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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

John Lahart: Except in relation to deputy Secretary General level, which this was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

John Lahart: It comes back to the communications and our star player here. To some degree, in olden days, Robert, no one would know who you were.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

John Lahart: No one should know who you are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

John Lahart: Okay. There will be reviews of books and things like that. Some people have been described as bullies, thugs and all the rest of it. Some people have been said to be robust in getting their own way. It was an interesting and fraught period. However, the communications piece just seemed to misunderstand not the nature of the position, but the person who Mr. Watt was seeking to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

John Lahart: There were accusations that Ministers were not informed, but I think Mr. Watt would say that he had not got it to the point where the Minister ought to have been informed. There will be others who may be here sitting beside me who might take issue with that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

John Lahart: That is my summary. It would be helpful, in terms of the internal inquiry, if the two Departments - the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the Department of Education - provided a few details of the process they followed in terms of their Secretary Generals going to the university sector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

John Lahart: Does the deputy Secretary-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

John Lahart: Leaving Dr. Holohan out of it as a personality, on the deputy Secretary General piece and kind of accommodating that into the Secretary General model of secondment, that is kind of unprecedented and there is no Government provision for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

John Lahart: Mr. Watt has probably passed seven years as Secretary General between the two Departments. If there was a decision not to extend the term and he was nowhere near his 40 years of service, we could anticipate a similar arrangement could be entered into, given the Government has approved this process in 2011 and 2021, so his particular expertise and experience would not be lost to the public...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

John Lahart: It was addressed in 2016.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

John Lahart: 82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications from Dublin that are currently outstanding; the planning that is being carried out to ensure that there is no repeat of the delays with applications experienced in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22893/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

John Lahart: My question concerns the number of outstanding passport applications from Dublin and the planning carried out to ensure that there is no repeat of the delays with applications experienced in 2021.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

John Lahart: I appreciate the Minister's reply and I want to acknowledge the sterling work being done by officials in the Department, under immense pressure, to deal with the conveyor belt of applications coming in. The Minister referred to 88,000 first-time applications this year, which is a pretty phenomenal figure. The fact that 400,000 passport applications have been made in the year to date when...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

John Lahart: I have a list, just from today, of criticisms, the main one being that the facility is simply unavailable. Again, I appreciate the pressure staff and officials are under but I ask the Minister to address that matter too.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Travel (10 May 2022)

John Lahart: 94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Kyiv; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22894/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (10 May 2022)

John Lahart: 173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the one-stop-shop in respect of the national retrofitting scheme will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22627/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (10 May 2022)

John Lahart: 263. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the practice of banks of charging negative interest charges to client accounts held on behalf of clients by solicitors who have their office accounts charged by the banks and have to pass on these negative interest rate charges to their clients as a consequence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22625/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (10 May 2022)

John Lahart: 264. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in assembling an appeals board in respect of the primary medical certificate; the plans that are in place in respect of the backlog of those awaiting an appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22632/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration (10 May 2022)

John Lahart: 342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that the Registry of Deeds Office has not opened since March 2020; and the reason that the Registry of Deeds Office does not open now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22624/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (10 May 2022)

John Lahart: 383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons accessing emergency accommodation in Dublin who are not on a local authority housing list in Dublin.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23450/22]