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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (1 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: 325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a final report was furnished to him with regard to an archaeological excavation (details supplied); if so, if a copy of the report will be provided to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4299/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (1 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: 537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will investigate the continual difficulties that persons have been having for many weeks in contacting the local Intreo office in Tallaght, Dublin 24. [4297/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: 103. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of new recruits it is planned to recruit in the Defence Forces in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3819/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (27 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: 22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for passports from residents of Dublin city and county that are currently outstanding; the planning that is being carried out to ensure that there is no repeat of the delays with applications experienced in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3694/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: 47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions that have taken place at European Union level with regard to the situation in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3695/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Spending (27 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: 131. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way Ireland’s defence spending as a share of national income compares with other neutral members of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3818/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commercial Rents (27 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: 303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are caps in place for commercial rent increases. [4168/22]

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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: 163. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the panel that will be established to assess claims for the Covid-19 pandemic bonus payment; if he will address matters (details supplied) arising in relation to the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3713/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (26 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: 177. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the successful weight management service provided by the HSE throughout Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3809/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: I apologise for the delay as I was speaking in the Dáil. I thank the witnesses and I thank GPs for keeping the show on the road. It is very much appreciated by those of us in the Parliament. Many GPs will have been in contact with public representatives during this time to raise particular issues. I do not want the meeting to go by without acknowledging the critical role that GPs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: Will the witnesses expand on some of the potential solutions outlined in the IMO submission? What are the particular pinch points? I represent Dublin South-West, which moves towards the mountains and takes in Rathfarnham, Templeogue, Greenhills, Citywest, all of Tallaght, Knocklyon and Ballycullen. What is interesting to me as someone who comes from Rathfarnham is that Scholarstown Road...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: One of the points mentioned by Dr. Quinlan is support for a healthcare system within general practice. Will he explain again to us, as laypeople, what role the healthcare assistant plays, why they are so important and what kind of support is being sought?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: I will bring them in. The specific question is how, as Government Deputies, we can advocate for GPs and the supports they specifically require around that healthcare assistant piece.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: GP practices used to just spring up in days gone by and the public certainly would not have been aware of a difficulty in establishing a practice. What are the particular difficulties in establishing a practice now? Is raising finance one of those, as a matter of interest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: Does Ms Ní Dhálaigh wish to respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: I am going to conclude on this. As a member of a Government party, this is the first time this pitch has ever been made to me. I ask, if not implore, the IMO, if it wants to take this further, to put flesh on the bones of what is required. The idea of an IDA Ireland-style start-up grant scheme sounds very practical, given the crisis that exists in GP provision nationally. If the IMO has...