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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I am a bit perplexed. I would say the Deputy must have struggled on this dispute. I did not see this coming but maybe I should have. It is highly regrettable that any Member of this House would cast an aspersion on the Labour Court. We have a long-standing industrial relations mechanism in this country, with both the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court, that is a key...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: It is there to arbitrate, mediate and come up with solutions to very important things and to bring about industrial peace. The Deputy may not be a fan of industrial peace. I place quite a significant value on it. I thank the Deputy for his intervention today. I know how upsetting this dispute is to people. That is what I think is utterly reprehensible about this, and I say that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: Engagement with the two-state solution is absolutely essential. I am aware of the horrific situation. I am haunted by it, as I know people across this country are. Ireland continues to use its voice at every single opportunity in every single international forum. We do not just say things - we vote that way internationally, amend conclusions that way, provide extra humanitarian...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: It is because her position is entirely misrepresented. If the Deputy had been at the European Council, as I was last week-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: No, hang on, I was the only Irish person in the room, so perhaps allow me the courtesy of telling the Dáil what happened. When I was there last week, every single Prime Minister and President, bar one - the Hungarian Prime Minister - supported President von der Leyen or, in the case of Italy, abstained. That included socialist governments. In fact, the Prime Minister of Spain, who is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I answered the question but the Deputy just does not like the answer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: It is €267,000 for an affordable house.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: On becoming Taoiseach, I asked again about the legality of the occupied territories Bill. The same position has be reiterated to me as has been reiterated to my predecessors. Indeed, the same position has been reiterated to me by the Attorney General that would have been reiterated by his predecessors as well. I fully accept the Deputy's bona fides that this is a point of difference, but...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: Is it the Deputy's position that she accepts every recommendation of the Housing Commission report? Is that her position? We have written to her on the issue and we are awaiting the Deputy's response as the Government. If it is the Sinn Féin position that she accepts every recommendation of the report, she might just clarify that. I will sit down if the Deputy might just clarify...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: Yes, thank you.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I gave the Deputy time for a bit of straight talking. Yes or No?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I gave the Leader of the Opposition an opportunity to say "Yes"-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: -----that she accepted all of the recommendation or "No" she did not and she refuses to answer. The Deputy wraps herself in reports when it suits her but she is not a details person. She is refusing to get down into the details. Which recommendations is she in favour of and which recommendations is she against?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Sinn Féin very much for the chorus behind Deputy McDonald, which is trying to assist her but I am well able to answer the question, and I thank the Deputies very much. Affordability very much depends on a person's circumstances. I am sure what Deputy McDonald thinks it is affordable is very different to what other people might think, as I am sure what I would and what other...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: -----it would abolish the help-to-buy scheme-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: The reality of the situation is that Sinn Fein promised people in Ireland the €300,000 home and 72 hours before the local elections, Deputy McDonald admitted that was bogus.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I, too, want to begin by paying tribute to Deputies Shortall and Catherine Murphy on their significant decision. I want to acknowledge them both as very formidable politicians. I believe Deputy Shortall is the longest serving female TD in the history of our State. That in and of itself is an historic record that deserves commendation. Through her work on Sláintecare, she brought...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I will get to affordability. So far this year, we are seeing around 500 people per week buying their first home. Sometimes, we get the impression from Deputy McDonald that no one is buying a house and nothing is happening, but that is simply not the reality. On top of that on the social housing side of things, we saw the largest number of social houses allocated last year than at any...

Appointment of Minister and Ministers of State (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I wish to announce for the information of the Dáil that having informed the President that Dáil Éireann had approved my nomination of Deputy Jack Chambers to be a member of the Government, the President on 26 June 2024 appointed him accordingly. On the same day, I assigned the Department of Finance to Deputy Jack Chambers. On 27 June 2024, on my nomination, the Government...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Policies (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: The Department of the Taoiseach’s Annual Reports for 2020, 2021 and 2022 are published on Gov.ie and the Department’s 2023 Annual Report is in preparation and will be published when approved by Government. Since 27 June 2020, the Department of the Taoiseach has been working with other Government Departments to progress key national priorities set out in the Programme for...