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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (2 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: 266. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for the parents of child with dyspraxia in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14864/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (2 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: 272. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in hiring the necessary personnel at a healthcare centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14898/19]

Road Traffic (All Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motor-cycle) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (3 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Road Traffic Act 1961 to further regulate the use of all terrain vehicles and scrambler motorcycles in a public place, to make further provision for the seizure, by An Garda Siochána, of said vehicles and motorcycles in certain circumstances, to provide for the confiscation and disposal of same when a person...

Road Traffic (All Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motor-cycle) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (3 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: The Bill is a practical response to the terrorising of communities by the illegal use of scramblers, in particular. Just today I received further video footage from my constituency of scramblers being used in a dangerous manner in Springfield, however, that is not an isolated incident. There are examples from Kingswood, Kilnamanagh, Oldbawn, and Kiltipper, and that is only in my...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (9 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (9 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: I call Deputy Wallace who has been given an additional three minutes by the Rural Independents Group.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (9 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Bernard J. Durkan and Kate O'Connell - to discuss a housing issue in south Dublin; (2) Deputy Michael Moynihan - to discuss the roll-out of broadband in north Cork; (3) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of schools (details supplied) that choose to withdraw their services during some of the summer months, resulting in severe disruption for parents and family of the children attending these schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16342/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (9 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: 271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the online booking system for appointments at the INIS Burgh Quay immigration office, Dublin 2; if his attention has been drawn to the waiting lists and extreme difficulty the public faces when attempting to book an emergency appointment online for the office; his plans to overhaul the system; and if he will make...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: By cutting other budgets.

A Better World: Ireland's Policy for International Development: Statements (11 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: Fianna Fáil welcomes the publication of Ireland’s new policy for international development, A Better World. It is essential that the ambition in this document be matched by resources, political will and implementation to ensure Ireland will maintains its excellent reputation in relation to ODA and assisting developing countries. Our aid programme has helped to address extreme...

Finance (Office of Tax Simplification) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am happy to speak on the Finance (Office of Tax Simplification) Bill 2018. The principal purpose of this Bill is to simplify the tax code for individual taxpayers, for companies and for the Revenue Commissioners. Ireland has by and large a simple, consistent, efficient and fair tax system. Our tax system as it is currently...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Archaeological Sites (16 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue. While I am grateful that the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, is here, I ask him to express my serious disappointment to the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Madigan, at her non-attendance. It is not often that the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is called on for Topical Issues. If...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Archaeological Sites (16 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: If it could be rescheduled within the current week.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Archaeological Sites (16 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: The matter is one of significance for the constituency of Dublin South-West, in particular the Scholarstown area, and I would like the Minister to respond in person.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (16 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: 591. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that planning permission has been sought for over 200 housing units on a historical site (details supplied); her views on the significance of the find; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17438/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Archaeological Sites (17 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: As the Ceann Comhairle knows, this matter was deferred to today. In a parliamentary question to the Minister in March, I asked about the archaeological significance and importance of the find at the excavation of lands at Scholarstown. They are known as the lands where the late former Taoiseach, Liam Cosgrave, lived. I obtained a brief response to that question and an even briefer response...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Archaeological Sites (17 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: I am grateful for the Minister's response. I did not get a copy of her script, so I would be grateful for that too. I received a two-line reply from the Minister to a parliamentary question on this issue yesterday. She has given a much more comprehensive reply today. There is an urgency about the situation. While I take the Minister's point that none of this would have been discovered...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Supply (18 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the lack of resources made available to second level schools that have teachers out on long-term sick leave; his plans to address the shortfall in substitute teachers for second level schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18174/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (18 Apr 2019)

John Lahart: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fill a vacancy on the National Council for Special Education (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the backlog the vacancy is causing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18175/19]