Results 901-920 of 6,533 for speaker:John Lahart

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (11 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider creating a construction defects insurance fund operated by the State, funded by the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34184/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (11 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 714. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the cost of the average medical card, including the direct cost to the general practitioner; a breakdown of the indirect cost, to include the cost of drugs and other schemes which the medical card permits exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33675/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how the Land Development Agency is providing new homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33186/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a report on the cost-rental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33187/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (6 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 304. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to extend parental leave to parents of teenagers during their children’s teenage years due to the importance of their development during this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33239/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Law Cases (5 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is any progress in establishing a family maintenance collection agency to follow up on those who do not keep their commitments to pay maintenance as legally required. [32942/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 183. To ask the Minister for Health the cost and staffing that would be associated with expanding clinical psychology to heart failure patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32884/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of establishing and maintaining a national registry system of heart failure patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32885/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the costs of ensuring adequate national capacity to deliver cardiac rehabilitation to all heart failure patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32886/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (4 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 657. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a heart failure registry to help reduce high hospital admission and mortality rates among patients with the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32611/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (4 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 658. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the 90-day hospital readmission rate for heart failure patients estimated at 30% by the HSE’s national heart programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32612/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (4 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 659. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to cut waiting times for outpatient appointments for heart failure patients, particularly in view of the high hospital readmission rates among patients with the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32613/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (4 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 660. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a pilot phone support programme run by an organisation (details supplied) in conjunction with the heart failure service in University Hospital Waterford that reduced the readmission rate among patients with the condition; if he believes this is a service that should now be expanded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32614/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 661. To ask the Minister for Health to list the hospitals that provide a clinical psychology service to heart failure patients, those treating heart failure that have no dedicated service for these patients; to set out his plans to improve these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32615/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (4 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 662. To ask the Minister for Health in light of a survey by an organisation (details supplied) survey finding that 50% of heart failure patients did not receive adequate cardiac rehabilitation; what measures are being taken to increase access to the service for this specific patient cohort; what progress has been made to reduce an overall national waiting list for cardiac rehabilitation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Legal Protections and Sanctions: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: I thank the Cathaoirleach and the witnesses. Like some of my colleagues, I was following the meeting online. Several of the questions I wished to ask have been put. I will ask one question and invite each of the contributors to respond on it. It is a general question because I am conscious the public are watching these proceedings and there has been a lot of complicated, albeit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Legal Protections and Sanctions: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: Will the Chair just clarify the advance directive? Most of us know what it means, but it is the note in advance where someone is setting out what they want to happen if a certain thing happens to them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Legal Protections and Sanctions: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: I refer to Mr. Kelly’s submission. I will not be asking him to comment on the paragraph I intend to quote from, but I would like Dr. Mills’s and Professor Huxtable’s response to it. The paragraph states: It would appear that for the purpose of protecting vulnerable persons, and ensuring [competency] and capacity are duly regarded, assisted dying may not be available...