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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

John Lahart: I thank the Chair. Briefly, I thank our committee's guests for their presentation and paper. I am a Government backbencher so I will follow up with the Minister on these issues in writing. The witnesses have acknowledged progress. I take the point. There is no point in rehashing stuff. Huntington's disease was not mentioned. I have advocated for people with the disease. While the care...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (8 May 2024)

John Lahart: 111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he has considered a charge-back card system where the electricity used at a public EV charging point could be charged back to the person’s domestic bill at the home tariff rate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20224/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Apr 2024)

John Lahart: I share and note the Taoiseach's concern articulated earlier in the week about protests outside the homes of politicians. The Taoiseach would have had no notice from me of the issue I wish to raise so I will happily to wait for a detailed written answer. What is the legal position about the wearing of masks and balaclavas at protests? Is there a legal position on it? Is it legal? How...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

John Lahart: ...committee but there are informal cross-party Oireachtas committees. I chair a cross-party Oireachtas committee on rare diseases and orphan drugs, which is a result of the second termism that I spoke about earlier. Other Oireachtas colleagues are chairs of different ad hoc committees, which make quite a lot of progress that way. I am very happy to do something for the association,...

Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)

John Lahart: My role in this matter was quite small, but I would like to illustrate how hard the families worked on this. I was appointed Dublin spokesperson for my party in 2016. As a Dublin spokesperson, along with colleagues who preceded me in that role, it fell to me to meet the families, which I did on a number of occasions along with my party leader, who was leader of the Opposition at the time. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

John Lahart: I will not take the full time because a number of the questions I wanted to ask have been asked. I thank the witnesses for attending. I accept that the questions I was going to ask have been asked and the witnesses have answered them. I will go to the opening statement we received from the national clinical director of integrated care at the HSE. I will read the witnesses some of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

John Lahart: I am not trying to offend either the previous speakers or the current ones. I am really trying to learn something. I think the previous speakers' fear is that it gets put with ME, Lyme disease and other things where some GPs and practitioners say it is all in people's heads and there is no evidence for any of this, despite the weight of evidence. There is something going on here all right...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

John Lahart: What Dr. Ní Bhriain has just outlined there is for me a much more sympathetic, compassionate description than in her opening statement. On that notion of a constellation of symptoms and in terms of defining long Covid, have the witnesses ever experienced a disease or an infection that subsequently caused a constellation of infections or disorders or that could be characterised as an...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Park-and-Ride Facilities (9 Apr 2024)

John Lahart: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline what steps have been taken to provide park-and-ride facilities at major motorway interchanges, as is the case in Derry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14529/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (9 Apr 2024)

John Lahart: 497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the details of the works at a school (details supplied) approved by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14695/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (5 Mar 2024)

John Lahart: 514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how much State funding has been provided to the DSPCA facility at Mount Venus Road from 2019-2024, in tabular form; the purposes for which this money was granted to the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10102/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Mar 2024)

John Lahart: 686. To ask the Minister for Health if he has been given an explanation by the HSE as to who within the HSE or at what level of management issued a directive in relation to the cuts to mastectomy supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10240/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (28 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: 89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles that were confiscated by gardaí at the roadside for non-display of road tax in 2023; and the normal protocol for dealing with a driver with an out-of-date or non-display of motor tax disc. [9462/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on whether or not the application by a school (details supplied) has been approved, or when it will be approved in terms of additional accommodation, which is badly needed at this location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8407/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Department will provide the money for the contract work that was carried out at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8408/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: 163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what plans can be put in place to reduce the backlog for driving test appointments; if consideration is being given for appointments to be made available at weekends and evenings as a temporary measure to try to reduce the backlog; if the testers who were employed in 2023 are helping to reduce the backlog; and if he will make a...

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: ...of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly and it is one of the most worthwhile and valuable things I have undertaken in my time in the Dáil. Like previous speakers, I want to generously congratulate Michelle O'Neill on her appointment and election as First Minister and Emma Little-Pengelly, as her deputy First Minister. It is almost an understatement to call it a unique day for...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister of State for his presence and for this Bill. I am old enough to remember that it was the late Séamus Brennan as Minister for Transport who introduced penalty points. He just got tired of people pussyfooting around the issue and putting obstacles in the way of bringing in something pragmatic. He went for it and introduced it. It had a dramatic impact on driver...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: I echo what colleagues said and thank the Chair for the manner in which he has chaired the public sessions. I commend the secretariat and support staff who have provided us with a huge amount of invaluable work and research and background assistance as we move into the final stage of this. I thank our witnesses for coming today. I take a different view from previous speakers. I think the...

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...