• Fine Gael TD for Wicklow
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Email me whenever Simon Harris speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Staff, Departmental Bodies, Special Educational Needs, Health Services, Social Welfare Benefits

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Financial Resolution No. 2: Value Added Tax (25 Nov 2025)

“I move: (1) THAT section 477C of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997) is amended, in subparagraph (ii) of the definition in subsection (1) of "qualifying residence", by the substitution of "paragraph (c) or (cac), as the case may be, of section 46(1)," for "section 46(1)(c)". (2) THAT this Resolution shall have effect on and from 26 November 2025. (3) IT is hereby declared...”

Financial Resolution No. 1: Value Added Tax (25 Nov 2025)

“I thank colleagues for their contributions and interventions. First, on the issue raised by Deputy Collins, I will certainly make contact with Irish Water. I have a clear view that State agencies should meet public representatives. There is a thing called democracy. It is important that State agencies engage respectfully, regardless of where people are on the political spectrum, and...”

Financial Resolution No. 1: Value Added Tax (25 Nov 2025)

“I move: (1) THAT the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 (No. 31 of 2010), be amended— (a) in section 46(1) – (i) in paragraph (a), by the insertion of "(cac)," after "(cab),", (ii) in paragraph (c), by the insertion of ", (cac)" after"(cab)", (iii) in paragraph (cab), by the substitution of "25 November 2025" for "31 December 2030", and (iv) by the insertion of the...”

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• Has spoken in 94 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 79 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Simon Harris speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2562 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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