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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: Leaders' Questions is not about the Deputy and it is not about me, and on that we can agree. I have nothing but respect for the Deputy, but that is not what this is about. When she decided this morning, in advance of coming in for Leaders' Questions, to issue a press release with statistics - She did. She can roll her eyes but she pushes it out and Sinn Féin Members will all retweet it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: No, it is not ludicrous. I am just asking that when the Deputy talks to the people at home, she gives them the facts. The HSE specifically asked Sinn Féin not to do what it did today in comparing the data. That is the first point. The second point is that wait times and cancellations and how long it takes to see a doctor are all interlinked. What I want people at home, most...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: -----is increasing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: These are important facts, and we cannot just seek to exploit every single challenge. More children are being treated and more money is going in. When you talk about a recruitment embargo, you have to point out that 2,200 more staff will be hired this year. The only thing that vanished-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I would like to know why yesterday, after I raised the issue of Sinn Féin's alternative budget for health, it disappeared and vanished like Shergar from its website.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I have a copy of it here. This is Sinn Féin's commitment to the Irish people. Why did Sinn Féin take it down yesterday? Parents need to know-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: -----and have every right to know that the Deputy's party provided for less money-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: -----for their children's healthcare than our party did. Sinn Féin should put the plan back up on its website.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Bacik for raising this important issue. I will absolutely meet again with Cara Darmody.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: It was a pleasure to meet with her last June. She would blow you away when you meet her, as the Deputy knows. She had a number of items on which she wanted to make progress. She has got some of them over the line and I know she wants us to do a lot more. I am very happy to meet her and her father Mark and I will be in touch with them to arrange that. She has written to me very recently...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I first want to welcome the students from the politics and sociology department of Atlantic Technological University, ATU, Sligo to the Dáil today who are guests of Deputy Martin Kenny. They are very welcome to Leinster House. I thank Deputy McDonald for raising this important issue of wait times. It is a little disingenuous the way the figures have been presented this afternoon....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: There were a lot of very important issues, so let me try to take them. First, in response to Deputy Haughey, on the day on which I assumed this office, I spoke to the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to outline to him Ireland's ongoing support for the people of Ukraine, for their territorial integrity and for the European values of freedom. I had further discussions with European...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: Sorry, can the Deputy remind me? These questions go far away from the attendance of my predecessor.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I do not think it would be appropriate for me to comment on the record of the House on policing decisions that have been made in another EU member state but I will familiarise myself with the letter that the Deputy says has been sent to me. I have yet to see it. In relation to divestment, I welcome the decision that has been taken by ISIF last week. I appreciate Deputy Ó...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 22 to 29, inclusive, together. The previous Taoiseach attended the 60th meeting of the Munich Security Conference, a leading forum for the discussion of security and defence issues, on 16 and 17 February. The then Taoiseach participated in a panel discussion on neutrality where he set out the value of Ireland's military neutrality in a world of increased...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputies for the wide range of issues. First, I assure Deputy Barry that the Tánaiste is anything but a quiet man. I have no doubt but that he will give the issue of the water supply and what the Deputy states is a lack of public trust in the water supply his absolute attention. I certainly will follow the matter up with both Uisce Éireann and the Minister for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I will do my very best. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I am learning that these questions have covered a wider area than that covered by the tabled questions, which concern when we will hold the next meeting of the Cabinet committee. It will be scheduled shortly. I thank Deputy O'Sullivan for his kind wishes. I look forward to working with him. I thank him also for highlighting...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: Onshore; my apologies. I will get the Deputy an update on the wind guidelines. I am aware that the Attorney General's advice was being sought. I will ask when we should expect the outcome in that regard and revert to the Deputy directly. I learned a long time ago that it is easier to offer Deputy Ó Murchú a meeting than not do so, so I advise Uisce Éireann to follow the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 11 to 21, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on the economy and investment was re-established by the Government on 10 April and its next meeting will be scheduled for the coming weeks. The committee last met on 15 February of this year. It comprises the Taoiseach; the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 10, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on the environment and climate action was formally reconstituted last week. It oversees implementation of the ambitious programme for Government commitments in regard to the environment and climate change. The committee has met on 21 occasions since July 2020, most recently on 22 February. I intend to...