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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
John Lahart: Sure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
John Lahart: On the point made by Mr. Watt to the effect that there is no evidence the Department of Health sought updates or reports from plaintiffs directly, from schools or from the Department of Education, he answered my question in that regard as to whether there is evidence that the State or it agencies did so. The committee should note Mr. Watt's response. There may be other committees that may...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
John Lahart: I know this is outside his remit but is Mr. Watt aware of cases in which parents, as plaintiffs, went to their local school and said they needed all the reports on their child over the previous year, including school reports, exam reports, psychologists reports and speech and language therapist reports, to mount a case against the Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
John Lahart: I thank Dr. MacLellan for that. My next question relates to the whistleblower. What protections are in place in the Department for the whistleblower? It must be quite an isolated position for the whistleblower to be in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
John Lahart: Before Mr. Watt's tenure, which is just two months old at this stage, there was a suggestion on the "RTÉ Investigates" programme that the whistleblower had brought this matter to the attention of the previous Secretary General. Is Mr. Watt satisfied that the steps taken by his predecessor pass muster and met all the standards? Were the relevant queries made and was the summation they...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
John Lahart: What would Mr. Watt say to RTÉ?
- Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)
John Lahart: I add my words of congratulation to the congratulations other Members have offered to the Minister without Portfolio, who became a mother today for the first time, and to her husband, Paul. I wish them health above all, safety in these current times and happiness. They have the best wishes of the House.
- Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)
John Lahart: The Minister of State will have time at the end.
- Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)
John Lahart: I know that but the Minister of State will have time.
- Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)
John Lahart: The Acting Chairman can clarify that Deputy Niamh Smyth is the next speaker.
- Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)
John Lahart: Absolutely.
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Apr 2021)
John Lahart: 5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that can be taken to provide low to zero interest loans to SMEs that will struggle to reopen after lockdown and are responsible for 80% local employment in some areas. [22558/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (29 Apr 2021)
John Lahart: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on and response to recent and ongoing events in China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22473/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Apr 2021)
John Lahart: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport scheme as announced on 11 February 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22397/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (29 Apr 2021)
John Lahart: 159. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cross-border directive and Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme beyond 2021 for the Defence Forces. [22559/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (28 Apr 2021)
John Lahart: 1017. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the breast screening process to those under and over 50 to 69 years of age profile (details supplied); and the reason they have been excluded. [21861/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (28 Apr 2021)
John Lahart: 1018. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 66% of the age group of women that experience breast cancer are excluded from the category of women that are entitled to breast cancer screening. [21862/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (28 Apr 2021)
John Lahart: 1019. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment will be given to review the existing breast cancer screening service provided; and if a plan will be outlined for when all women can be screened regardless of age in view of factors (details supplied). [21863/21]
- Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (22 Apr 2021)
John Lahart: I have two points, but not questions, for the Minister and Minister of State. Since we are all so caught up – rightly so, and I absolutely get it – in the delivery of vaccines, it is so easy for us to forget that so many have died from the virus since January 2021. Even newspapers seem to forget. There were more deaths from the virus in January 2021 than for the entirety of...
- Direct Provision: Statements (22 Apr 2021)
John Lahart: I welcome the statements and I know the Minister will sum up at the end. I reiterate some of the points made and the first is that we as an Oireachtas should acknowledge that movement has finally been made. Some of the movement may be seen by some as being in the realm of the ideal, but the fact is that commitments were placed in the programme for Government on a matter that has been...