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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: I have great respect for Senator Keogan, who talked about the slippery slope in Canada. A big bunch of Canadians do not regard it as a slippery slope; rather, they regard it as a logical conclusion. I am not making any judgment either way. Their society is at a different place, either before or after ours. From the evidence we gathered on both sides, the statistics were very interesting....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (28 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: 312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a detailed update with regard to the details and timelines in respect of the remediation of apartment defects to help allay any anxieties of apartment owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51865/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: 347. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51852/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: 348. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51863/23]

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: I welcome the Minster and the Minister of State. In summary, there was a shortfall in the budget for 2024 and the back end of this year which required a Supplementary Estimate, and that has been provided. Will the Minister outline some of the progress that has been made during his tenure in the health portfolio, not only in the last year but in the last two years? I will give him a...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: I am particularly struck by the progress made across a range of women’s healthcare issues. An issue raised at our briefing today, which was also raised when Bernard Gloster was before the committee, is the scope for savings. The Secretary General, Mr. Watt, also made that point when he was here. We are told that significant progress has been made in the programme to curtail...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: I have read that. What is the Minister’s expectation or objective on, say, the savings yield there? Has he been given any kind of picture as to that?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: Is this the first time such a team will be brought in?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: The Minister has not been given much time to talk about price inflation which, like all backbenchers, I experience. Whether it is in respect of local authority or Department of Education projects, inflation is having an impact. It clearly takes out a lot of projects that they have in mind. What is the trajectory of price inflation for capital projects in health?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: Is there any parallel between the direction of inflation and the general direction of economic inflation, which seems to be slowing?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: How much did inflation add to the overall health budget in 2023? I ask for a ballpark figure.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: How much is that in millions?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: That is close to the Supplementary Estimate.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: I have three more questions, including one for the Minister of State. There were discussions between the Minister and the Minister for public expenditure that bordered on the friendly and combative, I am sure. Will the Minister give a flavour of those, even if it is just for colour? He is a man who would clearly dig his heels in. On a subject close to my heart, I chair a cross-party...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: No but I can make the point I want to make. I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for even allowing me in. I raised a Topical Issue late last night in the Dáil. It was on the introduction of the S8 and the S6, and the shortfall in those schedules. They replaced the 75 and 175 and in doing so seriously discommoded commuters on both sections of those routes because there was a direct...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: They come from Citywest. I ask the NTA to be aware that it is probably five years since the public consultation and there have been dramatic demographic changes in the areas these are serving. Citywest and Ballycullen would be classic examples. There has been a real change in the people using them. Some people are happy to connect. Some people are enthusiastic there are now connections...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: The promise to keep it under review is important. Also, the schedules have not got to every house. Those metro-style maps are challenging for many people. Many people just give up at that first step. I do not want the CEO to misinterpret what I have said. I have said I am enthusiastic about aspects of it. There have been many comments on it from those 3,500 people. It was not an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: I was very taken by Dr. McDonagh's written contribution. It is very powerful. I will certainly be advocating inclusion in any report of some of the elements she has mentioned today with regard to assisted living. One of the big learnings for me throughout recent months is that as a State, we need to redouble our efforts. This does not mean we are going to get it right, but we need to take...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill and welcome Minister Noonan to the House to listen to our contributions. When my parents moved to a parish called Ballyroan in Rathfarnham, it was the last development before the Dublin Mountains. Tallaght was a village. When we were on a journey down the country, we gave the famous children's catchcry, "Are we there yet?", when we got to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Industrial Disputes (7 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: 235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to address the ongoing issue of the 15% pay gap between Tús supervisors and community employment supervisors within South Dublin County partnership at County Hall, despite performing similar duties; if her Department has any plans to resolve this pay disparity issue between Tús supervisors and community employment...