Results 1,081-1,100 of 6,533 for speaker:John Lahart
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (5 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a post-primary school (details supplied); if the site acquisition been confirmed; the scheduled opening date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51981/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Membership (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: 1. To ask the Taoiseach to list the members of the Cabinet committee F (national security). [50147/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Data (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department interacts with the private sector to obtain tourism statistics; if there is a continuous flow of information from the private sector to his Department in relation to tourism statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52176/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Policy (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being made in Dublin to ensure that tourism is seen as a positive and not a negative force as has been the case in some European cities in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52177/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Data (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the figures and statistics available by county for tourism; if there is a regular update of these statistics by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52178/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Funding (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount by which tourism funding has been cut since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52179/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being made to halt the decline of British tourism here which has increased with the onset of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52180/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Policy (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: 229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to stop price gouging in the tourism industry especially with regard to hotel rooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52181/17]
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: I remind witnesses and members to turn off their mobile phones as the interference from mobile phones affects the sound quality and transmission of the meeting. I welcome Mr. Seamus Coffey, chairman of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC. He is accompanied by Mr. Michael Tutty, Dr. Martina Lawless, Mr. Sebastian Barnes, Mr. Eddie Casey and others who Mr. Coffey might introduce if he...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: I thank Mr. Coffey. We have loads of time and plenty of questions. Given that everybody has the same mandate, I will be very flexible. However, I have a big mallet if any of the members abuse that flexibility. Deputy Pearse Doherty is first up.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: Deputy Pearse Doherty had a good run. He may make a further contribution if we have time.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: Deputy, please allow the witness to finish.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: The Deputy is close to it. I will indulge him.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: In answering that, I ask Mr. Coffey to say something about his risk matrices. They are behind him, in true pantomime fashion.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: When I took out my mortgage many years ago interest rates were peaking at 14% or 15%, which frightened people and did not allow them any kind of life for a period. Mortgages at present are being taken out at the bottom of the market and at the lowest interest rates, for 20 or 25 years. What is the medium to long-term prospect for someone who may be three or four years into a mortgage now?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: On significant criticism on foot of the crash was that save for the occasional voice in the wilderness, many things that came to pass were not flagged and some of the advice offered was not salient. Where is the intersection between the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, the Minister and the Department in respect of the council's advice?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: Our meeting on 16 January will be devoted to the rainy day fund among other things.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: It is the slowest moving clock I have ever been in charge of.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: Witnesses will come in to speak about corporation tax. We do not have a note about that yet, do we?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: We will just get January sorted, anyway.