Results 181-200 of 4,071 for and speaker:John Lahart

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (13 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: 101. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the application by a school (details supplied), under the 2020 Sports Capital Programme; and the name of the community sports organisations that assisted the school in its successful application for funding towards its dome project. [55695/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: I thank the witnesses for their statements. A year ago, I had heart surgery, so I am looking back on that now and the interventions that have taken place since. I am interested in some of the points made. Mr. Macey made the point that you are required to have your car NCTed. Why do my health insurers not require me to have my blood pressure checked and have an annual check-up? Not doing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: ...I would have undergone cardio rehab after being under the care of the HSE. It is contracted out to ExWell. I do that. We share a constituency in Thomas Davis GAA Club. It is there on Wednesday and Friday. I think there are four classes. There is a man doing it with me who is 93. It is post-event so it is after a medical or surgical event and I get that but there are hundreds of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Public Services will next meet. [55089/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Public Services will next meet. [55383/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: 65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on the Garda response to the provisions relating to the anti-social use of scrambler motorcycles and quads included in the latest Transport Bill, and which are now law and therefore being enforced by some Garda divisions nationally. [55070/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (12 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: 279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what the current status of pension parity for retired members of An Garda Síochána is, given its impending expiration on 31 December 2023, aligned with the conclusion of the building momentum agreement; why the Garda Síochána retired members association are not included in the ongoing discussions concerning the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (12 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: 498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are being taken by her Department to address the discriminatory treatment faced by post-1995 members of An Garda Síochána in accessing their supplementary pensions, particularly concerning the requirement to declare themselves as jobseeker's and limitations imposed on holidays and part-time...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Industrial Disputes (7 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: 235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to address the ongoing issue of the 15% pay gap between Tús supervisors and community employment supervisors within South Dublin County partnership at County Hall, despite performing similar duties; if her Department has any plans to resolve this pay disparity issue between Tús supervisors and community employment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulatory Bodies (7 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: 317. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the public consultation by CORU on its proposed standards of proficiency and criteria for training and the training of psychotherapists that closed on 1 December 2023; whether there was sufficient, in-depth consultation with the professional bodies in reaching the CORU proposals; the process of engagement that took place with the...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill and welcome Minister Noonan to the House to listen to our contributions. When my parents moved to a parish called Ballyroan in Rathfarnham, it was the last development before the Dublin Mountains. Tallaght was a village. When we were on a journey down the country, we gave the famous children's catchcry, "Are we there yet?", when we got to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: ...of the big learnings for me throughout recent months is that as a State, we need to redouble our efforts. This does not mean we are going to get it right, but we need to take a good long look at and analyse how we assist people in living, see where the failings are and discover how we can do much better. My simple summary of what has been said is that if we help people to live, it is not...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: I welcome the Minster and the Minister of State. In summary, there was a shortfall in the budget for 2024 and the back end of this year which required a Supplementary Estimate, and that has been provided. Will the Minister outline some of the progress that has been made during his tenure in the health portfolio, not only in the last year but in the last two years? I will give him a...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: ...savings. The Secretary General, Mr. Watt, also made that point when he was here. We are told that significant progress has been made in the programme to curtail expenditure across Covid, acute care and community costs. Will the Minister elaborate on that?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: Is there any parallel between the direction of inflation and the general direction of economic inflation, which seems to be slowing?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: I have three more questions, including one for the Minister of State. There were discussions between the Minister and the Minister for public expenditure that bordered on the friendly and combative, I am sure. Will the Minister give a flavour of those, even if it is just for colour? He is a man who would clearly dig his heels in. On a subject close to my heart, I chair a cross-party...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: No but I can make the point I want to make. I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for even allowing me in. I raised a Topical Issue late last night in the Dáil. It was on the introduction of the S8 and the S6, and the shortfall in those schedules. They replaced the 75 and 175 and in doing so seriously discommoded commuters on both sections of those routes because there was a direct...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: They come from Citywest. I ask the NTA to be aware that it is probably five years since the public consultation and there have been dramatic demographic changes in the areas these are serving. Citywest and Ballycullen would be classic examples. There has been a real change in the people using them. Some people are happy to connect. Some people are enthusiastic there are now connections...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (28 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: It is close to midnight, and I very much appreciate the Minister of State coming to the House to take this question of behalf of the Government. As the Minister of State will probably be aware from his own constituency, continuous changes as part of the BusConnects project and changes in bus schedules continue to be rolled out by the NTA. Some of them have rolled out in my constituency. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (28 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: ...Deputy Ryan, to tell him this. I say this particularly in the light of one of the points the Minister of State made regarding what the Government has been doing with fares to encourage people to abandon their cars and use public transport. I refer particularly to young people. One of the comments I did not read out or complete was from a parent who said that we are coming into exam...