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Tue, 26 Nov 2019
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Medicinal Products Licensing
John Lahart
279. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the reason persons with multiple sclerosis have access to new medicines within weeks or months in many European countries but patients here can wait over four years for new medicines to be made available (details supplied); the reason for slower approval for new medicines here; the steps he is taking to ensure access is expedited; and the date same will be achieved. [48648/19]
Thu, 21 Nov 2019
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Transport Policy
John Lahart
3. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered establishing a transport security unit to tackle widespread and dangerous antisocial behaviour on public transport and at public transport hubs. [48418/19]
Tue, 19 Nov 2019
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Insurance Industry
John Lahart
130. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to insurance companies (details supplied) that are using an auto-renew system in which customers are automatically signed up for another one year policy; if there is legislation to prevent such a practice occasional policies such as travel insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47803/19]
Tue, 19 Nov 2019
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Schools Building Projects Status
John Lahart
145. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a delay in a school project (details supplied) due to cutbacks in the school capital programme. [47166/19]
Tue, 19 Nov 2019
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Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
John Lahart
185. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to issues in relation to SUSI criteria (details supplied); his plans to amend the legislation to allow for change in this criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47369/19]
Wed, 13 Nov 2019
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Arts Council Funding
John Lahart
233. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a budget is available to a local photographer to publish photographs of wildlife on the River Dodder; if other avenues other than the local authority can be pursued in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46774/19]
Tue, 12 Nov 2019
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Schools Building Projects Status
John Lahart
191. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will commence on the new building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46478/19]
Tue, 12 Nov 2019
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Garda Reports
John Lahart
233. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a practice by which gardaí do not release reports to motor insurance companies without a fee being paid by the insurance company to the Garda station; if this is common practice; his views on whether it is having a negative impact on the processing of insurance claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46186/19]
Tue, 12 Nov 2019
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Direct Provision Expenditure
John Lahart
273. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that has been paid to private companies for services relating to direct provision from 2014 to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46638/19]
Tue, 12 Nov 2019
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Direct Provision Data
John Lahart
274. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of privately owned companies hired for the purpose of facilitating direct provision; his views on whether the services offered by these private companies could not be provided by his Department or by other State bodies; his plans to review the use of these privately held companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46639/19]
Wed, 6 Nov 2019
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State Examinations
John Lahart
81. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the protocol for a student that has particular needs and has the use of a laptop while attending school when it comes to the sitting of State exams; if there is criteria that must be met by the students that allows them to use the laptop during an exam; the length of time in advance of sitting an exam the student will be advised that they can use it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45636/19]
Wed, 6 Nov 2019
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National Parks
John Lahart
223. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the residents in the Glenamole region of the Dublin Mountains use parts of the national park in that area to graze animals and that there have been numerous requests to the local authorities to install cattle grids in the area to prevent the sheep from roaming onto the four public roads the run through the park; if her attention has been further drawn to a precedent that exists of installing cattle grids on public park lands (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45629/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Fiscal Policy
John Lahart
124. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance when the transfer of funds to the rainy day fund will commence; and when the intended €500 million will be transferred into same in the event of an orderly Brexit. [44415/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Parking Provision
John Lahart
914. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the use by coach companies of the NTA-provided coach park in the vicinity of a location (details supplied) on the quays in Dublin; the reason it closes at 7 p.m. each evening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44534/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Parking Provision
John Lahart
915. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the NTA coach parking facility at the quays in Dublin; the number of spaces it contains; the average number of coaches that park there each evening including weekends; the cost of parking; the operating hours from Monday to Sunday; his views on whether it represents value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44535/19]
Thu, 24 Oct 2019
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Electricity Grid
John Lahart
209. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the contacts and responses to date his Department has received from the ESB regarding a documentary (details supplied) earlier in 2019 in which it was revealed that the ESB had polluted the Dodder River as a result of poor maintenance of utility equipment and had shielded this from the public for many years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43917/19]
Thu, 24 Oct 2019
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Waste Management
John Lahart
212. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the impediments there are to banning single use plastic bottles. [44005/19]
Thu, 24 Oct 2019
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Driver Test Data
John Lahart
223. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the failure rates in Dublin for the driver theory test and outside of Dublin, respectively, (details supplied). [43916/19]
Wed, 23 Oct 2019
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Electric Vehicles
John Lahart
174. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of publicly funded electric car charging as opposed to charging points in residential and commercial business places points he envisages will be in place by end of each of the years 2020 to 2022; and the locations of same. [43670/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Ireland Strategic Investment Fund
John Lahart
149. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance the steps which will be taken regarding the €500 million due to be paid into the rainy day fund in the event of an orderly Brexit. [43254/19]