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Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: I will do my best. I am always fascinated listening to my colleague, Deputy Brendan Smith, because we represent such contrasting constituencies and his depth of knowledge is always very impressive. I thank the Minister of State for his patience in sitting through and listening to the budgetary contributions. We all have a lot to say. I have been privileged for the past year and a half...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: It comes under the programme for Government. Although delaying a plebiscite for the people of Dublin on whether they should choose to directly elect a mayor, and in doing so reversing previous commitments given by the Tánaiste, the Taoiseach has agreed and committed to constituting a special citizens' assembly of Dubliners. We welcome this measure if only for the reason that such a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria that need to be met in order for a child to qualify for a rebate for bifocal glasses; if the percentage rebate awarded is equal across the board for all children; if not, if there is a varying rate; if so, the factors that determine the varying rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46585/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (13 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: 326. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a home care application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46594/18]

Apprenticeships: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2018)

John Lahart: I commend Deputy Thomas Byrne for bringing this motion forward. There is a real passion on this side of the House for apprenticeships. I raised it when I was first elected in 2014 at a time when the Troika was running the country and I thought there were Ministers who would not have had an awful lot to do and apprenticeships was an obvious area on which to expend some serious energy to...

Sale of Illicit Goods Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: I am happy to put my name to this Bill, as brought forward and initiated by my colleague Deputy Breathnach, and I commend him on so doing. It is bizarre to think that so many years after the Good Friday Agreement, we are still talking about the illicit sale of alcohol, tobacco and fuel. While there are many crossing points on the Border, which have been much talked about this past year in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Insurance Payments (23 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister of State for his response. The consultants' costs are not being questioned in this case. I take his point on the State having no role in charging for accommodation. Is he not even half scandalised by the cost? There has to be a trickle-down impact from the charging of more than €7,000 for an "overnight stay" in a semi-private room in a private hospital. I have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: The chief executive officer of Tallaght Hospital, Mr. Slevin, is very innovative when it comes to the NTPF.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: I know the area covers part of the Minister's constituency. Getting back to our discussion, Fine Gael had a big idea, which was universal health insurance. It abolished the HSE and scrapped the NTPF. Universal health insurance was going to sort everything out. Then Fine Gael decided it would not work. It then decided it needed the HSE, having abolished the board. It is now going to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Insurance Payments (23 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: In the spirit of co-operation mentioned by the Minister-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Insurance Payments (23 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister of State.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Insurance Payments (23 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: I think it would be helpful.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Insurance Payments (23 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: I appreciate the Minister of State does not have advance warning of the specifics of my contribution. He has an idea of the general theme. A constituent of mine received a copy of a bill from a particular private hospital that had been paid by the individual's health insurer. It is for two stents inserted and a one-night stay in a private ward in the hospital from 11 a.m. one morning...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: 75. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the long outpatient waiting times in Tallaght University Hospital in which 6,269 persons are waiting more than 18 months for an appointment [43577/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: What action will the Minister take to address the long outpatient waiting times in Tallaght University Hospital, where over 6,000 have been waiting more than 18 months for an appointment?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: The Ceann Comhairle may have noticed that the most mentioned acronym today is NTPF. Fine Gael abolished it. In what way had Fine Gael hoped to deal with this issue, going back six or seven years? The Minister's answers this afternoon have all been peppered with the NTPF. It was a Fianna Fáil invention. Fine Gael scrapped it and did not want to countenance it in the confidence and...

Report on Gender Budgeting: Motion (18 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I thank my colleagues on the Committee on Budgetary Oversight for their contributions. I would like to emphasise a few of the points that have been made. I ask the Minister of State to remind the Minister that he has not responded to the committee's report. The committee looks forward to his response and to that of the Department of Public...

Report on Gender Budgeting: Motion (18 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: Deputy Broughan is a member of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight.

Report on Gender Budgeting: Motion (18 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: I move:That Dáil Éireann shall consider the Report of the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight entitled ‘Report on Gender Budgeting’, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 30th May, 2018. I have been nominated to move the motion by the Chairman of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight, Deputy Colm Brophy, on what is a comprehensive and important...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Oct 2018)

John Lahart: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) is having to send the children home early due to staff shortages; the action he is taking to ensure the issue is resolved as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42618/18]