Results 361-380 of 6,533 for speaker:John Lahart
- Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2016)
John Lahart: This issue arose on Committee Stage and it was Deputy Munster who raised the issue of the fatality in Cork involving an unaccompanied learner driver. It takes such occurrences to make people conscious of this offence. I have become acutely aware of cars displaying L plates in which there is only one person, the driver, and I have made the assumption that the car is being driven by the...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Dec 2016)
John Lahart: 20. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans in place to increase the number of Garda detectives in the Dublin region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40444/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (16 Dec 2016)
John Lahart: 26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a progress report on the programme for Government commitment to double the numbers in the Garda Reserve; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40445/16]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: I thank the officials from Irish Water and the regulator for their presentations and for the information they provided. There are varying reports circulating in the media on the cost of the abolition of charges, some have gone as high as €200 million or €250 million in respect of loss of revenue to Irish Water. The costs given in replies to parliamentary questions have varied,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: In the view of the energy regulator, is the conservation grant connected in any way to conservation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: I am asking the witness, as the energy regulator, if it is connected in any way to conservation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: How would the regulator measure it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: Ervia used the model of Bord Gáis Eireann but it must see now that there is a world of a difference between water and gas. Would the witnesses accept that the installation of a gas meter promotes conservation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: I am asking the question as to whether there is a connection - because I do not see one - between a domestic meter for gas and any kind of potential for conservation of gas by the household. I am reinforcing the point Irish Water made, namely, that it was set up essentially as a business to install water meters that would charge for water. There was no conservation element to it. I will...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: I asked a short question. I would like to contradict the answer I received because there is a substantial body of evidence that contradicts Mr. McNicholas's view. There is no suggestion that a gas meter promotes conservation of gas and there is no evidence that an electricity meter promotes the conservation of electricity. On the contrary, if Irish Water considers its brother and sister...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: This is key.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: When will commercial rates transfer to Irish Water?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: The question relates to funding.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: This issue goes to the heart of the funding model.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: Commercial funding is related to future funding.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: My question relates to the future funding of water.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: There is no need to be testy about it. May I ask one further question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: Even a short one?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: What about the-----