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

John Lahart: ...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 does the Taoiseach view it? Is the Government minded to look at that? I cannot think of any good reason aside from a pandemic why someone would want to cover his or her face in a public protest or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for the Blind and Vision Impaired: Vision Ireland (24 Apr 2024)

John Lahart: ...degeneration, the increase in that and the state of play in that regard. What were Vision Ireland's annual running costs last year and what is its principal source of income? How many staff does it have and how reliant is it proportionately on public goodwill funding and State funding?

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

John Lahart: ...with people and we are all trying to do little bits. There are some things I am very happy to take on here. I wish to ask the CEO of the Irish Lung Fibrosis Association a couple of questions. Why does ILFA not receive any State funding, how long has that gone on, and how much does it cost to run ILFA?

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

John Lahart: ...are kind of on the radar and they were not on the radar. I think that is a fair reflection of what has happened. A cross-party committee is an option and, for impact, it is the kind of thing one does at the beginning of a Dáil term rather than coming to the end. I suggest a cross-party committee and some of my colleagues would also support the idea.

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

John Lahart: ...or as a continuation of the classic Covid symptoms, this other set of characteristics, some of which are unique, started to display. I am interested in how the HSE describes this as an entity. It does not describe it as a disease. I wonder why the witnesses think that is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for People with Epidermolysis Bullosa: Discussion (28 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: I thank the Chair. I was not present for all of the meeting but I was listening to much of it. I am struck that it is three women who are representing Debra. Does that reflect a breakdown in those who experience the condition?

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

John Lahart: ...sections of rural road are higher than on the N81. Hopefully this will address that. I echo what a previous Deputy said on the NTA. One of the issues with the NTA is its BusConnects section does not communicate with its cycle track section. That does not seem to be happening. Many cycle track measures in my constituency penalise those who use public transport because they have...

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

John Lahart: It is also worth having this discussion. It is the point I made, following the contribution. Does Senator Ruane not think there would be a scandal if people who are set against-----

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

John Lahart: Can I finish the question? Does the Senator not think there would be public uproar among people who might-----

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

John Lahart: ...asked before in this committee. We have received evidence from palliative care specialists and GPs that there is pain, suffering and conditions that are beyond the reach of palliative care. What does palliative care offer in such circumstances?

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?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (8 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: ...the Minister keep us in touch with the timelines for that? The driver absence rate going from 5% to 12% is unacceptable. The Minister needs to know why that is happening. While he says he does not have statutory responsibility he is the Minister, and every so often he needs to call people in, knock a few heads together and ask them to explain why absences were so high last year....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (8 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: ...repeated emails and correspondence the NTA has not reverted. This needs to be addressed. Trams need to go where they say they are going and where timetables say they are going. This situation does not seem to happen on the green line. Will the Minister of State ask Transdev whether there are any plans to extend the length of tram, similar to the green line, which has substantially...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: ...is growing, needs addressing and is with us to stay", to around 2009. I do not know whether that tallies with things. I was in Kilnamanagh Family Recreation Centre, where the Alzheimer's Society does really good work. It was mentioned to me that pre-Covid, it had an excellent facility available in Bloomfield Hospital, Rathfarnham, where a lot more people could participate. I raised...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: I am a Government politician. It is welcome that the witnesses acknowledged the role of the Minister of State, Deputy Mary Butler, in this. A lot of this policy does not happen by accident, and it happens because we talk to the Minister of State. In any parliamentary party, this kind of stuff comes up again and again, and that is how policy happens in Ireland. I always say to people that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: ...doing much more. I go back to the comments about the referendum by the representatives from Family Carers Ireland. On the one hand, they are welcoming it and, on the other, they are saying it does not go far enough. What do they recommend in this regard?

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

John Lahart: ...a two-state solution. Time and again his Government advised Palestinians to leave their settlements for alternative areas of refuge, only to raze those same areas to the ground, including hospitals. Does the Israeli Government care for what Ireland thinks? It is clear the Israeli Government has little regard for the views of even its greatest ally. However, others in the world do care...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

John Lahart: ...regard as a blessed period in their lives towards the end of life. It is valid for both cases. It is important to make that point. It jarred with me a little and I am struggling with it but that does not mean I will not overcome it. Maybe I will not but I resisted the naming of conditions because people are living with these conditions and they live as full lives as they can. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: ...of some of the elements she has mentioned today with regard to assisted living. One of the big learnings for me throughout recent months is that as a State, we need to redouble our efforts. This does not mean we are going to get it right, but we need to take a good long look at and analyse how we assist people in living, see where the failings are and discover how we can do much better....