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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: That is positive news. I thank Dr. Young for her presence this morning, given that she is out on sick leave. I appreciate that. Moving on to what for me is the important piece, Ms O'Connor stated that the HSE acknowledges in the report that the scope of the look-back review is confined to practices in south Kerry CAMHS. She noted that the HSE also appreciates that the Maskey report can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: If Dr. Maskey is recommending an independent random sample but Ms. O'Connor is saying the process is beginning only with young people who presented with ADHD, that is not really random. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: I know, but the HSE is initially only targeting those with ADHD. That is not what happened in Kerry, where there was an examination of a random sample of files. They were not just ADHD files. I am concerned that the HSE will look at just the ADHD files and, if it makes findings that are negative - I hope they will be positive rather than negative - it will only pursue the ADHD avenue. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: I will finish on this point because I am running out of time. What made the Maskey report on Kerry ostensibly successful was that there was a random examination that was not confined to ADHD. Notwithstanding what Dr. Maskey has recommended, that process seemed to work well, so why not start with that process across other CAMHS areas? Take a random sample of files, do not focus exclusively...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: I never push it, Chair,-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: -----but will we ever get an audit of non-ADHD presenting conditions in terms of inappropriate prescriptions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: Only then will the HSE consider a broader audit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: The HSE has been given a roadmap in the form of the Maskey report. I just do not understand why it is not starting with the same template.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: I know what he said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: In fact, 15 mph is approximately 20 km/h; 25 km/h is quite fast. As I said, it is not possible to govern the speed limit for privately-owned vehicles. Someone will import one from somewhere that can go up to 40 km/h. Shared schemes also allow us to govern the standard and robustness of vehicles, in which I have seen an exponential improvement over the past three or four years. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: No. I am sorry to disappoint the Chairman. My five minutes are up but I wanted to put that on the record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: The work needed in this area should already be done and we should be out there enjoying this service. With a view to the learning deriving from that experience, the question then is how we can bring in a personal scheme, make it safe and allow micromobility to play a role in it. My concern is that the Minister will launch everything, the shared scheme and private ownership, and it will be a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: I am not a medical expert but I do not think it would be great surprise to people to learn that medication is prescribed in some cases of ADHD. That is not uncommon. There may not be any surprises there because it is not unusual for young people to be medicated or offered prescriptions for ADHD, depending I presume on what problems are presenting. I am trying to be sensitive with language...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: I suppose the scandal is that we are still talking about this. Much of this has been known for three years. I have been riding the e-scooter story for four years since my time as spokesperson on Dublin when in opposition. The argument for the shared scheme is compelling. The argument is very clear in my mind that the State should start with the regulation of the shared scheme in order to...

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: I do not agree with much of the sentiment just expressed and nor would I like to see the situation exploited to that end. I know many of my colleagues would agree with that. It is important to make the point that not so long ago, in the aftermath of the annexation of Crimea, a number of Members of the European Parliament representing parties opposite, whom I will not name because I do not...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 18. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a report on the implementation of his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [11430/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (1 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [10084/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cumulative additional expenditure undertaken due to the Covid pandemic since February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11485/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (1 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the recently announced package on the cost of living will require any revised estimates to be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11478/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (1 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 617. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give an indication of when voretigene neparvovec, Luxturna, will be added in line with the Health Act 2013 and the national framework agreed with the pharma industry in which a company must submit an application to the HSE to have a new medicine added to the reimbursement list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10868/22]