Results 41-60 of 61 for going forward speaker:John Lahart

Finance (Office of Tax Simplification) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: ...a response to a parliamentary question, only 11 companies have availed of it, costing the Exchequer just €9 million. It was originally budgeted to cost the Exchequer €50 million. While this seems good for the Exchequer, it is bad for business. The key employee engagement programme, KEEP, was announced in budget 2018. It was established to enable smaller companies,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: The NTA and my colleagues know that my party are champions of Dublin Bus and public representatives are sometimes afraid to call out its failings. Employees of Go-Ahead are also workers. There are two Go-Ahead routes operating in my own area. It is still at an early phase and if, after six months, there are still issues, they should be raised then. I have a problem with the Minister's...

Apprenticeships: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: I commend Deputy Thomas Byrne for bringing this motion forward. There is a real passion on this side of the House for apprenticeships. I raised it when I was first elected in 2014 at a time when the Troika was running the country and I thought there were Ministers who would not have had an awful lot to do and apprenticeships was an obvious area on which to expend some serious energy to...

Report on Gender Budgeting: Motion (18 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: .... I would like to emphasise a few of the points that have been made. I ask the Minister of State to remind the Minister that he has not responded to the committee's report. The committee looks forward to his response and to that of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I note what the Minister of State said about the organic nature of budgeting when he was responding to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (4 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: ...of overall urgency regarding the situation and the need, as mentioned by previous speakers, for a communications strategy. I made a pretty detailed submission regarding BusConnects so I will not go into that matter now. One of the key questions that came up, which I mentioned in my submission and at public information meetings I held concerns the nature of the NTA. It is a pretty...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (18 Jul 2018)

John Lahart: ...a review in 2011 that was almost equally as big. It is the second major review in a decade, but it is significant. I reinforce all of the points made by Senator John Dolan. I am pleased he got to make them. There are penalties for connecting and they will have to be addressed at final report stage. They will come up in the public consultation stage. They will affect people with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)

John Lahart: ...need radical solutions here. Project Ireland 2040 is too far away. Some of the measures that the witnesses referred to are imminent but the plans and ambitions for BusConnects, for example, are going to get tied up in court over compulsory purchase orders for front gardens and so on. However, there are small changes that we can make in the meantime to advance matters. I ask the...

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (9 Mar 2018)

John Lahart: ...topic I outlined my own views in favour of repeal of the eighth amendment. I want once more to thank my party leader, Deputy Micheál Martin, for having had the wisdom and foresight some years ago to grasp that the issue of abortion and the right to life of the unborn are matters of conscience for members of Fianna Fáil, and for allowing each party member elected to the Oireachtas...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Feb 2018)

John Lahart: ...this side of the House, I will repeat some of them. My colleague, Deputy Moynihan, mentioned the CE scheme. I had a case in respect of which my engagement with the Minister's predecessor was going forwards and backwards for so long I raised it with the Ombudsman, who I think is investigating the matter. I am struck by how far we have moved away, almost unconsciously, from common...

Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)

John Lahart: ...in relation to traffic. The introduction of Luas cross city has seen it become a victim of its own success but the Minister will have to agree that it is also a victim of horrendously poor forward planning. As an ordinary citizen, as a layman, I have been able to see the kind of challenges that the city would face pending the introduction of the Luas cross city and there does not seem...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (16 Nov 2017)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Things have changed and moved on. It is not so long ago that someone threatened with homelessness could not act until they were actually homeless, so there has been a big step forward, which I acknowledge. One of the key phrases in the Minister's response is "once an individual or family engages with the homelessness services". What I am...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: Thank you, Chair. I do not think I will use them. I have a number of questions. I am going to focus a little bit on housing from a budgetary point of view. When the IFAC was here the last time, it had some interesting points to make with regard to the difficulty and complexity of addressing the housing shortage. One of the issues raised was that the unemployment rate is at 6% and...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

John Lahart: ...that he was educated at St. Stephen's School, Dundrum, Rugby School, Trinity College Dublin and the University of Geneva. That contrasts with some of the educational backgrounds of some of the judges. I look forward to the day when a judge in our Supreme Court or High Court or lower courts comes from my alma mater, Coláiste Éanna in Ballyroan, or St. MacDara’s Community...

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

John Lahart: ...vision and strategic plan for how to cope with future public transport demand in the core Dublin City Area as well as the Greater Dublin Area; and — that the Capital Plan is emblematic of the lack of ambition, vision and forward planning for public transport;acknowledges:— that many of the main arterial routes into Dublin, including the M50, either have already reached...

Other Questions: Garda Strength (30 Mar 2017)

John Lahart: That is very good of the Ceann Comhairle. My question concerns the contamination effect of the past week in terms of the efficacy of the information provided by the Tánaiste as Minister for Justice and Equality to the Dáil in response to parliamentary questions. As a parliamentarian, I wonder whether we can trust the statistics that are coming forward and what the Tánaiste's...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Outlook: IBEC (8 Feb 2017)

John Lahart: ...been interested in apprenticeships for some time. If I recall correctly, IBEC was not at the forefront of the previous iteration of proposals on apprenticeship. However, I remember reading a very good proposal from SIPTU. As it was an area of great interest to me and one that should have been addressed a little earlier, particularly in the context of the crash, I was interested to read...

Establishment of Commission of Investigation into the Stardust Tragedy: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2017)

John Lahart: I welcome the family members of victims and survivors of the Stardust fire here and I commend my colleague, Deputy Broughan, on bringing forward this motion. As he indicated, it follows on from work carried out by serving and former Members of this House, including my colleague, Deputy Seán Haughey. There is almost a biblical quality to the pleadings of the families of the Stardust...

Local Government Reform (Amendment) (Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2016)

John Lahart: ...inauguration, has conferred additional powers on the mayor of London. I thank the Sinn Féin contributors, including Deputy Ó Snodaigh. When the former Minister, now Commissioner, Phil Hogan, put forward his proposals, we were given a very tight timeline, and that is best forgotten about. I agree with Deputy Jan O'Sullivan that we should not only focus on the London model. We...

Local Government Reform (Amendment) (Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2016)

John Lahart: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time" I am sharing time with Deputy Shane Cassells. I welcome the opportunity to go into more detail on the Bill. I thank the Minister of State for being present. The idea of a mayor for Dublin goes back to the time of the former Minister and Deputy, Mr. Noel Dempsey. In 2001 or 2002, it resurfaced in the context of the Fianna...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Jul 2016)

John Lahart: ...in making my job as a TD so enjoyable in this first term. I would be grateful if the Ceann Comhairle could pass those sentiments on to them. I am grateful to Deputy Jim Daly for bringing forward this Bill. It is a provocative Bill and some of the points that Deputy Carol Nolan made and some of the questions that she raised are extremely valid and need to be teased out at the next...