• Sinn Fein TD for Dublin North-West
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Email me whenever Dessie Ellis speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Local Authority Housing, Taxi Regulations, Local Authority Housing Data, Health Services, Social and Affordable Housing Provision

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Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Health Inequalities and the Mental Health Crisis: Discussion (6 Nov 2025)

“We are talking about services that are provided Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. but there are no services on weekends. Is that lack of services being looked at in some way? It needs to be addressed because people's mental health on weekends is worse than any other day of the week, in my experience.”

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Health Inequalities and the Mental Health Crisis: Discussion (6 Nov 2025)

“Yes.”

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Health Inequalities and the Mental Health Crisis: Discussion (6 Nov 2025)

“I was wondering about engagement with the local authorities. To give an example, we have been faced with on a good number of occasions with people in caravans and cabins on halting sites and where there is a disability or someone is very sick, we cannot get the facilities for them and the facilities are not suitable for them. Is there any sort of mechanism for engagement with local...”

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• Has spoken in 34 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 10 written questions in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 41 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Dessie Ellis speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 636 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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