Results 1-6 of 6 for immigration speaker:John Lahart

Joint Committee On Health: Issues Relating to Perinatal Mental Health: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

John Lahart: ...of having an embracing health service. We have a health service that to some degree likes to keep things at arm's length, which is a pity and that is a necessary step change. I am thinking about immigrants, towards whom Dr. Doyle gestured, who do not have granny and grandad or the aunts and uncles and that support network that translates into childcare, and it translates into so many...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: ...receipt of State pensions to those at work will narrow. On the other hand, we hear that the population is going to rise to 6 million by 2050. This suggests that there will be many births and much immigration, probably for labour reasons. Is it innocent of me to ask whether the figures can be substantiated? On the unknowns, as the delegates were talking, I was thinking about a move to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (9 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: 271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the online booking system for appointments at the INIS Burgh Quay immigration office, Dublin 2; if his attention has been drawn to the waiting lists and extreme difficulty the public faces when attempting to book an emergency appointment online for the office; his plans to overhaul the system; and if he will make...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

John Lahart: ...for that. A figure Mr. Martínez Mongay may not be able to give us now, but which is important, concerns reports the committee has received recently suggesting Ireland is going to rely more and more on an immigrant workforce, especially in the construction industry. A counter-balancing fact in that regard would help in terms of what number of the Irish labour force are working in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Brexit Issues (7 Feb 2017)

John Lahart: ...and Local Government the measures he has taken in co-ordinating the four Dublin local authorities in preparing Dublin for a post-Brexit situation in order to maximise the housing opportunities for immigrant workers associated with such foreign direct investment opportunities. [5354/17]

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Nov 2016)

John Lahart: ...period following the election of a mayor. One of the purposes of the public consultation phase is to enable all stakeholders to have a say, from the chambers of commerce, IBEC, drugs task forces and immigrant communities. Immigrants can vote in local elections and there is a big immigrant community in Dublin, yet this Bill does not speak to it at all. That would not have been the case...