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Written Answers — Department of Health: Qualifications Recognition (18 Apr 2023)

John Lahart: 1598. To ask the Minister for Health what regulations govern psychotherapists; what plans he has to regulate the profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17418/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (18 Apr 2023)

John Lahart: 1788. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the Health (Amendment) Bill 2023 to be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18300/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (18 Apr 2023)

John Lahart: 1834. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will retain the current fees for third level education in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18301/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (18 Apr 2023)

John Lahart: 1835. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will cap fees for third level education in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18302/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will develop a centralised application system to schools for children with ASD and additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13889/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I wish to ask the Minister if she will develop a centralised application system to schools for children with autism spectrum disorder, ASD, and additional needs. If she is in a position to do so, will she comment on pilots that exist in this space already and make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister of State. There is a lot of food for thought. As the Minister of State knows, the scarcity of ASD places and other places for children with additional needs and special classes, notwithstanding improvements, which I wish to acknowledge, places huge financial, psychological and other unnecessary stresses on parents who are already stretched as parents of children with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I detect quite a lot of movement. I met the Tallaght Parents Autism Support Group recently, who are grouped together because they all have children with autism. Often, they find they are applying to the same schools for their children. They are disciplined and resilient enough not to fall into the awful trap of competitiveness with each other if there is a place available. If there was a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: Under Standing Orders I am entitled to contribute on a question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I am coming in on the general question Deputy Ó Ríordáin asked-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: -----but that is beside the point.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I am entitled to contribute. If the Deputy had allowed me to, I would have got to my question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I thought I had a minute. Under Standing Orders I have a minute.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I support the Minister. We can focus on the discussions but I heard the Minister repeat continuously that those negotiations and discussions are going positively. Deputy Ó Ríordáin knows about the tictacking that necessarily goes on between Departments. I look at my constituency of Dublin South-West and the projects needed there, including Gaelscoileanna like Gaelscoil Chnoc...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: 24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will expand the Collins medal scheme to retired members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13888/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the number of school places in mainstream post-primary schools in Dublin south west for children with ASD and additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13890/23]

Joint Committee On Health: Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: I confirm I am on the campus. I am normally in the committee room so I ask the attendees to forgive me for not being there this morning. I thank the contributors for their very different presentations, including the presentations from the people in the field and at the coalface and the more academic - and by that I do not mean theoretical - presentations that enlightened and informed us...

Joint Committee On Health: Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: When given a platform, one needs to take it. Primary care was intended as a first response to this, was it not?

Joint Committee On Health: Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: That is very useful for a Deputy to know because in my constituency there are two or three state-of-the-art primary care centres, one of which opened quite recently. That gives me scope in terms of parliamentary questions to ask as well. The witnesses have been talking about dual diagnosis which I found to be very informative and I thank them for that. What are the pitfalls of single...