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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (15 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in respect of a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30821/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the grades of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if all factors were considered when awarding the grades; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30474/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: I thank the team for the presentation. I have a series of short questions. Regarding the slogan of the right care in the right place at the right time, when will we see the first children in the new national children's hospital?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: A short answer would be good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: It was a short question. A short answer would be good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: What is Mr. Sullivan's best guesstimate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: I thank Mr. Sullivan. Regarding breast cancer screening and other types of screening, how has that been impacted and how is it being addressed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: Whoever wishes to take it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: Perhaps we can follow up on a written update. Regarding Sláintecare and the organic nature of it - this question is for Ms Magahy - 50 or 60 years ago we had an institutional setting, particularly for matters such as mental health, if that is not a misnomer. Then the emphasis was to move it - it continues to be to move it - into the community. However, Deputies and Senators, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: There is a good book by Ida Milne on the Spanish flu in Ireland. There was a surge in November and a further surge the following March, then, thankfully, the flu disappeared. It looks like we are in the middle of a second surge and that it will be with us for a year and a half. What have we learned about respite and other matters that we might have been frightened to do at the start? Can...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 209. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the duties undertaken by Óglaigh na hÉireann during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30304/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Registration of Wills (13 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to develop a central register of wills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30172/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Facilities (8 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: That is good news for the school community and its parents and teachers. There is no point in labouring the issue. I am grateful for the comprehensive reply given by the Minister of State. It is very bad news to hear about the contractor, and that this was a cause for the school closing. There is another matter, as blended learning has had to be used and there was an understandable...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Facilities (8 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: I appreciate this being included on the Topical Issue agenda today. It is a local issue, especially in the parish of Ballyroan, where Sancta Maria College is located. I thank the Minister of State for her attendance to take the question. It is a serious issue. As background, Sancta Maria College has a brand new building. It is barely open. It cost the taxpayer a lot of money. It is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (8 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister for that comprehensive response, which contains some interesting material. He said he assumed I was referring exclusively to the supplementary pension provision but it is not just that. Obviously, as he said, the age of retirement reflects the duties involved and he also referred to the fast accrual system of pension for military personnel. The final part of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (8 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 10. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which he plans to bridge the gap of ten years between forced early retirement on age grounds in the Defence Forces and access to the State pension. [29137/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (8 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 26. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to extend the supplementary pension provision to post-2013 new entrants to give them the option of a lengthy career in the Defence Forces. [29138/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (8 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: I thank the Acting Chairman, Deputy Durkan, for facilitating my move from gamekeeper to poacher for a minute or two. As the Minister knows, members of the Defence Forces are forced to retire at the age of 50. What plans has he to help them bridge that gap of ten years until they reach pension age?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (8 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: Does Deputy Clarke wish to make a short input on this?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (8 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: I must be strict about time so that as many Deputies can speak as possible.