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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: SIPTU and NRBU (18 Jul 2018)

John Lahart: I am not answering for the NTA. We will have more conversations on this issue and I thank the Chair for the leniency he has shown. I thank Mr. O'Leary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: SIPTU and NRBU (18 Jul 2018)

John Lahart: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: SIPTU and NRBU (18 Jul 2018)

John Lahart: That was the Vice Chairman's point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (5 Sep 2018)

John Lahart: I will not use all of the time. I thank Ms Justice Laffoy for her public service and her work in that regard with the Citizens' Assembly. From radio interviews I heard in recent months some members of the assembly spoke very highly of the manner in which the Citizens' Assembly was structured. I have one basic question. In her opening remarks Ms Justice Laffoy stated how it was implicit...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (7 Sep 2018)

John Lahart: 1201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the ratification of the International Labour Organisation's convention concerning decent work for domestic workers in August 2014 was the catalyst for the subsequent changes in the interpretation of the status of au pairs; if not, the point at which the status of an au pair was changed to be considered an employee; and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping (18 Sep 2018)

John Lahart: 660. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the release fees being charged by private clamping companies; his plans for a review of the appeals process which is not independent but generally managed by the individual companies themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37345/18]

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

John Lahart: Absolutely.

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

John Lahart: Where is he?

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

John Lahart: On Dawson Street.

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

John Lahart: That is not what the motion states.

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

John Lahart: Earlier in the summer, the NTA and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, announced the most radical transformation in the history of the State for public transport in Dublin. However, the Minister is not here now. That says it all. Need I say any more? On this side of the House, we recognise there are eight aspects to BusConnects. We wholeheartedly support seven...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

John Lahart: The documents in question are flimsy looking.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

John Lahart: The capital plan was three pages long.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

John Lahart: What about Priory Hall?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Tax (25 Sep 2018)

John Lahart: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance if a fuel tax to replace motor taxation will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38472/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (25 Sep 2018)

John Lahart: 284. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a home care package application by a person (details supplied); if it has been sanctioned; the reason it is not being implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38409/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (25 Sep 2018)

John Lahart: 339. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a home care package application by a person (details supplied); if it has been sanctioned; if so, when it will be actioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38717/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (25 Sep 2018)

John Lahart: 397. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to compel county councils which are responsible for waste to compel waste collectors to secure green bins (details supplied) through the provision of locking mechanisms; his plans to encourage local authorities to introduce by-laws to encourage householders to fit locking mechanisms in order to ensure that...

Mental Health (Renewal Orders) Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister of State for presenting this Bill. On reflection, what a wise and prudent judgment by Mr. Justice Gerard Hogan. Had he not given that judgment to delay by six months and by giving the Oireachtas an opportunity to legislate against the clock, there would have been a truly appalling vista for the patients involved. The Court of Appeal delivered its decision in the case...

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: I commend my colleague, Deputy Kelleher, for bringing forward this Bill. There is a belief among the public that the State sides with the insurance companies. That is one argument. This Bill is really trying to side with the genuine consumer - the person who is genuinely injured - and with the insurance companies against fraud. This is a practical and long overdue piece of legislation....