Results 6,661-6,680 of 6,782 for speaker:John Lahart
- Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)
John Lahart: I like the point about reverting. When you are under threat, you want to go back to the way things were. That is one response and it is an interesting insight.
- Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)
John Lahart: And the Scandinavians?
- Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)
John Lahart: China poured more concrete in a 15-year period than the United States did in the entire 20th century. That is the other side of their fossil-fuel generated stuff. Their South American narrative is interesting because the world is changing. I am on these committees, as is Deputy Ward. Some South American countries would say that they share and admire European values. They feel...
- Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)
John Lahart: Not far off it. The movie was not far off it. The forest fires in places Los Angeles is a real answer to that but a wealth class feels it can escape it. We have to create new markets. We may have to travel farther to sell our goods and we may have to import goods from farther away and create goals, environments and rules that facilitate that in a climate-friendly way. Mercosur is for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)
John Lahart: Apologies have been received from Deputy Bennett. Deputy Ní Raghallaigh will be substituting for her. I advise members of the constitutional requirements that members must be physically present within the confines of the Leinster House complex in order to participate in public meetings. I will not permit a member to participate where they are not adhering to this constitutional...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)
John Lahart: What is Deputy Brennan's question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)
John Lahart: The next speaker is Senator Stephenson, whose voice is a little challenged today. If she cannot throw it substantially, she may be ably assisted by Senator Higgins. We will give it a go.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)
John Lahart: I ask the Senator to repeat that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)
John Lahart: Senator Higgins might repeat that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)
John Lahart: There are two questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)
John Lahart: Can Mr. Smyth tell us what the court said?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)
John Lahart: I will move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)
John Lahart: The officials are not politicians. They are civil servants, so they are restricted in what they can say. They may answer the parts they can answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)
John Lahart: I am trying to be objective but these are political questions and the witnesses are civil servants. They may answer the parts they can answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)
John Lahart: You can chance it, Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)
John Lahart: As Senator Garrett Ahearn has left momentarily, I call Senator O'Loughlin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)
John Lahart: In other words, what is the difficulty with services?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)
John Lahart: I thank Mr. Smyth. I call Deputy Noel McCarthy.