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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (20 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 568. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff trained and assigned to perform colonoscopies that were working in public hospitals from 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30971/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 19. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the steps being taken to address urgently the crisis facing businesses and traders in Dublin city as a consequence of significantly reduced customer footfall, an absence of tourists and the operation of a remote working regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25954/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: This is an unexpected opportunity. I raised this matter at a meeting of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight but obviously circumstances have changed. Provisions have been made to support businesses, particularly in the three counties forced to lock down. There are serious issues arising regarding retail footfall in Dublin city. In the Convention Centre, I gave the example of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister. I acknowledge he is aware of the issue and I welcome his response. He will be aware that, at the start of the pandemic, remote working was embraced as a new, ground-breaking concept that would change the world. It is now recognised that employees probably need a blend of remote working and participation in the workplace. Is there work ongoing in this regard? Are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: I am happy with that reply. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for facilitating the question.

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...