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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (17 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: 353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to give a progress report on the school meals programme and its successful expansion. [44780/23]

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: Interestingly, I received an email in the past few days from the National Women's Council which will have a seminar next week on considering the inclusion of the value of care in the Constitution. 6 o’clock Certainly, it is something I would support. I am a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health, where I would have mentioned this previously, as well as at public...

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

John Lahart: What I will say can be said in a short period. I, too, commend the budget to the House. It was very well received, judged in part by the reaction to the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael McGrath. There are many highlights but there is a continuing theme in some areas, particularly in education. I commend my colleague, the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, on the work she has done....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: The intervention by the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, Deputy Connolly, on the events in Israel is significant, particularly her comments regarding the leadership shown by the Tánaiste. I echo those sentiments. I also want to put on the record that there is a very small Jewish population in this country that feels particularly vulnerable and fearful right now. I want to acknowledge that and...

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

John Lahart: I presume the Minister has been made aware of the pricing and the advertising that appears on these dispensers. They have found a loophole. They are very attractive because they are basically advertising that a particular brand is cheaper. For vulnerable nicotine addicts, particularly younger people, cheaper price is an attraction. That is the pull. That is one of the issues that is...

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

John Lahart: What is the status of vaping indoors?

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

John Lahart: That is something that ought to be considered as well as part of any legislation that is coming because I have noticed a creep in it, absent any hard information on what the vapes contain.

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

John Lahart: On the review piece, I am not sure whether there is flexibility to review some aspects of it earlier than other aspects. As the Minister said, some parts of the Bill can be enacted immediately while we will wait for other parts to be enacted. In regard to parts on banning vaping products for children, three years seems a long time. If the tobacco companies or other companies find some way...

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

John Lahart: The Chair will have to forgive me as I have to make a contribution to the debate on the budget in the House. I do not blame the Minister for responding the way he did. It indicated a degree of passion about the Bill he is trying to bring in and get passed. I share the regret it has delayed the banning of the sale of vaping products to children for at least eight months. It is not often we...

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

John Lahart: The implication is the same as the Minister's previous exhortation, which fell on deaf ears, that this will delay some measures if the amendment is passed. That is what I am saying. It will have to go to the European Union for consideration.

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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update with regard to proposed works at a school (details supplied). [44542/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update with regard to the outstanding works that are necessary at a school (details supplied). [44543/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the request by a school (details supplied) for a new school building [44553/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update with regard to a new school announced last year (details supplied). [44555/23]

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

John Lahart: I thank our witnesses. I always try to put myself in the witnesses' chairs. I am sure they are not comfortable. Mr. Kelly is the assistant national director for child and youth mental health.

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

John Lahart: I wish Mr. Kelly the very best of luck. We do not have enormous expectations of him today but perhaps we will the next time he is before the committee. If he is the assistant national director, who is the national director?

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

John Lahart: We have gone through some of the notes, the witness statements and the written evidence that was presented to us. The Chair and I represent an area in CHO 7. Perhaps for the benefit of people watching 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...

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 Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: What is a CAMHS care hub?