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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: That would be helpful, I thank Professor Jones. I find it hard, as a human being. I am not pressing Professor Jones, as I accept his bona fides. However, I find it hard to encounter someone who has never seen a situation where they have not been moved to think that there has to be a better way than this, because this is a terrible existence for a human being, whether it is in terms of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: I will ask a few questions and I will leave it to the three witnesses to answer. One of the witnesses referred to those who might feel pressured to use assisted dying as an option. Can Professor Donnelly or Professor Madden give an example of what that pressure might look like and where it might come from? Have we any anecdotal or hard evidence in that regard? What does an advance...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (11 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost to date of the BusConnects project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34285/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (11 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost to date of the BusConnects project for Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34287/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (11 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost to date of the Metrolink North project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34289/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (11 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost to date of the Metrolink Southwest project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34291/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (11 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the centralisation of the defective concrete blocks grant scheme, the pyrite remediation scheme, the defective apartments and duplexes remediation scheme and any other relevant scheme to expedite and simplify the roll-out of these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33730/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (11 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider creating a statutory oversight body for the construction sector that will investigate claims of negligent practices and-or defective buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34183/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (11 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider creating a construction defects insurance fund operated by the State, funded by the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34184/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (11 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 714. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the cost of the average medical card, including the direct cost to the general practitioner; a breakdown of the indirect cost, to include the cost of drugs and other schemes which the medical card permits exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33675/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how the Land Development Agency is providing new homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33186/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a report on the cost-rental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33187/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (6 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 304. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to extend parental leave to parents of teenagers during their children’s teenage years due to the importance of their development during this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33239/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Law Cases (5 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is any progress in establishing a family maintenance collection agency to follow up on those who do not keep their commitments to pay maintenance as legally required. [32942/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 183. To ask the Minister for Health the cost and staffing that would be associated with expanding clinical psychology to heart failure patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32884/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of establishing and maintaining a national registry system of heart failure patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32885/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the costs of ensuring adequate national capacity to deliver cardiac rehabilitation to all heart failure patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32886/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (4 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: 657. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a heart failure registry to help reduce high hospital admission and mortality rates among patients with the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32611/23]