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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
John Lahart: Absolutely.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
John Lahart: I have a question I want to ask.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
John Lahart: That is one of the points I want to make. We have heard evidence from Dr. Twomey, who is the national clinical lead for palliative care. There are clearly opposite views in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, where they face the same challenges but come up with different answers. It is important to put that on the record, too. I want to ask a question that has not been asked before in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
John Lahart: The evidence we have heard is that there is a tiny number of conditions that are beyond the reach of medicine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
John Lahart: What do we offer such an individual?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
John Lahart: Is Dr. Twomey able to do that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
John Lahart: What about the tiny minority of cases?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
John Lahart: That is what we are talking about.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
John Lahart: May I insist? Dr. Twomey has not answered. What do we do in the case of those very rare-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
John Lahart: What does Dr. Ní Bhriain do in such a case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
John Lahart: Will Dr. Ní Bhriain give us a few examples?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
John Lahart: We have been told that some conditions are beyond all of that. Is that true or false?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
John Lahart: We were told there is.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (8 Feb 2024)
John Lahart: I thank the Chair for the additional latitude, which I appreciate. Some of the items the Minister of State has brought to us are really good news. The first is that Transport Infrastructure Ireland is considering a Luas fleet renewal. It is not overdue, but it is welcome, as is the fact that it is looking at increasing the number of trams assigned to the Luas red line. I would encourage...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (8 Feb 2024)
John Lahart: I thank the Minister of State for being present to take this matter. As he knows, Citywest, which is in my constituency, was meant to be a planned and phased, mixed and relatively modest residential development area. In fact, an area plan was advised for it just over ten years ago. The decision by the previous government to introduce strategic housing development areas, which essentially...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (8 Feb 2024)
John Lahart: 63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in South County Dublin that are likely to qualify for the increased cost of business grant scheme; what discussions his Department has had with South Dublin County Council in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5450/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Co-operative Sector (8 Feb 2024)
John Lahart: 69. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for the development of the co-operative sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5451/24]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)
John Lahart: I thank the witnesses. I enjoyed reading their opening statements last night. From a political perspective, I have a few comments and some specific questions. I have always found that elections are good pulse-takers. One of the things I saw in 2009 fighting a local election was that two issues were beginning to appear on the radar and to be spoken about at doors that had not really...