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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Insurance Payments (23 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: I think it would be helpful.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Insurance Payments (23 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: I appreciate the Minister of State does not have advance warning of the specifics of my contribution. He has an idea of the general theme. A constituent of mine received a copy of a bill from a particular private hospital that had been paid by the individual's health insurer. It is for two stents inserted and a one-night stay in a private ward in the hospital from 11 a.m. one morning...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Insurance Payments (23 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister of State for his response. The consultants' costs are not being questioned in this case. I take his point on the State having no role in charging for accommodation. Is he not even half scandalised by the cost? There has to be a trickle-down impact from the charging of more than €7,000 for an "overnight stay" in a semi-private room in a private hospital. I have...

Sale of Illicit Goods Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: I am happy to put my name to this Bill, as brought forward and initiated by my colleague Deputy Breathnach, and I commend him on so doing. It is bizarre to think that so many years after the Good Friday Agreement, we are still talking about the illicit sale of alcohol, tobacco and fuel. While there are many crossing points on the Border, which have been much talked about this past year in...

Apprenticeships: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: I commend Deputy Thomas Byrne for bringing this motion forward. There is a real passion on this side of the House for apprenticeships. I raised it when I was first elected in 2014 at a time when the Troika was running the country and I thought there were Ministers who would not have had an awful lot to do and apprenticeships was an obvious area on which to expend some serious energy to...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: It comes under the programme for Government. Although delaying a plebiscite for the people of Dublin on whether they should choose to directly elect a mayor, and in doing so reversing previous commitments given by the Tánaiste, the Taoiseach has agreed and committed to constituting a special citizens' assembly of Dubliners. We welcome this measure if only for the reason that such a...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: I am looking at the clock. I am starting at 10.35 p.m. so I should finish at 10.55 p.m. Is that correct?

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: I will do my best. I am always fascinated listening to my colleague, Deputy Brendan Smith, because we represent such contrasting constituencies and his depth of knowledge is always very impressive. I thank the Minister of State for his patience in sitting through and listening to the budgetary contributions. We all have a lot to say. I have been privileged for the past year and a half...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria that need to be met in order for a child to qualify for a rebate for bifocal glasses; if the percentage rebate awarded is equal across the board for all children; if not, if there is a varying rate; if so, the factors that determine the varying rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46585/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (13 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: 326. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a home care application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46594/18]

Dublin (North Inner City) Development Authority Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Over two years ago, in response to gangland murders in Dublin's north inner city and at the request of the then Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, Mr. Kieran Mulvey produced a report, Creating a Brighter Future, which contains an outline plan for the social and economic regeneration of Dublin's north-east inner city. One of my party...

Dublin (North Inner City) Development Authority Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: What would be wrong with that?

Dublin (North Inner City) Development Authority Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister for attending. I thought he was overly defensive but I do not want to get into a tit-for-tat with him because I want to focus on the Bill. On consultation, if this Bill goes to Committee Stage, as I hope it will, there are many opportunities for consultation through public representatives. It does not end here and did not end before it came in here. This has emerged...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (15 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, for attending. I am always grateful when he is here and in fairness to him he always makes an effort to respond to Topical Issue matters. The Minister is very familiar with this issue. As I speak, trade union representatives are on national radio again, having raised this issue on national radio this morning. I and one of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (15 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister for the response. There is good news in it, particularly in respect of Iarnród Éireann and the deployment of on-board customer services on intercity services. I appreciate that. I believe passive security is being suggested. The Minister does not want to get involved in the day-to-day running of any of the companies. He is responsible for policy. What...

Shared Maternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister for such a comprehensive response. She does not seem to like the Bill. I thank the Oireachtas Library and Research Service for its research material, which is very useful. One of its conclusions about the Bill proposed by my colleagues, Deputies O'Loughlin and Lisa Chambers, is that it seeks to adopt a similar approach to that taken in the UK. The Library and Research...

Shared Maternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: This remains to be seen, but I have confidence in the Minister of State. The point I was making is that the Library and Research Service seems to contradict what the Minister said. It calls to mind the great quote from the movie, "The Shawshank Redemption" where the governor is asked if he is being deliberately obtuse. I thought the tone of the Minister's contribution was quite...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the full title of the lands for a school (details supplied) have been transferred from South Dublin County Council to his Department; if the transfer is not subject to planning permission; if so, the cost associated with this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48078/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications Data (20 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SUSI applications that have been submitted in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number awarded the full grant; the number awarded a part grant; the number declined respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48341/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications Data (20 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SUSI applications that were declined between 2013 and 2018; the number of these that were appealed; the number of successful appeals; the number of applications forwarded to the Students Grant Appeal Board and that were successful in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48342/18]