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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister of State. There is a lot of food for thought. As the Minister of State knows, the scarcity of ASD places and other places for children with additional needs and special classes, notwithstanding improvements, which I wish to acknowledge, places huge financial, psychological and other unnecessary stresses on parents who are already stretched as parents of children with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I detect quite a lot of movement. I met the Tallaght Parents Autism Support Group recently, who are grouped together because they all have children with autism. Often, they find they are applying to the same schools for their children. They are disciplined and resilient enough not to fall into the awful trap of competitiveness with each other if there is a place available. If there was a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: Under Standing Orders I am entitled to contribute on a question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I am coming in on the general question Deputy Ó Ríordáin asked-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: -----but that is beside the point.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I am entitled to contribute. If the Deputy had allowed me to, I would have got to my question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I thought I had a minute. Under Standing Orders I have a minute.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I support the Minister. We can focus on the discussions but I heard the Minister repeat continuously that those negotiations and discussions are going positively. Deputy Ó Ríordáin knows about the tictacking that necessarily goes on between Departments. I look at my constituency of Dublin South-West and the projects needed there, including Gaelscoileanna like Gaelscoil Chnoc...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: 24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will expand the Collins medal scheme to retired members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13888/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the number of school places in mainstream post-primary schools in Dublin south west for children with ASD and additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13890/23]

Joint Committee On Health: Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I confirm I am on the campus. I am normally in the committee room so I ask the attendees to forgive me for not being there this morning. I thank the contributors for their very different presentations, including the presentations from the people in the field and at the coalface and the more academic - and by that I do not mean theoretical - presentations that enlightened and informed us...

Joint Committee On Health: Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: When given a platform, one needs to take it. Primary care was intended as a first response to this, was it not?

Joint Committee On Health: Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: That is very useful for a Deputy to know because in my constituency there are two or three state-of-the-art primary care centres, one of which opened quite recently. That gives me scope in terms of parliamentary questions to ask as well. The witnesses have been talking about dual diagnosis which I found to be very informative and I thank them for that. What are the pitfalls of single...

Joint Committee On Health: Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: Yes, we have been speaking about dual diagnosis. In other words, the failure because of time or resources or any other of a range of reasons, the failure to dual diagnose and the propensity to focus on one diagnosis.

Joint Committee On Health: Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: Can Dr. Mac Gabhann give us a simple explanation of why that does not work for the individual?

Joint Committee On Health: Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I might have been long-winded. I was trying to say that, regardless of specialists or otherwise, we know that with the system, you go to a doctor, tell them you are suffering from depression and you may be prescribed medication. If he or she has time, a good GP might delve into that and discover that you lost your partner or your job in the previous six months and that one is connected to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: 265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rules that govern the provision of disabled car parks; if a private provider can be compelled to provide disabled parking spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12953/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: 378. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when one year's minimum notice for the commemoration day for An Gorta Mór, both at home and abroad, will be inaugurated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12555/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Museum Projects (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: 412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will investigate the possibility of the Custom House History Museum recording, recognising and acknowledging An Gorta Mór with a permanent exhibition in the museum as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12556/23]