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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (19 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the total allocation of capital grants (devolved capital grant and the further education capital grants) to the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board in 2023; the likely allocation for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45555/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Active Travel (18 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister of State for the comprehensive reply. Stakeholder buy-in is critical. Who are these stakeholders? Obviously, these include the local people who live in the area and use the roads. I refer in particular to parents, who are under pressure in the mornings. One of the things that happened was that school drop-off points were eliminated. Those school drop-off points that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Active Travel (18 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister of State.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Active Travel (18 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for selecting this and I thank the Minister of State for being in attendance to take the issue. The Minister of State and I have often spoken about this. We both know that the public wants to play its part in mitigating climate change. Everyone wants to help sustain a planet that can sustain our children and grandchildren and future generations. The more...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (18 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: 300. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to impose a ban on dangerous American XL bully dogs in Ireland; the steps she has taken to ensure that owners of dogs requiring muzzles are complying with the law; and the way the public can hope to feel safe in public from dangerous breeds of dog which are described as same by the law. [45669/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: Can we go back on that piece?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: And the criminality piece.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: When Ms O'Shea says mapping, does she mean mapping by identity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: Has that not been done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: How were they obstructed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: I sense a degree of frustration from the witnesses with some of the politicians. If I can attempt to frame it from my own perspective, it is in the context of the comments about the normalisation of abortion as healthcare and the global challenge with that. I can identify with that. Clearly, and I mean this is a very positive way, the witnesses have got their heads around that. Culturally...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: I welcome the O'Farrell family. I was down this kind of road when, in opposition, I was Dublin spokesperson, with the Stardust families and inquiry. I put several questions as Dublin spokesperson and I had several motions, as did many Deputies before me in previous Parliaments, to be told by Minister for Justice after Minister for Justice that everything that could be done had been done,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (17 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: 8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline progress on the new well-being-counselling initiative that she announced and introduced this year, and which has been warmly welcomed by the education partners and sector. [44807/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (17 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: Following on from the Minister’s very welcome introduction of the new well-being and counselling initiative for primary schools earlier this year, which has been warmly welcomed by the education partners and the sector as a whole, will she update the House on the structures under the initiative, including the employment of counsellors, how the process is working and being advertised...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (17 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: I welcome the reply. This is a very radical and dynamic innovation on the Minister’s part. It will be one of a number of things for which she will be remembered. It represents a shift in the funding mechanism of the Government, for example. I have long believed that every Department has a role to play in well-being and mental health so it is not only the Department of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (17 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: The Minister is being characteristically modest about the introduction of this initiative. I will highlight some other issues. I particularly welcome that she is allowing the professional organisations most associated with this area to contribute in a meaningful way so that children, schools and parents can be reassured that those who will take on this role with their children are fully...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: I thank the witnesses for sharing their expertise with us. I have several questions. I do not normally ask "Yes" or "No" questions but I do have one for Dr. Twomey. Dr. Lyne said there are some exceptions to what Dr Twomey said, where palliative care, medicines and whatever is available simply do not work. Does Dr. Twomey accept this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: I invite any of the witnesses to answer my questions. I was very taken with what Dr. O'Shea said about burden. It seems that a sense of being a burden cannot always be relieved. Taking into account all of the evidence we have heard on the type of model we might veer towards, which, in my view, would be very restrictive whereby someone would have to have a terminal illness, if I felt as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: Is Dr. Colleran saying that is contradictory?