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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...

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.