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- Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)
John Lahart: When the evaluation of the period of Covid gets under way, young people, in fairness to them, will have more questions to ask than any other age cohort, and justifiably so. When they look at the restrictions put on their lives, they will have the most questions to ask. What is interesting with regard to what some of the previous speakers have said is what we would have done without social...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (26 Jan 2022)
John Lahart: I thank the Minister of State for the response. It is 43 years since the minimum standard of education was set for the SNA. In that time, as we know, SNAs have retrained and engaged in continuing professional development. It is time for the conversation around special needs assistants to be reset. My own party has a very proud record in this area, having introduced the SNA. The initial...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (26 Jan 2022)
John Lahart: I am passionate about special needs education and the critical role special needs assistants, SNAs, play in the system. I am grateful for the Minister of State's presence. I will outline some of the duties special needs assistants fulfil in our schools, although it is not an exhaustive list. In mainstream schools, they monitor the children in the yard daily to make sure they are included...
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (20 Jan 2022)
John Lahart: The Ceann Comhairle took me by surprise. I wish him and the Minister of State a happy new year. I warmly welcome this Bill. I will go through bits of it at random, if I may. Words and phrases such as "mica", "pyrite", "water ingress", "water egress" and "fire defects" have become too much part of the lexicon of the experience of people who have bought their homes in the last two decades....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (20 Jan 2022)
John Lahart: I ask the Deputy to finish up.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Online Safety (20 Jan 2022)
John Lahart: The next question is in the name of Deputy Alan Farrell but is being taken by Deputy Higgins.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)
John Lahart: I am not without a stake in this. The Minister of State can take as much time as he wants in his concluding remarks. He can go on until 12 noon if he wishes so long as there is good news in it.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)
John Lahart: Do not forget Dublin South-West anyway.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)
John Lahart: The next time the Deputy will be standing answering a question is in about 30 seconds. My apologies, the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, will be taking the next question.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)
John Lahart: Very briefly.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)
John Lahart: I will allow a little latitude.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)
John Lahart: I must stop the Minister of State there and I will give him an additional two minutes on the last answer because he did not use up all his time.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)
John Lahart: That is what I just said. I will let the Minister of State back on the second, the final one.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)
John Lahart: More questions might come in, if that is okay.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)
John Lahart: Okay. We will give the Minister of State another two minutes here.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)
John Lahart: No pressure at all with this question.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (20 Jan 2022)
John Lahart: Deputy Denis Naughten is substituting for Deputy Verona Murphy.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (9 Dec 2021)
John Lahart: Thank you.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (9 Dec 2021)
John Lahart: No. The Minister of State is out of time.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (9 Dec 2021)
John Lahart: Thank you.