Results 21-40 of 7,067 for speaker:John Lahart

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline Ireland's Arab-Ireland trade strategy in view of the recent summit in the Mansion House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56950/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: 170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his assessment of the situation of the Kurdish people across Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56951/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2026 (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: 321. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Government took no actions to address the long-standing issue of deemed disposal for Irish investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57306/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: 429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to urban parents for school transport (details supplied); the funding schemes which are available to assist such parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57304/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: 501. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that the electoral register is maintained in an updated manner; the evidence he has that suggests it is up to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57384/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2026 (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: 834. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on funding announced in Budget 2026 for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57226/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: 835. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a new elective hospital serving Dublin. [57227/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: 836. To ask the Minister for Health to outline progress on electronic patient records and on digital applications, around patient details and patient identification (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57231/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: 837. To ask the Minister for Health concerning public protection in our health system (including healthcare workers, but also the public within the hospital environment, e.g., waiting rooms or clinical spaces), if there is any system currently in place that would alert healthcare workers of the potential risk of having present in these environments persons convicted of violent or sexual...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Research and Development (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: 870. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of a rehabilitation programme based at DCU involving the use of exoskeleton technology to support individuals with mobility impairments; and if she will engage with the programme lead (details supplied) to explore potential funding options to sustain and expand this initiative. [57397/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: In the programme for Government, we made a commitment to reduce the cost of childcare for a child to €200 per month under the national childcare scheme. Along with hard-pressed families, I strongly welcomed this. A problem arises when providers pull out of the core funding scheme. In some cases, a provider of multiple facilities pulls one of its facilities out but keep others in for...

Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: Motion (15 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: That is not true.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights at the United Nations: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: Top 60 companies. You said "countries". The only reason I am correcting Dr. O'Connell is that the word "companies" is important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights at the United Nations: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: I am struck by how many of the important words sound the same in English and Spanish. With the agreement of members, I will ask the Vice Chairman, Senator Ahearn, to take the Chair for a time after he has spoken, which I call him to do now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights at the United Nations: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: If we can resist naming names, obviously.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights at the United Nations: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: We probably need ten minutes given the translation but I have to move on to the next speaker. The contribution was pretty comprehensive and that is why I allowed it to continue. Senator O’Loughlin has just arrived. If she wants to catch her breath, I can bring another speaker in first. It is up to her.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on Current Situation in Ukraine: H.E. Larysa Gerasko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Ireland (14 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: Apologies have been received from a number of colleagues: Senator Joe O'Reilly, Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Deputy Cathy Bennett and Deputy Brian Brennan. There is a British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly meeting this weekend. I advise members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present within the confines of the Leinster House complex in order to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on Current Situation in Ukraine: H.E. Larysa Gerasko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Ireland (14 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: I am going to stop the ambassador there. We can come back to this. I will ask some follow-up questions but I need to move on. A few of our MEPs have raised this directly in the European Parliament. Our colleague, Barry Andrews, is one who has raised the matter consistently.