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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

John Lahart: Does the deputy Secretary-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

John Lahart: Leaving Dr. Holohan out of it as a personality, on the deputy Secretary General piece and kind of accommodating that into the Secretary General model of secondment, that is kind of unprecedented and there is no Government provision for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

John Lahart: Mr. Watt has probably passed seven years as Secretary General between the two Departments. If there was a decision not to extend the term and he was nowhere near his 40 years of service, we could anticipate a similar arrangement could be entered into, given the Government has approved this process in 2011 and 2021, so his particular expertise and experience would not be lost to the public...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (28 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: 13. To ask the Minister for Finance if motor insurance premiums are decreasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20548/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (28 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the VAT reduction to 9% in gas and electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20549/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ukraine War (28 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: 122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding he is allocating to support Government initiatives that are helping Ukraine and the Ukrainian people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20546/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lobbying Reform (28 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: 127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way he proposes to change the laws around lobbying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20547/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (27 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Government Information Service unit of his Department. [20341/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (27 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: Likewise, I acknowledge the increase in Garda numbers, but what people want to see, which is the age-old challenge, is gardaí on the streets. Be it the area covered by Tallaght Garda station, the area that is in need of a Garda station in Citywest, or Rathfarnham Garda station, which covers Firhouse, Ballycullen, Knocklyon, Rathfarnham and Churchtown, the public never see a garda on the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (27 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: It is not only in the city but also the suburbs. Tallaght Garda Station, the main Garda station in my constituency along with Rathfarnham Garda station, was designed in the 1970s and built in the 1980s. It is completely outdated. The Garda in Tallaght now take two floors of the Plaza Hotel, adjacent to Tallaght Garda station in order to be able to fulfil the functions they must fulfil. It...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (27 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: 89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the performance of all of the members of the Board of An Bord Pleanála; if he is satisfied that they have all satisfied their statutory requirements under ethics and planning legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21398/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the new post-primary schools for Ballycullen and Citywest, Dublin; if a school (details supplied) will be vacating the site of another school before September 2022 for its new location at Ballycullen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21402/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (26 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [20340/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (26 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: 925. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken with regard to addressing flood damage and the required repairs necessary in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20615/22]

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: I am glad the Minister is here. I compliment him again on his industriousness since he became Minister. He has piled really constructive Bills into the House and passed them. He has been flexible in accepting meaningful and sensible amendments and suggestions when they come forward, either from his own side or from the Opposition. I can spend an hour speaking on this, as I am sure any...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Policy (7 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: We will come back to Question No. 8.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (7 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: Question No. 6 is being introduced by Deputy Lawless.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (7 Apr 2022)

John Lahart: The Minister of State can come back to that in the second reply. I call Deputy Lawless.