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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (24 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: 140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a timeline for the establishment of the national residential retrofit oversight steering group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10480/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (24 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: 182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a timeline for the establishment of the national residential retrofit oversight steering group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10608/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (24 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: 244. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the requisites for an Irish speaker within the public service; if an honours leaving certificate in Irish constitutes the same given the announcement recently with regard to a proportion of jobs being allocated to Irish speakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10609/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: 290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a lack of resourcing for reading schools in Dublin (details supplied); if she has any plans to increase supports for reading schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10517/22]

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: It is in the Library and Research Service.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: These sections are particularly important because they reinforce what the Minister of State is saying and what the intention of Government seems to be in relation to the transfer of powers and functions. It is that the Minister for Health legally cannot act in any of these areas concerning disability without consulting with the Minister of State with responsibility for disability stuff. It...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: This section provides that the Minister will be consulted on superannuation schemes relating to employees of the HSE. In the context of section 39 organisations and all those bits and pieces, is the section designed to provide that the Minister of State will have an input?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: Will the Minister of State give more background on the purpose of the section?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: The section provides for a service plan. Given that the functions are being transferred, to what does that relate? Is it that the HSE must also submit a service plan to the Minister of State for approval?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: Sections 27 to 30, inclusive, all relate to the same theme. I am a little confused. The delivery of many of the services will still be held by the HSE, but they must consult-----

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: However, the CEO of the HSE has these three or four sections and it is very clear that it is accountable to the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for those parts of the capital expenditure that are under her remit.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: I wish to ask a further question.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: If the Minister of State takes a view that a non-HSE body can provide a better service in a particular area than the HSE, specifically in relation to the area she has jurisdiction over, how does she see that working out?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: Could the Minister of State see a scenario under this where a service-level agreement could displace an existing HSE-funded service?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: This is one of the strongest parts of the Bill. It sets out the clear indication of the Government in respect of the transfer of powers and functions. It is welcome. It could not be clearer.

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (1 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [10084/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 18. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a report on the implementation of his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [11430/22]

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: I do not agree with much of the sentiment just expressed and nor would I like to see the situation exploited to that end. I know many of my colleagues would agree with that. It is important to make the point that not so long ago, in the aftermath of the annexation of Crimea, a number of Members of the European Parliament representing parties opposite, whom I will not name because I do not...