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

John Lahart: The Parliamentary Budget Office, PBO, which informs this committee and does a lot of research for us, has published a number of pieces recently with which Dr. Cassidy may be familiar. We can all see the challenges facing the Government. There is real pressure coming from particular forces who argue every time there is a crisis, either with a small or a capital C, that the Government must...

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

John Lahart: I ask Dr. Cassidy to define a permanent shock. I am not being stupid. I understand the concept of a temporary shock but the current shock could potentially be a decade long before it works itself out. Is that a permanent shock?

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

John Lahart: When does one decide it is not a temporary shock?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently based in Tallaght station, Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16194/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (29 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action that is being taken to tackle drug crime, especially in view of recent seizures in Tallaght, Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16195/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (29 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment to apply for a PPS card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16031/22]

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: On the previous Deputy's point about Covanta, I remember in the last Dáil as Dublin spokesperson going down to the Irish Water sewage treatment plant. I was told, and it is an analogy I have kept in my head since, that the sewage that flows into that plant is the equivalent of the volume of water that flows in the River Dodder from source to sea in a 24-hour period. It is cleansed to a...

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: Yes. Even there a bit of education is needed because apparently they are not great in every aspect of the garden but are suitable for particular plants. Sometimes I think we are too late. A piecemeal manner of addressing this will not work. If you want to see the appetite for plastic, go into your supermarket. The most obscene example of plastic use is on airlines. When you order a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (30 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide updated plans for the new National Maternity Hospital at St. Vincent's University Hospital. [16807/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (30 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 132. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken under the women's health action plan. [16806/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: I thank the Chair. I was actually just writing a note to say that I will have to depart. A group from the Huntington's Disease Association of Ireland is coming in at 11 a.m. and I am hosting them. I am really thrilled to have an opportunity to speak. I will only use five minutes of my time. I thank the witnesses. I am really concerned about some aspects of their presentation. I am very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: I have to depart. Shrinking the gap is a very good way of describing it. It certainly speaks to me. It speaks of a big gap between administration and the day-to-day role of the hospital doctors. Clearly, the chief executive of the HSE and the Minister have a role here. When we go into private session at some stage later in the week, certainly, I think the witnesses have exercised our...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (31 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 41. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will continue to fund a service (details supplied) as a result of the wind-down of Covid-19 services in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13009/22]

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: I have great respect for my constituency colleague, Deputy Paul Murphy, and he makes very compelling arguments. The difference between being on the Opposition benches and these benches is that governments have to govern. Revolution along the lines of which he is talking might be welcome, desirable even-----

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: I am just wondering about time needed, given the pace at which change takes place. I was reminded continuously during the Deputy's contribution of the movie "Don't Look Up". Therein lies the challenge. I am thinking of the Acting Chairman, who has some very young children. If they understood half of what was going on - given their youth, not their lack of intelligence - they would wonder...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (7 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: Question No. 6 is being introduced by Deputy Lawless.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (7 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: The Minister of State can come back to that in the second reply. I call Deputy Lawless.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Policy (7 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: We will come back to Question No. 8.

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: I am glad the Minister is here. I compliment him again on his industriousness since he became Minister. He has piled really constructive Bills into the House and passed them. He has been flexible in accepting meaningful and sensible amendments and suggestions when they come forward, either from his own side or from the Opposition. I can spend an hour speaking on this, as I am sure any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: I thank our guests for their presentations. I attended a recent event on Huntington's disease. In my conversations with the Neurological Alliance of Ireland, the importance of advocacy was made clear. To have even one or two voices advocating for those suffering from what are termed rare neurologically debilitative conditions is vital. I want to focus on the nurse specialists initially...