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Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: ...a lot of services rather than taking those services on board itself and embracing all that is involved in them. For the public who are watching, of course, section 39 is a fairly nebulous term. It does not really mean an awful lot. It is worth repeating that when we talk about section 39, we talk about those organisations that are funded by the HSE, that reach into every community in...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: ...to keep under review. The continuation of electricity credits and the delay in the reduction and removal of excise duties are all very welcome. We have had an incredibly mild autumn, which I hope does not augur for a particularly cold winter period but, due to the climate, people will have already saved a considerable amount of money. Almost 300,000 people availed of the rent tax credit...

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (12 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: ...a period in which those have to be collated, prepared and presented to him for consideration. The committee's view would be that we want to see that the law is effective, as I know the Minister does. Whatever mechanism he can introduce in terms of the review to do that as speedily and as efficiently as possible would be appreciated.

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (12 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: It becomes a little bit like asking, "How long is a piece of string?". One of the things that strikes me about tobacco, for example, is that it does not ever seem to be necessary for the tobacco industry or film industry to credit tobacco with the funding of movies. I have always been of the impression that this is the case, however. It is particularly insidious in some movies. One cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: ...the meeting, the HSE is divided into numbered community health areas, and mine is No. 7. In broad brushstrokes, CHO 7 includes north Kildare and south Dublin. It is one of those areas that does not seem to rate very well in respect of CAMHS, and I will say a few more bits on that. Why is that? Why do different community health areas provide completely different experiences for parents...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: One of the criticisms is that there does not seem to be a lateral thinking approach. This is not a personal criticism; I am trying to be helpful. I am a Government Deputy. What can Government do to assist? Mr. Walsh is talking about it from a helicopter view and level, looking down on it, yet we talk to parents who have a 15- or 16-year-old with urgent and acute needs who have to wait....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: ...this morning - and this is my position, as a committee member - that there are some cases where, to use Mr. Ahern's term, the pain is constant and intolerable to the extent that even palliative care does not have the means to relieve it?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: ...positive impact of the north-east inner city initiative established under the previous Government, which was predicated in part on the scoping inquiry undertaken at the time by Kieran Mulvey, does the Taoiseach accept that such an approach is very much merited elsewhere, including in parts of my constituency such as west and south Tallaght? Will the Government look positively at engaging...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: ...the committee last week. The Swiss model seems to be a million miles from the Canadian one. I do not mean to call it a model; it is their way of doing things. It has been around for 40 years and does not seem to have suffered the consequences or the implications of the Dutch or Canadian models. It does not seem to have slipped down that slope. It seems to have maintained itself within...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in the United States: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: ...it a little more. The point was made by all three witnesses, and I have listened respectfully to that. In regard to the Oregon issue, we had a Supreme Court case, the Fleming case, but the Oregon model does not seem to deal with this situation because Marie Fleming's particular issue was that she was not in a physical position to self-administer because of her disability. Oregon would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

John Lahart: Does she have any recollection of being informed of the potential use of these devices in operations on children?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

John Lahart: I have a piece of correspondence here. I do not mean to grandstand without naming the individual, but as Ms Hardiman has said everybody is entitled to privacy. It does seem that outside the use of the MAGEC rod, which is mentioned, other techniques were mentioned. It is specifically addressed to Ms Hardiman. The final line of the correspondence reads that, as CEO, "we needed to make you...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

John Lahart: I do not mean to interrupt but it strikes me that there must be an urgency about this sometimes that does not allow for-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

John Lahart: Before he comes in, I will ask a final few questions. Does CHI Temple Street have a register to monitor implant performance in children in case of problems? Apparently, there is an electronic register for hip and knee replacements. I wonder if there is a register other than putting a sticker in a chart for implants.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

John Lahart: ...to question that she is a public servant of the highest integrity. I have no reason to believe that Dr. Goldman, or his two colleagues here, should not be considered in the same light. That does not detract, obviously, from the questions we must ask them. Coming back to the letter, I do not want to invest too much importance in it. For me, the letter was important for the following...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

John Lahart: ...he would want to leverage that. This is a theme I want to come back to again. What progress has been made in this regard? What planning is being done and what kind of timelines and arrangements does Mr. Gloster see the HSE entering into?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

John Lahart: ...'s name and personal details, as well as his or her medical, GP, hospital and prescription history and other matters. What is the stance of the Department in that regard? What plans or response does it have?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Sep 2023)

John Lahart: ...accommodation whose landlords want to bring their tenancy to an end. In both cases, the local authority or housing association can step in to purchase the house and keep the tenant in situ. Does the Taoiseach welcome the news from my county and share my appreciation of the work being done by South Dublin County Council? A total of 99 tenants have so far availed of the scheme in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

John Lahart: Mr. Luley does not have evidence substantiating that, however.