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Men's Health: Statements (22 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister of State. I echo the comments that were made about her tenure in charge of mental health policy and delivery in the Government. I also echo what the previous speaker said about the role of men's sheds and give a shout-out to ExWell. Dr. Noel McCaffrey has been very involved in sport for many years. I am recovering from a pretty important medical intervention....

Men's Health: Statements (22 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: Will the Leas-Cheann Comhairle please repeat that?

Men's Health: Statements (22 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: Is there another speaker? I apologise. I did not realise Deputy John Connolly was after me.

Men's Health: Statements (22 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: I want to finish with the positive line that the doctor is your friend. I will have to leave it to another debate to finish the other thought.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (22 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planned mechanisms for the distribution of the €48 million allocated to DEIS Plus; to confirm whether the funding and associated interventions will be primarily directed to schools; and if she will ensure that the allocation is not disproportionately channelled through external agencies such as Tusla, TESS, NEPS, the NCSE or the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (22 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a timeline for the rollout of DEIS Plus resources; if she will consider making funding and staffing available to schools before the end of the 2025-2026 academic year to allow for adequate planning, recruitment, and implementation of supports in advance of the September 2026 start date. [57685/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (22 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to embed multidisciplinary teams including counsellors, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, and psychologists within DEIS Plus schools. [57686/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (22 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which DEIS Plus funding will support trauma-informed educational practices in schools, including the provision of additional staffing, funding and infrastructure for the development of nurture rooms and dedicated support spaces. [57687/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (22 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if she has received the report from the Working Group on the National Hearing Care Plan that was due by end of Quarter 2 as per Terms of Reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57518/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: I ask the Tánaiste the way in which Ireland is supporting the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: One thing this conflict has in common with what is going on in Gaza is that I cannot think of one single thing that would guarantee intergenerational conflict more than the use, abuse and the taking and maiming of children. It almost guarantees that the memory just simply cannot absolve itself of the horrors of it and that the atrocity will live on. In spite of that, the Ukrainian...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: This question was transferred to me from Deputy O'Meara. It asks for the Tánaiste's response to the recent escalation in the intensity of Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister of State. The Ukrainian ambassador was very appreciative of the non-military assistance the country has been given when she came before the committee last week. The Minister of State referred in his reply to regional destabilisation. I was fortunate and privileged, with the Minister of State's colleague, Deputy Barry Ward, Chair of the EU affairs committee, to be part...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: It is not contained in my question but I know one of the things we contribute towards is de-mining. I am throwing the issue at the Minister of State in an unanticipated way and will accept a written response on it. It just came to mind. Can the Minister of State inform the House about what that involves and what the money is expended on?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Relations (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: A delegation from the foreign affairs and trade committee is going to Canada in early December. I welcome the new ambassador. Deputy McGreehan is convener of the Canada-Ireland Inter-Parliamentary Friendship group, and hence her particular interest in it. There is some resistance to waiving pre-legislative scrutiny on the CETA agreement from some quarters in the House. There is a little...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: These questions were transferred to me. Will the Tánaiste outline the discussions he has had about the possibility of utilising the €1.87 billion in frozen Russian assets, which are the ones in Ireland that we know of, for reparations for the war of aggression against Ukraine?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: In my experience as chair of the foreign affairs and trade committee, the Ukrainian ambassador to Ireland came in last week. We received a comprehensive statement. Has the Tánaiste or Taoiseach considered initiating some sort of round table facility with leaders of the Opposition? It strikes me that we get, and rightly so, incredibly exercised about events in Israel, Gaza and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: Have they ever sought a briefing on it?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: On the frozen assets, the Ukrainian ambassador made the point that the lawful of frozen Russian assets must become central to reconstruction. What is the view of the Government on that? That reconstruction would be around the rebuilding of infrastructure, supporting of victims and enabling the return of displaced Ukrainians. An estimate of €300 billion in assets internationally...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (21 Oct 2025)

John Lahart: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his participation in meetings of the coalition of the willing in support of Ukraine. [48527/25]