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Uisce Éireann: Statements (10 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I would like to reinforce what my colleague Deputy Brabazon said. A number of backbench TDs were actually chatting about this recently. In the old days, there were six houses connected to a sewerage pipe and in the modern context, there might be up to ten. As the Deputy said, very often it is at the last house on that connection...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: The weather outside is absolutely stunning, which can mean only one thing: leaving certificate students are knee-deep in preparation for mock exams and the leaving certificate season. I send my best wishes to them. This morning, I wish to ask about leaving certificate grade inflation, a subject on which I know the Minister has received a lot of correspondence. Apparently, 25% of those...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: That is from previous years.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (10 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: 63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made in terms of the provision of energy locally, by the Dublin Waste To Energy facility operated by Dublin City Council in a public-private partnership with three other companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17841/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (10 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on any district heating projects connected with data centres having either being rolled out or being rolled out nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17838/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (9 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: 30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on progress towards achieving the high-level goal for the Defence Forces, as set out in the Department of Defence and Defence Forces Strategy Statement 2023 - 2026: "to provide for the military defence of the State, contribute to national and international peace and security and fulfil all other roles assigned by...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Code (9 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans with regard to the Programme for Government commitment to bring forward measures to support SMEs, in particular the retail and hospitality sectors, acknowledging the increased cost pressures on these sectors; if this will entail changes to VAT, PRSI and other measures; if these measures will be implemented as part of the normal budget process; the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: I add my voice to the well wishes to Deputy Boyd Barrett. Regarding the well-being side of the child poverty and well-being committee within the Department, our commitment as a Government to establish DEIS Plus is an important milestone. The Taoiseach will appreciate that in constituencies like my own, there are a breadth and intensity of challenges that simply do not exist in other...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: 8. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the work of the child poverty programme in his Department. [13734/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: 663. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to adding inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, to the list of conditions eligible for disability allowance, given that it is a lifelong illness with no known cure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16662/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: 664. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider removing the means test for disability allowance, to prevent financial dependence and vulnerability among people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16663/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: 1051. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns among students sitting the Leaving Certificate in 2025 regarding the impact of grade inflation from previous years on CAO competition; his views on measures such as ring-fencing places or adjusting grade calculations to ensure fairness for all applicants; and the steps being taken to support...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider raising the category A threshold under capital acquisitions tax and expanding the range of individuals that can qualify under this category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16277/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (3 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will be reviewing the qualifying conditions for tax relief on oxygen tanks for those who suffer from lung fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16276/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: 161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the Whitechurch Stream flood alleviation scheme, including expenditure and timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16316/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: 169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the River Poddle flood alleviation scheme, including expenditure and timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16315/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (3 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: 232. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether ten weeks’ notice for the town that’s hosting the National Day of Famine Remembrance is acceptable given the amount of preparation that must be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16372/25]

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: The Ceann Comhairle was elected by secret ballot by a majority of Members. She is the first woman to hold this office.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: It is already easy to forget that one of her first duties was to chair the election of a Taoiseach. The people who took a wrecking ball to process in this House sit on the opposite benches. Getting down to the business of last week, it is difficult, as anybody here can testify to the fact, for the public to appreciate the visceral and toxic atmosphere pervading the Chamber last week and to...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

John Lahart: It is almost 100 years since W.B. Yeats rebuked the audience in the Abbey, berating them saying, "You have disgraced yourselves once again."