• Fine Gael TD for Wicklow
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
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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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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Policies (10 Apr 2025)

“I appreciate that the Deputy’s question has been somewhat passed out by events and am happy to update him on the current position. I welcome the announcement by President Trump yesterday of the suspension of the higher tariffs announced on 2 April for a period of 90 days. This means that the EU and the UK, including Northern Ireland, will now face the same baseline tariff rate of...”

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Policies (10 Apr 2025)

“The US has paused, for 90 days, the 20 per cent tariff on exports from the EU to the US which had initially came into effect yesterday, 9 April. This move is very positive and can serve to deescalate what risked turning into a damaging trade dispute. The US tariffs on steel and aluminium remain in place. At the Foreign Affairs Council on Trade last Monday the European Commission stated...”

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Policies (10 Apr 2025)

“I am aware of arrests made by authorities in the province of Balochistan, in south-west Pakistan, in recent weeks and of the ongoing unrest in this region which has witnessed violent insurgencies and political and ethnic conflict in recent years. Ireland, through our Embassy in Islamabad, is monitoring developments in the region closely and has engaged regularly with both the EU...”

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• Has spoken in 104 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well 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.
• 76 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Simon Harris speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2183 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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