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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: Please make it very tiny.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: 9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if statistics, by county, are available from local authorities on the number of refusals of first and second offers of social housing by applicants on the housing list, in tabular form; the impact such refusals have on local authority housing services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35835/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: 61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an up-to-date report on the operation of the tenant-in-situ scheme nationally, and specifically in relation to South Dublin County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35836/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: 250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planning process for the MetroLink; when the MetroLink can expect to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36225/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Reform (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: 276. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of proposals in the Interdepartmental Pensions Reform and Taxation Group report from 2020 that have been implemented; the number not yet been implemented; the expected timeline for those not yet implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36059/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Reform (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: 277. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any plans for increasing the cap for PRSAs or introducing any changes on how employer contributions to PRSAs are capped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36060/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Reform (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: 278. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to harmonise pension tax relief so that the State contribution under AE is equivalent to the tax relief which people get on private pensions; if so, whether the harmonisation plans upwards or downwards; what other details can be provided on the plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36061/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Reform (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: 279. To ask the Minister for Finance If there any plans to simplify or align the rules for PRSAs and master trusts, specifically in relation to master trust contributions based on salary, age, and company service, and PRSA contributions with the limit of 100% of salary; if he agrees that there are very different rules for accessing benefits, either at retirement or on early retirement, in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: 346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the MGLD designation from a school (details supplied) was removed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35365/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Application Delays (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: 510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasons for the persistent delays in processing applications for the domiciliary care allowance; to provide the current average waiting time for new applications; to detail the measures being taken to reduce backlogs and improve processing efficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35293/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 Jul 2025)

John Lahart: 810. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the measures being taken to address the backlog in HSE dental check-ups for primary school children; whether a catch-up programme is planned for children who missed their second-class dental assessments due to Covid-19 related delays; if he will clarify whether any reimbursement or tax relief is available to families who have had to pay for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jun 2025)

John Lahart: As an aside on the GPO issue, the GPO has always been a hub of business transactions for well over a century. I am really excited by the Government's plans and the cultural and historical aspects. The GPO was always a hub of business and business transactions. My question relates to a serious backlog in HSE dental check-ups for primary school children. Constituents have contacted me...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (26 Jun 2025)

John Lahart: 314. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed vaccine damage compensation scheme will include retrospective eligibility for individuals who made submissions to the vaccine damage steering group prior to the scheme’s implementation, including cases dating back to the 1970s (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35005/25]

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

John Lahart: I thank the witnesses for their reports and contributions. I practised as a psychotherapist and am always interested in the psychological aspects of this. It struck me in recent years it is like the planet is suffering from a lot more than this now. When we are under threat, what do we do? We either fight, flee or freeze. There is a huge amount of denial going on. A lot of it is from...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

John Lahart: I like the point about reverting. When you are under threat, you want to go back to the way things were. That is one response and it is an interesting insight.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

John Lahart: And the Scandinavians?

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

John Lahart: China poured more concrete in a 15-year period than the United States did in the entire 20th century. That is the other side of their fossil-fuel generated stuff. Their South American narrative is interesting because the world is changing. I am on these committees, as is Deputy Ward. Some South American countries would say that they share and admire European values. They feel...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

John Lahart: Not far off it. The movie was not far off it. The forest fires in places Los Angeles is a real answer to that but a wealth class feels it can escape it. We have to create new markets. We may have to travel farther to sell our goods and we may have to import goods from farther away and create goals, environments and rules that facilitate that in a climate-friendly way. Mercosur is for...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

John Lahart: I thank the Tánaiste. He will have noted too the very positive comments about Ireland by Michael Bloomberg.