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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: Very ecumenical.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: I thank Dr. Collins and apologise for our role in delaying him. The first time I saw Dr. Collins was on television at the height of this and his presentation and contributions today reinforce the view I held then - and that I still hold - that if the process of water metering had started with him then we might have ended up in a completely different place. Dr. Collins has come across as a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: The Chairman keeps doing this to me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: The Chairman has allowed so much latitude to other speakers. I insist on it now. He has extended the meetings and we made our points earlier. I really want to make my point and I am the only member of my group who is contributing. These are important issues. If the process had started with education, people like me, who favoured the idea of metering, until a hames was made of it, would...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: It is not my fault, as a consumer, that the bulk of the water I use domestically, which has been treated, ends up being flushed into the system as opposed to being consumed. Dr. Collins mentioned €215 million being spent on bottled water. As a student in France at the age of 14, I found it hilarious that French people drank bottled water. What caused the shift among Irish people...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: From what Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: This is cross-departmental, including an education piece.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: Did the Public Water Forum representatives speak only with officials from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: Have they been in touch with the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, for example, on developing research grants on water management and conservation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: I am very impressed that the CER facilitates the secretariat. Was that a decision the CER took or was it leaned on by the Government to do it? The question is not political.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: It is a very commendable synergy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: 74. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of the €9 million new funding for hospital services nationally in 2017 that will go to Tallaght hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4681/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: 120. To ask the Minister for Health the improvement that can be expected in 2017 in the long waiting times for an outpatient appointment in Tallaght hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4680/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Levy (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to replenish the private pensions funds of which the Government has repeatedly accessed over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4760/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences Renewals (1 Feb 2017)
John Lahart: 321. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to difficulties taxi drivers are experiencing in renewing their licences in certain circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4740/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Students (31 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: 117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to recent reports that international students here are to face rises in the cost of their health insurance due to the policies being deemed to be a breach of the law; if these reports are accurate; if so, her views on whether this is damaging to Ireland's reputation as an international destination for students...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions which were allocated to the south Dublin area in 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4488/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding which was allocated to the south Dublin area for tourism and hospitality skills training for 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4489/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agency or Government body which has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy here. [4490/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Environmental Policy (31 Jan 2017)
John Lahart: 676. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the actions the Government has taken on the international emissions scandal surrounding a company (details supplied); the investigation the Government has established to investigate whether the company's cars on sale here actually comply with EU emissions standards; if the company's car models on sale here achieve the...