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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (24 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: My request would be to at least change the music that is played when on hold, given that people from my office have spent so much time listening to it. I am sorry for interrupting.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (24 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: Absolutely. I would be happy to do that.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (24 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: I allowed the Minister a bit more time to reply because Deputy O'Donoghue did not use up all his time.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (24 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: I am not sure if there is wining in Saudi Arabia.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail all the sanctions that Ireland has imposed on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. [15147/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: This question is to ask the Minister if he is in a position to give details of the sanctions, if not perhaps all of them, that Ireland has imposed on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. I ask him to make a general statement on the matter, regarding what those sanctions might involve and what he thinks the likely impact and effect has been on Russia in that regard. Regarding the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: The Minister addressed my question in the last line there in respect of the impact of the sanctions. My question is really on the efficacy of the sanctions. How do we know what impact they are having? How long does the Minister think it will take for the report on those impacts to be returned? He referred to it being done at EU level. What is the ultimate purpose of the sanctions? I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister and it clearly takes time. Everybody is interested in the background - the rationale rather than research - for particular sanctions rather than others. We must be guided by the fact that the last people we want to penalise are our own citizens and people in business here. We do not wish to affect consumers here who have felt an impact. What is the purpose or...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Survivors Memorial (24 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 53. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on progress made towards the establishment of a national memorial and archive for survivors of institutional abuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15313/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (24 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 57. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the total admissions to the Irish Refugee Protection Programme since its inception, including when the next group of refugees from Jordan and Lebanon are expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15312/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that all the activities of the staff in the Russian embassy are compatible with their diplomatic status. [15146/22]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: I thank Dr. Cassidy and Dr. O'Brien. I have a couple of quick questions to start with and if they can give reasonably quick answers, we might get into a little more detail after that. What is the country's debt, as we speak?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: That is nearly a quarter of a trillion euro. That is borrowed at relatively low interest rates. Is that correct?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: I am surprised that the witnesses have not really outlined a worst-case scenario, although things are moving quickly. To me, we are into a worst-case scenario in relation to Ukraine. This is not going to end quickly. Its economy has come to a complete standstill. We are not finished with sanctions and we have not fully begun to feel the impact. We have not taken the maximum number or...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: Do we have any sense of how much Russian money there is floating around the Irish economy?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: Are they subject to sanctions, as a matter of interest?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: What does that mean, in effect?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: That is a good point. It just seemed an obvious question. I do not want to press Dr. Cassidy on something that is outside his remit. That would be unfair. Let us get back to the debt. It is a quarter of a trillion euro, which we forget so easily about. How sustainable is that figure?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: Yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: Dr. Cassidy says it exceeds where he would like it to be by a considerable amount. It is €232 billion. Would he be more comfortable if it was in and around €150 billion? Would that be more manageable in the long term? We might not be as exposed to risks and shocks.