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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: It is important to be aware of the geography. For older people, losing a GP is significant because a personal relationship can go back over a lifetime, with their children also having been under the care of the same GP. Having to move on can be difficult. When Mr. Reid spoke earlier about the enhanced community care programme, he said that "its objective in line with Sláintecare, is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: What are the obstacles to their participation in things like the free contraception programme or diagnostics? I am referring to a range of what a lay person might call simple things, which they are qualified for and are perhaps done by pharmacists in other countries.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: I will come back to that theme. It is something I would like to see. I ask the Secretary General if he can tell us anything about the geography of the RHAs. Is that already set in stone? Is the work that has started on the development of a population-based approach a first? It is alarming to me. I presume it is one of the reasons Mr. Watt was brought in. Is this the first time such an...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: Is it a first attempt?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: To go back to the CEO, he said-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: Okay, and that is one of the key themes coming from today. I have a final question. The CEO said that additional longer term investment proposals totalling €124 million have been submitted to the Department of Health to support the implementation of modern scheduled care pathways and a number of hospital group priority investments to address current capacity gaps. The Government...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: How much of it was recurrent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: Regarding that waiting list plan that was published, Mr. Reid published a waiting list action plan in February and said that was the product of extensive engagement between the HSE and the Department of Health, so I presume some allocation to that was a final sum to deal with the issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: It just seems Mr. Reid underestimated what was needed for 2022 and 2023 and is now going back for more.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: Was that not anticipated in the waiting list action plan that agreed with Government and which Government funded?
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: 244. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the reimbursement application for a treatment (details supplied); and when he expects this treatment will be made available to patients in Ireland. [47424/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Levy (27 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that private pension holders continue to pay a pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46711/22]
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (22 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: I thank the Minister of State; she made a valiant effort I am about to blow a gasket, really.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (22 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: I appreciate it. Are we surprised that passenger numbers are less than they were before Covid-19 when we have bus services as poor as that? I am a great supporter, and the unions know this, of the public service bus and Dublin Bus. The fact is that I simply have not had a complaint about a route that Dublin Bus operates. All four routes that brought to the Minister of State's attention...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (22 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: The penalties are not enough for the customers.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (22 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: The urgency.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (22 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: I know the Deputy from Dún Laoghaire will be interested in parts of this. It is disappointing not to have a Minister from the line Department present. Were it anyone else but the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, replying I would postpone the matter until next Tuesday. I know the line Department will be watching this. I know the Minister of State will bring back the content and...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (22 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: We will skip Questions Nos. 7 and 8 and proceed to Question No. 11. I thank Deputies Lawless and Tóibín for facilitating Deputy Brendan Smith. We will revert to her questions.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: We will go back to Question No. 2 in the name of Deputy Tóibín.
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (22 Sep 2022)
John Lahart: 177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the interconnector review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46547/22]