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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Habilitation and Rehabilitation – UNCRPD Article 26: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Dessie Ellis: I thank Ms Cotter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (1 Oct 2024)

Dessie Ellis: 440. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for a primary health care centre for Santry, Whitehall, and Beaumont, Dublin, given the significant growth in population in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38539/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increasing Employment Participation for Persons with Disabilities: Disabled Persons' Organisations Network (25 Sep 2024)

Dessie Ellis: I thank Ms Quigley for her opening statement. It goes without saying that we all share the same goal of fully implementing the UNCRPD. According to the European Disability Forum report, the average rate of employment in the EU for people with disabilities is 51% while in Ireland it is only 32.6%. This is the joint lowest figure in Europe. Full-time employment for women with a disability...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increasing Employment Participation for Persons with Disabilities: Disabled Persons' Organisations Network (25 Sep 2024)

Dessie Ellis: It is interesting that Mr. Sherwin has said that during Covid people were working from home more. I am trying to get my head around the number of people who were working from home and whether they had the necessary facilities, etc. It is interesting to hear that happened during Covid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increasing Employment Participation for Persons with Disabilities: Disabled Persons' Organisations Network (25 Sep 2024)

Dessie Ellis: Did employers buy into that by contributing or helping?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Sep 2024)

Dessie Ellis: The Government pledged that children who have a diagnosis of autism and who require either a special class or a special school placement to meet their assessed needs will get those places. Despite the child being in primary school for many years, it should come as no surprise to the Government the child will then progress to secondary school. Yet, each year parents face a last-minute...

Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2024)

Dessie Ellis: Working parents who are trying to hold down a job and at the same time care for young children find it difficult and stressful to do both. This is particularly acute when there is no family member who can act as a caregiver to the child or if the job has no flexibility in working hours. These days few parents can afford to stay at home because of the ever-increasing cost of living, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister of State and her officials for attending. We have a terrible problem relating to children with autism and other special needs getting places. It worries me that we are always fighting until the last minute to get places for people and there seems to be no roadmap or plan in advance. It seems to be constant. I appreciate that the Minister of State is not dealing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister of State has answered most of them. She said the fund was intended to be delivered by the local authorities but local authorities do not have the resources in many cases. That is one of the problems.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Dessie Ellis: The other thing was regarding people getting disability payments. They are constantly getting sent out. They might have mental health issues like schizo-affective disorder or something like that. Even a person who has an arm missing has been refused. That has happened. I am sure it is an area that is being looked at.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Jul 2024)

Dessie Ellis: 1342.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance for the mother of a young child (details supplied) who has a range of long-term conditions, who has significant delays in motor skills and who is being assessed for epilepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32594/24]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Jul 2024)

Dessie Ellis: Dublin City University is one of the top universities in the country. Located in Dublin North-West, it has a well-earned global reputation for both research and innovation. DCU has three academic campuses on the north side of the city located in Glasnevin and Drumcondra. It has 19,000 students studying there. Many of the students who go to DCU are from Dublin and, consequently, can travel...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2024)

Dessie Ellis: Is é sin an fáth.

Affordable Electricity: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2024)

Dessie Ellis: In my constituency of Dublin North-West, there are a significant number of areas that have a high percentage of elderly people. There are also areas of the constituency with a much younger population and who have young families. There are also some areas of economic disadvantage. Unfortunately, unemployment rates are also high in areas of Dublin North-West and it is a constant struggle...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister of State and her officials for attending the meeting. I am glad they have been meeting the different groups, organisations, parents and the people themselves. That is the most important thing. The biggest issue we face - and my own area it is constant - is the waiting times for assessments. The list varies throughout the country and in CHO 9 the assessment lists are...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)

Dessie Ellis: Generations of Irish people were forced to emigrate to places like the United States, Australia and England as a result of famine, poverty and conflict. Irish people for the most part have made a positive contribution to their adopted lands. Often newly arrived Irish people faced discrimination, racism and ostracisation. It is not that long ago that there were signs in England saying,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Dessie Ellis: I thank Ms Reynolds and her team for coming here. St. Michael's House has a vision of a society in which people of every ability can live the life of their choosing, a rights-based approach, which is the right approach. It covers a wide range of different areas. In my experience, St. Michael's House does a marvellous job in a very difficult area. I was curious about the reference to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Dessie Ellis: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Dessie Ellis: At the time, I had a person who was waiting on that, which is why I raised the issue. I was not sure how that had proceeded since.