Results 5,421-5,440 of 6,529 for speaker:John Lahart
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System Data (7 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of licensed drivers who have zero penalty points as of 30 November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52573/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System Data (7 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: 207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of licensed drivers who have between zero and three penalty points as of 30 November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52574/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System Data (7 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of licensed drivers who have between three and six penalty points as of 30 November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52575/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System Data (7 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of licensed drivers who have between six and nine penalty points as of 30 November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52576/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System Data (7 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: 210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of licensed drivers who have ten or 11 penalty points as of 30 November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52577/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System Data (7 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: 211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers who have had their licence revoked due to accumulating the maximum number of penalty points to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52578/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Membership (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: 1. To ask the Taoiseach to list the members of the Cabinet committee F (national security). [50147/17]
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: I remind witnesses and members to turn off their mobile phones as the interference from mobile phones affects the sound quality and transmission of the meeting. I welcome Mr. Seamus Coffey, chairman of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC. He is accompanied by Mr. Michael Tutty, Dr. Martina Lawless, Mr. Sebastian Barnes, Mr. Eddie Casey and others who Mr. Coffey might introduce if he...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: I thank Mr. Coffey. We have loads of time and plenty of questions. Given that everybody has the same mandate, I will be very flexible. However, I have a big mallet if any of the members abuse that flexibility. Deputy Pearse Doherty is first up.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: Deputy Pearse Doherty had a good run. He may make a further contribution if we have time.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: Deputy, please allow the witness to finish.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: The Deputy is close to it. I will indulge him.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: In answering that, I ask Mr. Coffey to say something about his risk matrices. They are behind him, in true pantomime fashion.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: When I took out my mortgage many years ago interest rates were peaking at 14% or 15%, which frightened people and did not allow them any kind of life for a period. Mortgages at present are being taken out at the bottom of the market and at the lowest interest rates, for 20 or 25 years. What is the medium to long-term prospect for someone who may be three or four years into a mortgage now?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: On significant criticism on foot of the crash was that save for the occasional voice in the wilderness, many things that came to pass were not flagged and some of the advice offered was not salient. Where is the intersection between the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, the Minister and the Department in respect of the council's advice?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: Our meeting on 16 January will be devoted to the rainy day fund among other things.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: It is the slowest moving clock I have ever been in charge of.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: Witnesses will come in to speak about corporation tax. We do not have a note about that yet, do we?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: We will just get January sorted, anyway.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)
John Lahart: I will flag for Mr. Coffey that we will be dealing with this in the new year and he should expect an invitation.