Results 941-960 of 6,533 for speaker:John Lahart

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (26 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of new school building provisions for an area (details supplied); his plans for the provision for a post-primary school for the area; the status of these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40500/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied). [40502/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (26 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress which has been made in the divestment of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40504/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (26 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the amalgamation of schools (details supplied); the communication he has had with the archdiocese for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40505/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigration Data (26 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: 184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland historically enjoyed a quota or a formal or informal arrangement regarding the numbers of emigrants to the United States; if so, the arrangement; the numbers involved; when this arrangement, if in existence, came to an end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40498/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (26 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: 218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of homicides in each of the years 2010 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40501/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (26 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: 349. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre in an area (details supplied); the starting date of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40503/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (26 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: 471. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the stage Transport Infrastructure Ireland's consideration of the provisions of a turning roundabout at a location (details supplied) is at to facilitate the provision of a bus route extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40499/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (26 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: 472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to connect the green and red Luas lines on the south of the city; the research which has been carried out on this in the past; if he will recommence the investigation into such a proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40506/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (26 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: 514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for carer's allowance; and when the person can expect a decision. [40497/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Deportation Orders (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the deportation from Israel on 9 September 2017 of four persons (details supplied). [40877/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications Data (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that applied for asylum in each of the years 2000 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of persons that were rejected; the number of persons that left voluntarily; the number of persons awaiting a decision, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40808/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister and his officials for the presentation. I have a couple of direct questions to ask and will not make statements. Is the Minister a Coca-Cola drinker or is he a Coca-Cola Light or Coke Zero Sugar consumer?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: The Minister brackets them all as "fizzy drinks".

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: I ask because of the sugar tax that has started to be mooted in the media of late. Is it right to discriminate between those drinks that have sugar and are sweet and those that do not have sugar and are sweet when it comes to taxation?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: As we all do, the Minister will know that, in predicting a move by governments internationally, the major manufacturing companies have moved away from investing in sugar sweetened drinks towards non-sugar sweetened drinks. Does he have a view on how this might be reflected in tax policy?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: Does the tax only apply to fizzy drinks?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister. Did the reduction of recent years in the hospitality sector's VAT rate make a difference to it and the tourism and food industries more generally?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: Will the Minister develop that answer?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: At a point in time.