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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (24 Oct 2017)

John Lahart: 259. To ask the Minister for Health the purpose of the satellite children's hospital building to be located at Tallaght hospital; the facilities that will be provided there; if parents will be prevented from brining children directly to St. James's Hospital as opposed to going to Tallaght hospital for observation; the timeline for the development; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme (24 Oct 2017)

John Lahart: 333. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the position regarding remedial works that need to be undertaken at swimming pools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44866/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Oct 2017)

John Lahart: I acknowledge that the Minister for Education and Skills has attended to take this Topical Issue debate. As he knows, the case of Gaelscoil Chnoc Liamhna in Knocklyon in my constituency of Dublin South-West dates back more than 20 years. I was elected as a councillor in 1999. A few years later, the question of a permanent site and school became a live issue. Scandalously, the complex and...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Oct 2017)

John Lahart: I welcome those initial comments and the Minister's confirmation that the project will proceed to architectural planning and design stage. Can he provide me with a date as to when the architectural design stage will begin or, if he cannot commit to one now, come back to me in writing? I would be very grateful if he could. Does the Minister agree that it is unacceptable and continues to...

Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2017)

John Lahart: In the limited time I have to speak, I commend my colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath, not alone for bringing this motion before the House tonight, but also for having pursued this issue so vigorously over the last number of years along with a number of other colleagues. I am not sure whether the Minister is aware of the reaction among journalists on social media to his press conference...

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

John Lahart: Deputy Ó Cuív lent me his pen and the Ceann Comhairle acted as witness to the return of the said ballpoint. These are cherished items. I am a member of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight. We had the director of the Office of Budgetary Oversight in today. I am sure the officials will be interested. They have probably read the director's report at this stage. They should...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (25 Oct 2017)

John Lahart: 175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the detection rate across the range of offences as presented to joint policing committees in the four Dublin local authorities; the offences recorded and the detection rate for each offence, in 2016 and 2017, in tabular form in the Dublin metropolitan area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45126/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (26 Oct 2017)

John Lahart: I will give the Minister another 30 seconds to address the issue raised in the Topical Issue matter.

Topical Issue Debate: Scéim na mBóithre Áise (26 Oct 2017)

John Lahart: I will stop the clock.

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

John Lahart: I am delighted to be able to speak on this topic. As my party's spokesperson on Dublin, I want to focus on some small aspects of the national planning framework, NPF, that affect Dublin. I will be coming back to my constituency, as we all do, because everybody's constituency in one way or another is a microcosm of the State. The ultimate objective of the NPF is to guide the future...

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

John Lahart: I will have to ask the Deputy to conclude as he has gone a minute over his time. I thank him for his understanding.

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

John Lahart: Does the Minister of State wish to respond briefly?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Nov 2017)

John Lahart: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address issues with regard to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46305/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (7 Nov 2017)

John Lahart: 492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of mediation uptake in family law cases here; the way in which this compares with international practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45870/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (7 Nov 2017)

John Lahart: 493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it is appropriate to make mediation compulsory in family law cases; his further views on whether it is appropriate and advisable that child psychologists and psychiatrists need to be pre-eminent in the family court process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45871/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (7 Nov 2017)

John Lahart: 494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the notion that practising lawyers and solicitors must have achieved an academic specialism, not just certificates in continuous special development, in child and family matters before undertaking cases related to family law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45872/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Data (7 Nov 2017)

John Lahart: 997. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the statistics for collisions and accidents on the M50 to date in 2017; specifically between junction 11 and junction 13; the delays that these incidents have on traffic across the city, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45722/17]

Message from Select Committee (9 Nov 2017)

John Lahart: The Select Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection has completed its consideration of the following further Revised Estimate for public services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2017 - Vote 37.

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

John Lahart: I will begin where my colleague, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, concluded, namely in public confidence in the gardaí. Irish confidence in the gardaí has been maintained quite consistently. It is testament to the standing in which An Garda Síochána is held but it is not infinite which the force can take for granted. I acknowledge and will elaborate on something which Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (9 Nov 2017)

John Lahart: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the search for a site for the proposed 1,000 pupil post-primary school (details supplied) in Dublin 24. [47386/17]