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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: I was responsible for ensuring that Dublin Fire Brigade and ambulance services were included today. I have had very close contact with them as a Deputy over the years. There are reports claiming that HSE figures show that ambulances turned up to life-threatening events more than an hour late on 300 occasions in the first six months of 2021. Is that accurate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: Councillor colleagues in Donegal have told me that delays in emergency departments are a significant issue in the availability of crews responding. Can Mr. Kenny elaborate on why emergency departments cause such delays?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: If the system had all the resources Mr. Kenny wanted and was able to provide all the services and overcome all the obstacles, how long typically should it take for an ambulance once it arrives at the door of a hospital to dispatch its patient into the care of that hospital if everything was ideal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: From arrival at the front door, as it were.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: This might be a question for management as they have the figures, but how often does that happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: That is all very useful.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tax Code (14 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: 105. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has examined a report by an organisation (details supplied) with regard to policies acting as disincentives to work for moderate to lower paid employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61270/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (14 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: 183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of income that was taken in by the National Transport Authority from public transport providers (details supplied) in 2020 as compared with 2021; and the amount of subvention that was required to sustain same. [61260/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (14 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the use which is made of surplus fares paid on Dublin Bus and public transport in general; and the amount of surplus fares that was paid by consumers to transport providers by individual operator from 2016 to 2020, in tabular form. [61267/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (14 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the income derived in tolls from the M50 toll bridge from 2016 to 2020, inclusive; and if information in relation to a series of matters (details supplied) will be provided in relation to same in tabular form. [61269/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (14 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: 208. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the report by an organisation (details supplied) with regard to policies acting as disincentives to work for moderate to lower paid employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61268/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (14 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement recommendations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61900/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (14 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: 233. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent report by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, the way he intends to address the Government’s continued over-reliance on corporation tax receipts, in which one in five euro of tax receipts were from corporation tax in 2020 and more than half of those receipts were from ten corporate groups; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (14 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to heed the advice of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council with regard to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61905/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (14 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: 237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the process underway by the Office of Government Procurement in relation to a new framework for the procurement of cloud video conference services; the expected date for the publication of this framework; the timelines for premarket engagement and evaluation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61231/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (14 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: 241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to implement recommendations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61901/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (14 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: 242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way major budgetary commitments in relation to Sláintecare fit into his plans for future public expenditure given Sláintecare costings have not been updated since 2017; the projected future costings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61902/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (14 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: 243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way budgetary commitments in relation to climate actions fit into his plans for future public expenditure given there is no estimate for the budgetary cost of implementing the climate action plan as indicated by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61903/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (14 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: 263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans under the mica redress scheme for houses that are classed as holiday homes but are a semi-detached to a house that is a family home and a principal residence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61354/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (14 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: 679. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care as of 1 December 2021 or the latest date available; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [61768/21]