Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I want to expand on a point one of my colleagues touched on. We know, a statement of fact, that he went to New York in March 2004, January 2005, March 2006, February and November 2007, with his spouse, Savannah in March 2008, Brisbane in October 2008 and New York in March and June 2009. We think it likely, based on the Comptroller and Auditor General's uncovering of additional trips, that he was in Orlando in April and October 2007, California in February 2008 and Texas in August, November and February 2009. Where did people think he was going? Did the trips take place during work time? Was he taking leave or working as a SIPTU official? Was he travelling as a SIPTU official? Did Mr. O'Flynn or a superior know where he was going? What was the situation?