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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (9 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: It is in Rathfarnham.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (9 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I am very grateful for that comprehensive response. While the Department of Education website gives schools an update as to where exactly they are in the planning process, it never explains on a spreadsheet why projects may have been paused or stalled. The Minister of State outlined that, among other things, there had been budgetary pressures arising from high construction costs, inflation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will centralise the school place application model for students with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12168/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to expand the summer school programme for students with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12169/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in which she has implemented section 37A of Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Act 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12170/23]

Joint Committee On Health: Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I confirm I am on the campus. I am normally in the committee room so I ask the attendees to forgive me for not being there this morning. I thank the contributors for their very different presentations, including the presentations from the people in the field and at the coalface and the more academic - and by that I do not mean theoretical - presentations that enlightened and informed us...

Joint Committee On Health: Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: When given a platform, one needs to take it. Primary care was intended as a first response to this, was it not?

Joint Committee On Health: Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: That is very useful for a Deputy to know because in my constituency there are two or three state-of-the-art primary care centres, one of which opened quite recently. That gives me scope in terms of parliamentary questions to ask as well. The witnesses have been talking about dual diagnosis which I found to be very informative and I thank them for that. What are the pitfalls of single...

Joint Committee On Health: Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: Yes, we have been speaking about dual diagnosis. In other words, the failure because of time or resources or any other of a range of reasons, the failure to dual diagnose and the propensity to focus on one diagnosis.

Joint Committee On Health: Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: Can Dr. Mac Gabhann give us a simple explanation of why that does not work for the individual?

Joint Committee On Health: Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I might have been long-winded. I was trying to say that, regardless of specialists or otherwise, we know that with the system, you go to a doctor, tell them you are suffering from depression and you may be prescribed medication. If he or she has time, a good GP might delve into that and discover that you lost your partner or your job in the previous six months and that one is connected to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I support the Minister. We can focus on the discussions but I heard the Minister repeat continuously that those negotiations and discussions are going positively. Deputy Ó Ríordáin knows about the tictacking that necessarily goes on between Departments. I look at my constituency of Dublin South-West and the projects needed there, including Gaelscoileanna like Gaelscoil Chnoc...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: Under Standing Orders I am entitled to contribute on a question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I am coming in on the general question Deputy Ó Ríordáin asked-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: -----but that is beside the point.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I am entitled to contribute. If the Deputy had allowed me to, I would have got to my question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I thought I had a minute. Under Standing Orders I have a minute.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will develop a centralised application system to schools for children with ASD and additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13889/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I wish to ask the Minister if she will develop a centralised application system to schools for children with autism spectrum disorder, ASD, and additional needs. If she is in a position to do so, will she comment on pilots that exist in this space already and make a statement on the matter?