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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: We have gone through some of the notes, the witness statements and the written evidence that was presented to us. The Chair and I represent an area in CHO 7. Perhaps for the benefit of people watching the meeting, the HSE is divided into numbered community health areas, and mine is No. 7. In broad brushstrokes, CHO 7 includes north Kildare and south Dublin. It is one of those areas that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: One of the criticisms is that there does not seem to be a lateral thinking approach. This is not a personal criticism; I am trying to be helpful. I am a Government Deputy. What can Government do to assist? Mr. Walsh is talking about it from a helicopter view and level, looking down on it, yet we talk to parents who have a 15- or 16-year-old with urgent and acute needs who have to wait....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: What is a CAMHS care hub?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: What personnel do they involve?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: Where is the setting located?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: Are those primary care centres?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (10 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: 149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform given the requirement of some public servants to retire at 60 years of age and given that some public servants wish to continue working, and if they seek to transfer across to another position within the public service, it appears that they must begin on a starting salary scale; the actions he is considering with regard to remedying...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Management Companies (10 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: 336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is legal for management companies, which takes ownership of a substantial amount of apartments in an apartment complex that, that a management company then has the majority vote when it comes to increasing the management fee on the owner/occupiers in the remaining part of the apartment complex; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (10 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: 569. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned by the warning in a presentation by senior oncologists (details supplied); if he is considering making a statement on the matter; if he is taking steps to ensure that timelines for Irish patients to access new medicines do not continue to worsen; if he is considering how much funding will be required to prevent a deterioration in 2024;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: 571. To ask the Minister for Health how Ireland ranks according to the latest IQVIA Patients WAIT Indicator Survey; the rate of availability of new medicines in Ireland compared with the EU average; the average waiting time for access to new medicines in Ireland in comparison with the EU average; and the average waiting time for patients in Ireland. [44065/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: The intervention by the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, Deputy Connolly, on the events in Israel is significant, particularly her comments regarding the leadership shown by the Tánaiste. I echo those sentiments. I also want to put on the record that there is a very small Jewish population in this country that feels particularly vulnerable and fearful right now. I want to acknowledge that and...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: What I will say can be said in a short period. I, too, commend the budget to the House. It was very well received, judged in part by the reaction to the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael McGrath. There are many highlights but there is a continuing theme in some areas, particularly in education. I commend my colleague, the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, on the work she has done....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: The Chair and I share the same constituency. We attended a meeting where many parents of young adults with disabilities and special needs were present. They talked about how those kids, adolescents and adults get lost in respect of their mental health needs. The disability piece is one element, but the parents spoke about how there are so few supports if they have a combined mental health...

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (12 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: I presume the Minister has been made aware of the pricing and the advertising that appears on these dispensers. They have found a loophole. They are very attractive because they are basically advertising that a particular brand is cheaper. For vulnerable nicotine addicts, particularly younger people, cheaper price is an attraction. That is the pull. That is one of the issues that is...

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (12 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: What is the status of vaping indoors?

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (12 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: That is something that ought to be considered as well as part of any legislation that is coming because I have noticed a creep in it, absent any hard information on what the vapes contain.

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (12 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: On the review piece, I am not sure whether there is flexibility to review some aspects of it earlier than other aspects. As the Minister said, some parts of the Bill can be enacted immediately while we will wait for other parts to be enacted. In regard to parts on banning vaping products for children, three years seems a long time. If the tobacco companies or other companies find some way...

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (12 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: The Chair will have to forgive me as I have to make a contribution to the debate on the budget in the House. I do not blame the Minister for responding the way he did. It indicated a degree of passion about the Bill he is trying to bring in and get passed. I share the regret it has delayed the banning of the sale of vaping products to children for at least eight months. It is not often we...

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (12 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: The implication is the same as the Minister's previous exhortation, which fell on deaf ears, that this will delay some measures if the amendment is passed. That is what I am saying. It will have to go to the European Union for consideration.

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (12 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: It becomes a little bit like asking, "How long is a piece of string?". One of the things that strikes me about tobacco, for example, is that it does not ever seem to be necessary for the tobacco industry or film industry to credit tobacco with the funding of movies. I have always been of the impression that this is the case, however. It is particularly insidious in some movies. One cannot...