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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (18 May 2023)

John Lahart: 206. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations governing the bike-to-work scheme; if a person can change their choice of bike or e-bike during the process of purchasing their chosen vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23722/23]

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister for his presence in the Chamber to address this. I will go through a few preliminary issues that are raised in the Bill. I join my colleagues in welcoming the fact they are covered. I welcome the Bill and the effort to address many long-standing issues. I have some constructive observations to make, specifically on the place of e-scooters in the Bill. I welcome...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Equality Proofing of Budgets (17 Jun 2021)

John Lahart: That is a comprehensive answer. I liked the reference made. We all knew that initially equality budgeting related to gender and it then spread out to areas like disability. Interestingly, this morning at the Committee on Budgetary Oversight, we had an interesting paper from the OECD which referred to some of our tax incentives around the area of climate action. Retrofitting and even...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)

John Lahart: ...suggestions, many of which I have articulated over time. I will make a general point on this and get the OECD response. Almost all the significant initiatives in Ireland, whether in relation to retrofitting, the purchase of electric vehicles or the extension of the bike to work scheme to e-bikes, require the purchaser to have a lot of cash upfront or significant savings. They can be...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 May 2021)

John Lahart: I welcome the Minister to the House. One of the first things I want to do is to acknowledge that Ireland and the world owes the green movement a huge debt of thanks. I must acknowledge the Green Party was ahead of the posse here, notwithstanding the efforts of the odd individual, conservationist or ecologist who might have international status and be very well known to people publicly. The...

Road Traffic (All-Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motorcycle) (Amendment) Bill 2020: First Stage (17 Nov 2020)

John Lahart: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Road Traffic Act 1961 to further regulate the use of all-terrain vehicles and scrambler motorcycles in a public place, to make further provision for the seizure, by An Garda Síochána, of said vehicles and motorcycles in certain circumstances, to provide for the confiscation and disposal of same when a...

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (4 Nov 2020)

John Lahart: It is difficult to understand how the previous speaker could have issues with this budget, of all budgets, or with the budgetary approach of the Government during the pandemic. Essentially, billions of euro have been spent on the most vulnerable in our society. As I have mentioned on a number of occasions, there is an unwritten social contract between the State and its citizens whereby the...

Climate Action: Statements (17 Sep 2020)

John Lahart: ...attender at the Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action in the previous Dáil. Seven or eight months ago, we would not have thought there was something incongruous about speaking with such gusto about climate action in the midst of Covid. The pandemic is a priority and people's minds are rightly focused on the issues facing us as opposed to the issues facing the planet and yet we...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety (28 Jul 2020)

John Lahart: 765. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the work of the high-level committee established to examine the anti-social use of scramblers and quad bikes; the outcome of these talks; and the outcome of the work of the former Lord Mayor's commission on the subject. [18181/20]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (10 Jun 2020)

John Lahart: Like my colleague, I want to huff and puff, but I will take the opportunity to advocate for the cycling argument. The transition statement on climate action provides us with an opportunity to look at the opportunities provided by Covid-19, the opportunities provided in a crisis, the changing behaviour of the public, especially over the past couple of months, and the reluctance of some...

Road Traffic (All Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motor-cycle) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 May 2019)

John Lahart: It is a pity the senior Minister has gone and that we do not have an opportunity to respond to him. I thank everybody from this side of the House who participated in the debate. I will briefly summarise for the record what the Bill will do. It proposes to make riding a quad or scrambler bike in an antisocial and dangerous manner an offence under public order legislation. There would be an...

Promoting Cycling: Motion [Private Members] (19 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: ...in cycling and the use of bicycles in Ireland. I am particularly referencing this as Dublin spokesperson. There is a huge desire on the part of people of all age groups and genders not only to do their bit for climate change but to do something they enjoy, which is cycling, whether to work, as part of an amateur sporting pursuit or just a leisure activity. The proof of the pudding in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management, Congestion and Public Safety at College Green, Dublin: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

John Lahart: ...welcome all the attendees. I appreciate them giving their time here and the contributions they have made. There is no action without an equal and opposite reaction is a dictum that can be applied to this issue, but we have to live with it. We have to be practical in terms of what has happened. In many ways, in terms of what has been happening in recent months and also the witnesses'...

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

John Lahart: ...is declining; — the capacity of the Dublin region as a destination for living, visiting and for locating and doing business is being seriously undermined; — that significant actions are required to increase capacity and usability of public transport, to better manage traffic during peak periods and to reduce the private car share dependence by commuting traffic especially;...

Local Government Reform (Amendment) (Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2016)

John Lahart: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time" I am sharing time with Deputy Shane Cassells. I welcome the opportunity to go into more detail on the Bill. I thank the Minister of State for being present. The idea of a mayor for Dublin goes back to the time of the former Minister and Deputy, Mr. Noel Dempsey. In 2001 or 2002, it resurfaced in the context of the Fianna...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

John Lahart: As my party’s spokesperson on Dublin I want to focus on measures that do or do not focus on the needs of the people in the capital. While the additional funding for housing in budget 2017 is welcome, I have some concerns about the new home buyers' saving scheme and the omission of measures to help reform the rental market and the absence of reforms to fast-track social housing. From...