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Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: These sections are particularly important because they reinforce what the Minister of State is saying and what the intention of Government seems to be in relation to the transfer of powers and functions. It is that the Minister for Health legally cannot act in any of these areas concerning disability without consulting with the Minister of State with responsibility for disability stuff. It...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: This section provides that the Minister will be consulted on superannuation schemes relating to employees of the HSE. In the context of section 39 organisations and all those bits and pieces, is the section designed to provide that the Minister of State will have an input?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: Will the Minister of State give more background on the purpose of the section?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: The section provides for a service plan. Given that the functions are being transferred, to what does that relate? Is it that the HSE must also submit a service plan to the Minister of State for approval?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: Sections 27 to 30, inclusive, all relate to the same theme. I am a little confused. The delivery of many of the services will still be held by the HSE, but they must consult-----

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: However, the CEO of the HSE has these three or four sections and it is very clear that it is accountable to the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for those parts of the capital expenditure that are under her remit.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: I wish to ask a further question.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: If the Minister of State takes a view that a non-HSE body can provide a better service in a particular area than the HSE, specifically in relation to the area she has jurisdiction over, how does she see that working out?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: Could the Minister of State see a scenario under this where a service-level agreement could displace an existing HSE-funded service?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: This is one of the strongest parts of the Bill. It sets out the clear indication of the Government in respect of the transfer of powers and functions. It is welcome. It could not be clearer.

Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (22 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: I welcome the first move today in establishing the two citizens' assemblies, one on the loss of biodiversity and the other on a directly elected mayor for Dublin. I will focus first, if I may, on the citizens' assembly on the loss of biodiversity. Citizens' assemblies have served the country very well. That does not mean we cannot develop hybrid versions of them or continue to look at them...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (22 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the plans of the Central Statistics Office for Census 2022. [10083/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (22 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to maintain Ireland’s economic competitiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9494/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (22 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance if an update will be provided on the work of the Office to Promote Competition in the Insurance Market since its establishment. [9495/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to change the measure whereby a childless, single person can only leave substantially less to a sibling, niece or nephew free of inheritance tax than to a son or daughter, who can inherit €335,000 from a parent before paying the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9267/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: 486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase further the number of SNAs for the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9869/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Flexible Work Practices (22 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: 634. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) is entitled to continue to work from home due to their circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9188/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (22 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: 719. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to standardise home care rates of pay and benefits across Ireland (details supplied). [9261/22]