Results 121-140 of 6,529 for speaker:John Lahart

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Mar 2025)

John Lahart: I am raising the issue of public transport again. This Government and the previous Government committed heretofore unknown and unseen resources into public transport. What I want to raise may initially sound like the failure of a bus route but it points to a larger systems failure which both the Government and the Minister for Transport, Deputy O'Brien, need to look at. This is from a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Park-and-Ride Facilities (4 Mar 2025)

John Lahart: 106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the provision of bus park-and-ride facilities serving the commuter and Dublin populations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9405/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Active Travel (4 Mar 2025)

John Lahart: 251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it can be ensured that all active travel schemes being funded by the Government, via the NTA, pay equal attention to sustainable travel obligations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9291/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (4 Mar 2025)

John Lahart: 311. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of an individual savings account scheme in Ireland, similar to the UK model, to encourage long-term savings, promote investment, enhance financial inclusion, and support homeownership; if he will outline any analysis undertaken on its potential benefits for the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (4 Mar 2025)

John Lahart: 446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to address the many scenarios in which citizens and registered voters are unable to exercise the right to vote due to, for example, illness (including Covid); holidays; work abroad; and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9572/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (4 Mar 2025)

John Lahart: 789. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason full-time online students, who receive the same education and qualifications as on-campus students and who qualify for the €1,000 fee refund, remain ineligible for the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9644/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Funeral Services (4 Mar 2025)

John Lahart: 790. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will examine the introduction of regulations that govern both crematoria and the undertaking business; and his views on the case of persons (details supplied). [9687/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Funeral Services (4 Mar 2025)

John Lahart: 791. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is an inspection regime and agreed inspection protocols in relation to the operation of crematoria in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9697/25]

Housing Commission Report: Statements (27 Feb 2025)

John Lahart: I wish to echo, without repeating, some of the points made by Deputy Hearne about homelessness. The parliamentary reporters could nearly copy and paste his words into my speech. I am not being trite in saying that. The biggest housing issue that is raised in the emails that come into my inbox every week relate to threatened evictions and homelessness. I congratulate the Minister and his...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (27 Feb 2025)

John Lahart: 211. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will liaise with the Revenue Commissioners with a view to alerting taxpayers when a significant tax deduction which heretofore had not been taken by them is due, as an unexpected and unanticipated tax deduction, for example in the case where tax had not been paid on income for a short period of time, can lead to distress; and if he will make a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

John Lahart: Bipartisanship, the political process by which opposing political parties find common ground through compromise, has, as we all know, been dying a slow death in the US to the point where it does not exist anymore except, remarkably, on St. Patrick's Day. Republican and Democrat Senators and Congressmen and Congresswomen vie with each other to participate in the events relating to what is a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Feb 2025)

John Lahart: 299. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline, in the context of pending legislation concerning the regulation of the vaping industry, the reason his Department has not insisted on a tax stamp for vaping products similar to tobacco products, as is the case in some EU Member States; his views on international best practice; the estimated revenue in the context of a full year of tax...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Student Accommodation (25 Feb 2025)

John Lahart: 315. To ask the Minister for Finance if an anomaly in relation to accommodation expenses for students (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7583/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (25 Feb 2025)

John Lahart: 724. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the immediate plans in place for the accommodation recognition scheme; if the scheme will be extended or suspended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7714/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (25 Feb 2025)

John Lahart: 765. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if another IPAS centre is being opened in Dublin south west (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7582/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (25 Feb 2025)

John Lahart: 770. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to comment on the withdrawal of funding by TUSLA from a school (details supplied) in the constituency of Dublin South West and to give a roadmap, if any is open to the preschool to maintain their services as they may be forced to issue notices to staff in the coming weeks due to this withdrawal of funding; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (25 Feb 2025)

John Lahart: 851. To ask the Minister for Health the status of legislation governing vaping; the timeline for the introduction of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7243/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (25 Feb 2025)

John Lahart: 973. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter in relation to peanut allergies will be examined (details supplied). [8099/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (20 Feb 2025)

John Lahart: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and his departmental officials have engaged with the Revenue Commissioners on the practical implementation of the new national E-liquid products tax, EPT, as set out in Part 2 of Finance Act 2024; the rationale behind the proposed uses of self-declaration as opposed to the use of tax stamps which are issued by the Revenue Commissioners and operate...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fire Service (20 Feb 2025)

John Lahart: 184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to address the retention challenges in the fire services, specifically as they relate to pension reforms; if he is considering reinstating the supplementary pension scheme or providing alternatives to support the financial wellbeing of those in uniformed services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6897/25]