Results 201-220 of 6,167 for speaker:John Lahart

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Co-operative Sector (7 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: 155. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for the development of the co-operative sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5587/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (7 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: 225. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it would be possible, given an RTÉ documentary on Spike Island suggesting there are unmarked Famine graves there, that the island be considered as the venue for the 2025 National Famine Commemoration Day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5323/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: 524. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering adding the shingles vaccine to the adult immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5268/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: 525. To ask the Minister for Health when the new dementia specific weekend day centres are intended to be operational; the locations of same and how carer's/those suffering with dementia can avail of this new and exciting service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5283/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (7 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: 557. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the outcomes of having taxed sugar drinks; and whether any detailed research has been carried out into the outcomes. [5539/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 Jan 2024)

John Lahart: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is aware of the lack of learning support resources in classrooms due to the shortage of teachers and, as a result, resource teachers having to be redirected to fill the place of the teacher in many classrooms across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4352/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension (31 Jan 2024)

John Lahart: 92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the terms of the widows' or widower's pension, particularly in respect of non-married or co-habiting couples; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4343/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

John Lahart: As we come towards the end of our work as a committee, I am struck by the quality of the contributions. Without wanting to cast any judgment on anybody, the best wine seems to be coming towards the end. The contributions and papers last week and this have been particularly interesting, stimulating and thought-provoking. We have a national office for research ethics in Ireland which is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

John Lahart: Counterintuitively, what the professor was suggesting is that given that the positions are so well remunerated, one would imagine there would be more professionals seeking to do it whereas there are very few professional medics engaged in this. We have had palliative care experts give testimony to the committee that there is a pain beyond the reach of palliative care and that there are...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (30 Jan 2024)

John Lahart: 125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what initiatives his Department’s embassies are taking to gain international recognition of St. Brigid’s Day, with a particular reference to the 1,500th anniversary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3744/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (30 Jan 2024)

John Lahart: 160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how Ireland's public and private hospitals deal with radioactive waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4051/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Jan 2024)

John Lahart: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a new post-primary school to serve the Knocklyon and Rathfarnham areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3753/24]

Tribunal of Inquiry into certain matters relating to the Complaints Processes in the Defence Forces: Motion (24 Jan 2024)

John Lahart: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to contribute to the debate. One of the comments Deputy Smith made reminded me of what I was going to say about how separate and apart the Defence Forces historically were as an institution. That was facilitated and seen as necessary. One of the positive outworkings of this process is that is now seen as being archaic. The Defence...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jan 2024)

John Lahart: 146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the threshold for fuel allowance for a single person is the same for a couple; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3169/24]

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

John Lahart: Is the Minister satisfied that the word "reasonable", as used in the legislation, is tight enough to avoid abuse?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

John Lahart: Strictness and flexibility are built into the provision, based on what the Minister is saying. European law already governs this area and this is replicated in other EU legislation, so we can be confident about it in that sense. Is that it?

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

John Lahart: Despite significant international pressure for a ceasefire, Israel continues to conduct intensive military operations in the Gaza Strip. The death toll, as we know, is in excess of 25,000 people, approximately, including many children and their mothers. While the sympathy of the international community sided universally with Israel following the horrendous events in October, Israel's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

John Lahart: That is very useful. I am fascinated as to how Australia and New Zealand came to work together on the model. Towards the end of the meeting Dr. Chapman might have an opportunity to address that. It is a challenge to those who take the Hippocratic oath. There will be some who find it a challenge they cannot overcome and others, like Dr. Chapman, will see it as a natural progression of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

John Lahart: Dr. Chapman made the point that initially she felt like a bad doctor approaching this. I thank her for her contribution. I will ask a number of questions and then allow the witnesses to come back in through the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

John Lahart: I can identify with what Dr. Chapman said because some representatives of general practitioners in Ireland came before the committee. Due to the fact that this is anathema to the culture in Ireland at the moment, it is interesting and refreshing to hear someone say that initially they felt like a bad doctor. I certainly have the feeling that there might be a public impression abroad that an...