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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)

John Lahart: It is not a big deal, though. What I am coming at is that the witnesses want to tax everything. People are hard pushed enough. I get a coffee in the morning that costs €2 and the witnesses want me to pay €2.10 or bring my own cup. That is practical but we would need a reasonably long lead-in time. When the plastic bag levy came in, a constituent of a former colleague of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)

John Lahart: Starting from first principles, the energy involved in creating a plastic bag is significantly less than that required to create a paper bag, or so I am told. There are a whole load of pluses and minuses. I am really interested in the aggregates charge. Ms O'Brien might repeat her statistics. She said that 1% of demolition-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)

John Lahart: Construction and demolition waste in Ireland compared with?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)

John Lahart: In?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)

John Lahart: Does Ms O'Brien think they have hit their maximum?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)

John Lahart: What happens to a building that is demolished?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)

John Lahart: The old Cusack Stand from Croke Park forms a fairway on Stackstown Golf Club now. It was ferried up in truckloads. That is interesting. I am saying that there are more angles to the issue. The witnesses have prompted an interesting discussion.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)

John Lahart: A stirrer is used for two seconds.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)

John Lahart: If I may ask one final question, we used to have the 5p deposit for glass bottles. Do any countries in the EU do that?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Secondment (24 May 2017)

John Lahart: 41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondments which have exceeded five years in the period July 2009 to October 2014, inclusive; the length of time for which five years was exceeded; the number of secondments refused or terminated in this same period on the grounds that the secondment exceeded five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24457/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (23 May 2017)

John Lahart: 56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the increase in Garda numbers the Dublin region can expect in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24349/17]

Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2017)

John Lahart: It has been a year since my colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath, introduced the first Private Members' motion to the new Dáil. A year on, people are still facing, as he outlined, exactly the same challenges in respect of paying motor insurance. Fianna Fáil produced a 12-point plan at the time in response to the 60% or 70% increases consumers and motorists had experienced since...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)

John Lahart: No.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (16 May 2017)

John Lahart: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the amalgamation of three schools (details supplied); the status of the divesting of a school (details supplied) to a third party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23342/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (16 May 2017)

John Lahart: 347. To ask the Minister for Health the employment and training possibilities available for a person (details supplied) in terms of training, learning and preparing for work life. [22710/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (16 May 2017)

John Lahart: 487. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to drugs and alcohol task forces throughout the country in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23337/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (16 May 2017)

John Lahart: 488. To ask the Minister for Health when funding to the Tallaght drug and alcohol task force will be restored to 2008 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23338/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (16 May 2017)

John Lahart: 489. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date regarding the provision of primary care centres in Dublin South-West; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23339/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (16 May 2017)

John Lahart: 490. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the new national drugs strategy; when the strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23340/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 May 2017)

John Lahart: 491. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the delays parents of children on the autism spectrum are experiencing in accessing child and adult mental health services over the past twelve months; the reason children have been refused services at key developmental ages and are experiencing delays that will impact on their future development; and if he will make a statement on the...