Results 421-440 of 6,533 for speaker:John Lahart
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: The Chairman keeps doing this to me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: The Chairman has allowed so much latitude to other speakers. I insist on it now. He has extended the meetings and we made our points earlier. I really want to make my point and I am the only member of my group who is contributing. These are important issues. If the process had started with education, people like me, who favoured the idea of metering, until a hames was made of it, would...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: It is not my fault, as a consumer, that the bulk of the water I use domestically, which has been treated, ends up being flushed into the system as opposed to being consumed. Dr. Collins mentioned €215 million being spent on bottled water. As a student in France at the age of 14, I found it hilarious that French people drank bottled water. What caused the shift among Irish people...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: From what Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: This is cross-departmental, including an education piece.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: Did the Public Water Forum representatives speak only with officials from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: Have they been in touch with the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, for example, on developing research grants on water management and conservation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: I am very impressed that the CER facilitates the secretariat. Was that a decision the CER took or was it leaned on by the Government to do it? The question is not political.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: It is a very commendable synergy.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (2 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: 75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bicycles reported stolen in the Dublin region in 2016; the number of these bicycles retrieved by An Garda Síochána; the number claimed by members of the public; and the number remaining in Garda stations throughout the county. [5220/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (2 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: 76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members on duty nationally and in Dublin during December 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5221/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Education (2 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget set aside by his Department or any other Department for 2017 for the promotion of Ireland and Dublin as a base for the education of international students in the English language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5219/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Infrastructure (2 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: 320. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the ESB's proposed smart metering project and the tendering system for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5218/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (2 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: 339. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to supply capital investment for the extension of the N81 route from Tallaght to the border with County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5217/17]
- Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: A Programme for a Partnership Government refers to the Government's efforts to ensure safe, timely care, as close to patients' homes as possible, and undertakes to reduce emergency department overcrowding and address hospital responsiveness to increased demand. As we saw in the programme that aired last night, the Government is struggling to do that. One of the most striking aspects of the...
- Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: I thank the Minister for his reply and his efforts in this regard. It is not only about spinal issues and I would not like to see the Minister's replies limited to that. I am familiar with, and raised with the Minister, the issue of tonsillectomy queues of young children waiting for ages. One of my colleagues adverted to the necessity for clinical judgment to be in play here. I wonder...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: North-South Interconnector (7 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: 556. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the North-South electricity interconnector project will continue; and the effect of Brexit on the single electricity market between Ireland and Northern Ireland. [5347/17]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: UK Referendum on EU Membership (7 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: 90. To ask the Taoiseach if he will set out Ireland's red line issues before Britain triggers Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty and begins negotiations to leave the EU. [5331/17]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: UK Referendum on EU Membership (7 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: 91. To ask the Taoiseach if the Government will commission a detailed assessment of the way in which Brexit will affect individual sectors of the economy to determine which industries may be adversely or positively affected. [5333/17]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: UK Referendum on EU Membership (7 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: 92. To ask the Taoiseach the co-ordinator of Ireland's role in the Brexit negotiations. [5341/17]