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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: Whoever wishes to take it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: Perhaps we can follow up on a written update. Regarding Sláintecare and the organic nature of it - this question is for Ms Magahy - 50 or 60 years ago we had an institutional setting, particularly for matters such as mental health, if that is not a misnomer. Then the emphasis was to move it - it continues to be to move it - into the community. However, Deputies and Senators, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: There is a good book by Ida Milne on the Spanish flu in Ireland. There was a surge in November and a further surge the following March, then, thankfully, the flu disappeared. It looks like we are in the middle of a second surge and that it will be with us for a year and a half. What have we learned about respite and other matters that we might have been frightened to do at the start? Can...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 19. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the steps being taken to address urgently the crisis facing businesses and traders in Dublin city as a consequence of significantly reduced customer footfall, an absence of tourists and the operation of a remote working regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25954/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: This is an unexpected opportunity. I raised this matter at a meeting of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight but obviously circumstances have changed. Provisions have been made to support businesses, particularly in the three counties forced to lock down. There are serious issues arising regarding retail footfall in Dublin city. In the Convention Centre, I gave the example of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister. I acknowledge he is aware of the issue and I welcome his response. He will be aware that, at the start of the pandemic, remote working was embraced as a new, ground-breaking concept that would change the world. It is now recognised that employees probably need a blend of remote working and participation in the workplace. Is there work ongoing in this regard? Are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: I am happy with that reply. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for facilitating the question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (15 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in respect of a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30821/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (20 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps which have been taken to determine the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the recent judgment of the decision of the Supreme Court to quash the decision of the disabled drivers board of appeal not to grant a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31243/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (20 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps which have been taken to determine the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the recent judgment of the decision of the Supreme Court to quash the decision of the disabled drivers board of appeal not to grant a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31244/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (20 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide an update on the continued processing of applications for primary medical certificates in view of the recent judgment of the Supreme Court in cases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31245/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are Covid-19 guidelines in place that allow access to schools for additional resources such as psychologists, speech and language therapists, art therapists and others; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31651/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (20 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 568. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff trained and assigned to perform colonoscopies that were working in public hospitals from 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30971/20]

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: The problem with the experience of abuse from the perspective of those who have been abused is that when it happens - I refer specifically to the experience of the women in the mother and baby homes – it appears that there is a tolerance level for it and that it is tolerated by the institution in which it happens. Clearly, it was tolerated with a few notable, kindly exceptions. That...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (21 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will work with a bank (details supplied) to prevent job losses and a loss of competition to the banking market here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31941/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (21 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 244. To ask the Minister for Health when the threshold for medical cards will be raised as committed to in budget 2020 in order that persons can apply for same [31942/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (21 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: I agree with Deputy Cullinane. It is the context in which one phrases it. If one married it with what Deputy Durkan said, namely, acknowledged the severe pressure they are under, the number of tests undertaken and how it has been wrapped up, it is appropriate the health committee invites them in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (21 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: Yes, but I would like, if it were possible, for a full briefing document in advance. Given this six-week period we are going through, it is, to quote a radio anchor yesterday, an opportunity for the State to get its house in order in respect of some of the areas of Covid in order that we come out of this six weeks with a plan or some kind of learnings which we can bring forward to ensure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in Acute and Community Care Settings: Discussion (21 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. Some of the questions I wished to ask have been asked, so I will not repeat them. There are some specific questions. My party is due to have a parliamentary party meeting tonight. I will raise points made specifically with regard to student nurses with the Taoiseach and Minister and see why that is the case given the circumstances in which the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in Acute and Community Care Settings: Discussion (21 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: Ms Ní Sheaghdha told us that 34% of healthcare workers who tested positive were nurses. What is the percentage of consultants who have tested positive? That question is for Professor Irvine.