Results 2,201-2,220 of 46,208 for speaker:Simon Harris
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: Condemn Iran.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: When the national Chamber is reduced to some kind of community notice board, it tells us everything. While the Deputy is continuing to misrepresent the position of this Government, we are actually trying to do things. We are actually trying to do things like working with the international community to keep our troops safe. When speaking directly to the Lebanese Prime Minister-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: I ask the Deputy to have a little respect for the process here. This is quite a serious issue-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: -----and should not involve shouting and roaring. When speaking to the Lebanese Prime Minister-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: It is because of the legal advice.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: May I just have a minute to answer the question?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: It is a serious matter and I am trying to give it the serious answer that it deserves. The reality of the situation is we are engaging on a frequent basis, often hourly, on these matters. We are providing increased humanitarian aid. We speak up and speak out outlining our position on a constant basis. I have said consistently that I believe what is happening in Gaza is a war on children....
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: -----and the Deputies will not condemn Iran. I do not understand why they will not do it.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: It is because they do not believe that the State-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: I would like to speak. I believe the State of Israel alongside the State of Palestine both have a right to live in security and peace. The problem is the Deputies do not believe that about the State of Israel.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: They do not believe-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: In this democracy, the Deputy gets to ask the question but he does not get to tell people what they can say in response. I think it is quite important that I have a right to speak freely in this Chamber to which I am also democratically elected. The Minister of State, Deputy Mary Butler, Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh and Senator John Cummins have been working on this, as has Deputy...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: I will ask that the Deputy's party's Bill is referred to the Attorney General as part of his consideration. That is a sensible thing to do. We will continue and I want the Deputy to know, as she probably does from her engagement with the Minister, Deputy Foley, that there is an intense degree of work going on in relation to this. We have seen in the past when we have got mechanisms correct...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: He had no such conversation.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: Last week, I was at the United Nations and I met the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mr. Mahmoud Abbas. I also met the Prime Minister of the Palestinian Government. Both the President and the Prime Minister of Palestine thanked me, our Government and the people of Ireland for what we are doing in relation to Palestine. I come back here and I come into this Dáil and the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: Yes. Deputy McDonald is exactly right and I hope she will condemn Iran too-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: Sorry, hold your horses. Hold your horses-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: I condemn the actions of the Government of Israel, the incursion into Lebanon and what it is doing in Gaza, on a daily basis. The difference between the Deputy and me is that I am consistent. I believe breaches of international law are wrong no matter who carries them out, whereas the Deputy believes they are wrong if it suits his political agenda. What would he have said if those Iranian...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: The Deputy is suggesting-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: Yes, but-----