Results 721-740 of 6,533 for speaker:John Lahart
- Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2017)
John Lahart: It has been a year since my colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath, introduced the first Private Members' motion to the new Dáil. A year on, people are still facing, as he outlined, exactly the same challenges in respect of paying motor insurance. Fianna Fáil produced a 12-point plan at the time in response to the 60% or 70% increases consumers and motorists had experienced since...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)
John Lahart: No.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (23 May 2017)
John Lahart: 56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the increase in Garda numbers the Dublin region can expect in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24349/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Secondment (24 May 2017)
John Lahart: 41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondments which have exceeded five years in the period July 2009 to October 2014, inclusive; the length of time for which five years was exceeded; the number of secondments refused or terminated in this same period on the grounds that the secondment exceeded five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24457/17]
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)
John Lahart: I welcome the Environmental Pillar. The witnesses want to tax everything, which is really interesting. It is almost utopian from an environmental point of view. I am going play devil's advocate, if I may. Are coffee cups recyclable?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)
John Lahart: So they are recyclable.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)
John Lahart: That is okay.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)
John Lahart: It is not a big deal, though. What I am coming at is that the witnesses want to tax everything. People are hard pushed enough. I get a coffee in the morning that costs €2 and the witnesses want me to pay €2.10 or bring my own cup. That is practical but we would need a reasonably long lead-in time. When the plastic bag levy came in, a constituent of a former colleague of...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)
John Lahart: Starting from first principles, the energy involved in creating a plastic bag is significantly less than that required to create a paper bag, or so I am told. There are a whole load of pluses and minuses. I am really interested in the aggregates charge. Ms O'Brien might repeat her statistics. She said that 1% of demolition-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)
John Lahart: Construction and demolition waste in Ireland compared with?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)
John Lahart: In?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)
John Lahart: Does Ms O'Brien think they have hit their maximum?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)
John Lahart: What happens to a building that is demolished?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)
John Lahart: The old Cusack Stand from Croke Park forms a fairway on Stackstown Golf Club now. It was ferried up in truckloads. That is interesting. I am saying that there are more angles to the issue. The witnesses have prompted an interesting discussion.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)
John Lahart: A stirrer is used for two seconds.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)
John Lahart: If I may ask one final question, we used to have the 5p deposit for glass bottles. Do any countries in the EU do that?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Receipts: Department of Finance and Revenue Commissioners (14 Jun 2017)
John Lahart: I welcome from the Department of Finance, Mr. John McCarthy, chief economist; Mr. Rónán Hession, principal officer with responsibility for business tax policy; and Mr. John Palmer, budgetary policy-reporting, economic and budget division; and from the Revenue Commissioners, Mr. Gerry Howard, assistant secretary; Mr. Keith Walsh, principal officer; Ms Jeanette Doonan, principal...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Receipts: Department of Finance and Revenue Commissioners (14 Jun 2017)
John Lahart: I invite Mr. Howard to make his opening statement, after which Mr. Walsh will make a brief presentation to the committee.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Receipts: Department of Finance and Revenue Commissioners (14 Jun 2017)
John Lahart: The first to contribute in the order of comments and questions will be Deputy Pearse Doherty. Then, we will have Deputy Tommy Broughan and he will be followed by Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Receipts: Department of Finance and Revenue Commissioners (14 Jun 2017)
John Lahart: Does Ms Doonan have a timeline for that?