy and the cost of administration. [25053/15]

Local Authority Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

618. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the number of social housing units that were delivered through the provisions of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, in each respective year that the policy was active, and providing details of the units provided and their location. [25055/15]

Urban Renewal Schemes

Dessie Ellis

619. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of sites that would currently come under the proposed vacant site levy; and if he will provide an estimate for the amount raised by the levy annually. [25056/15]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Dessie Ellis

620. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the number of social housing units it is believed are needed to tackle the local authority waiting list; based on the type of unit, for example, one-bedroom, two-bedroom or three-bedroom. [25057/15]

Local Authority Housing

Dessie Ellis

621. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the average cost of a social leasing unit. [25058/15]

Local Authority Housing

Dessie Ellis

622. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of all social leasing arrangements at present, and their annual cost, by local authority area. [25059/15]

Local Authority Housing Mortgages

Dessie Ellis

623. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of shared ownership mortgages currently in distress; and if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the length of time the mortgages have been in distress. [25061/15]

Housing Assistance Payments Implementation

Dessie Ellis

624. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of homes repossessed by local authorities; and if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the reason for the repossession. [25062/15]

Taxi Licences Renewals

Dessie Ellis

267. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 who operated a small public service vehicle licence up until 2012 when the vehicle was written off in an accident, and who has been driving a rental taxi since 2014, is unable to reactivate the former taxi plate which the person has used for four years without any problems now that the person has raised the money to replace the former vehicle. [24238/15]

Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme

Dessie Ellis

2. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commit to providing a portion of the proceeds from any sale of Aer Lingus to protect the pensions of deferred members of the Irish Airlines (general employees) superannuation scheme who worked for Aer Lingus. [23234/15]

Public Transport Provision

Dessie Ellis

19. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legislative problems identified by the National Bus and Rail Union with the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008, relating to public tendering of bus services; and the efforts that are being made to correct this. [23236/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Dessie Ellis

51. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the cost to the State of providing rent supplement for 2014 and to date in 2015. [24014/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Dessie Ellis

52. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the number of recipients of rent supplement currently. [24015/15]

Tax Relief Availability

Dessie Ellis

81. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all tax reliefs available associated with property; the rationale for the tax relief; the number of persons availing of the tax relief; and the cost to the Exchequer in the past full tax year. [24082/15]

Mortgage Arrears Rate

Dessie Ellis

82. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons in mortgage distress as of the latest calculable month and the duration of their distress. [24083/15]

Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

228. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the cost to the State of providing the rental accommodation scheme, the housing assistance payment and social leasing schemes in 2014 and to date in 2015. [24164/15]

Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

229. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the current number of recipients under the rental accommodation scheme; the housing assistance payment; and social leasing support. [24165/15]

Local Authority Housing

Dessie Ellis

230. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority houses built in each of the past ten years by the local authority responsible. [24166/15]

Housing Issues

Dessie Ellis

231. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an estimate of the total housing need, both public and private, currently and for the next ten years. [24167/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

232. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the portion of the capital budget intended for social housing builds in 2015. [24168/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

233. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority houses to be built in each of the years 2015 to 2017. [24169/15]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Dessie Ellis

234. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants on the housing list, as of May 2015. [24170/15]

Private Rented Accommodation Price Controls

Dessie Ellis

235. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the average private rent in each local authority area in 2014 and 2015. [24171/15]

Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

236. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of private house builds in 2014, and scheduled to be built in 2015 and 2016. [24172/15]

Homeless Persons Data

Dessie Ellis

237. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the average number of persons in emergency accommodation in 2014 and to date in 2015; and if he will provide a breakdown detailing the type of accommodation provided. [24173/15]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Dessie Ellis

238. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of all types of emergency and sheltered accommodation currently provided by the State, including local authorities; the moneys allocated to the funding of this accommodation; and the gap between funding and demand. [24174/15]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Data

Dessie Ellis

239. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses estimated to have been sold by local authorities since the introduction of the tenant purchase scheme. [24175/15]

Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

240. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses categorised as buy-to-let houses. [24176/15]

Local Authority Funding

Dessie Ellis

244. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding to finish the insulation of the remaining 183 homes in Ballymun in Dublin 11. [24201/15]

Regeneration Projects Funding

Dessie Ellis

245. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reinstate the cut to the social regeneration fund in Ballymun in Dublin 11 for 2015 and future years, as the regeneration is not complete and this cut is having severe consequences to services in the area. [24202/15]

Public Service Obligation Services

Dessie Ellis

891. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the tendering of public service obligation bus routes. [23235/15]

Health Services

Dessie Ellis

774. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend, or mainstream, the CARE programme of alcohol treatment service, which is piloting in Finglas, Ballymun, Dublin 11 and North County Dublin, and has proved to be very successful and cost efficient, but is set to conclude in June 2015 [21903/15]

Building Regulations

Dessie Ellis

1068. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration will be given to the banning of hard flooring such as tiles and laminate floor covering in apartments due to the transfer of noise and sound between apartment dwellings. [22045/15]

Naturalisation Applications

Dessie Ellis

486. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 who has applied for naturalisation, but who is at risk of losing her job because she has no proof she can stay in the country; and if she can fast-track that person's application. [20105/15]

Regeneration Projects Expenditure

Dessie Ellis

946. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of capital funding provided in the past, and more recently, to Ballymun Regeneration Ltd in regard to the Emerald Housing site in Sillogue Road, Ballymun, Dublin 11 which was part of the regeneration. [20088/15]

Regeneration Projects Expenditure

Dessie Ellis

947. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the Emerald Housing site in Sillogue Road, Ballymun, Dublin 11, which was part of the regeneration, the amount spent on legal fees, the demolition of blocks, security costs and sub-contractors over the years. [20089/15]

Free Travel Scheme

Dessie Ellis

36. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that any bus company awarded a public service obligation route will continue to accommodate the free travel pass scheme. [17972/15]