Results 741-760 of 47,282 for speaker:Simon Harris
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: I do not, but I do not particularly think it is a good idea that Sinn Féin chairs the Joint Committee on Defence and National Security either. Sometimes that is way things work out in terms of the division of responsibility.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: Am I allowed to have a view?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: What is scandalous about me having the view that I would rather Sinn Féin did not hold that position? What is wrong with that?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: As Deputy O'Gorman will know, I am allowed to have a political view.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: I have no-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: I have no intention-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: I do not believe Sinn Féin should chair a committee on national security. It is not a shocking position for the leader of Fine Gael to hold that I do not think Sinn Féin should be anywhere near national security. I will continue to hold that view and I will work day and night to make sure it never is.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: That point I am making to Deputy O'Gorman is this. I understand the rapporteur positions on European parliamentary committees are divided up, if not quite by a d'Hondt system by a system reflecting the various strengths of parties in the Parliament. Fine Gael only has one MEP, I think, on the environment committee. It is Seán Kelly, who is a substitute member. I also understand there...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: I do not accept the Deputy’s framing at all. I was endeavouring to engage constructively on this but the Deputy does not wish to, with “our guy” and “my guy” and stuff. My party's record on climate is very clear, thanks very much. We worked with Deputy O'Gorman in the last Government for five years. We worked with his predecessor, the former Minister,...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: Please do not paint a picture that nothing is happening to help people in the here and now.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: There is an air of unreality about Deputy Doherty's contribution today and many of the contributions we have had during this Leader's Questions slot over the last number of weeks. Being very honest with the people of Ireland, one would have to go back a long, long time to find a summer recess-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: Deputy Doherty probably does not need Deputy Hearne's help. One would have to go back a very long time to find a summer recess in which we have seen a moment of greater economic uncertainty, yet Deputy Doherty does not want to talk about trade, he does not want to talk about tariffs and he does not want to talk about the 48,000 people who work in pharma in this country. He does not want to...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: -----by protecting their jobs at this dangerous moment. We will support families but we will also support the economy, something the Deputy does not like talking about very often.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: I presume I will get the few extra seconds, too. If the Deputy genuinely believes that the economic challenge facing our country this summer is the equivalent to moments of economic challenge over the last couple of summers, I really worry for his level of economic literacy. If he genuinely thinks-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: -----that this situation with tariffs, trade, pharma and global uncertainty is the same as it was last summer, come on. He is better than that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: The Deputy did. The record-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: Deputy Doherty spends a lot of his political career standing up and saying the Government does not get it, it does not understand, it is out of touch. Does the Deputy know what I know? I know who owns SuperValu.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: It is not an American multinational. I know who owns SuperValu.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: It sponsors the GAA. It sponsors Tidy Towns. It is in-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: -----towns and villages across the country. It is a proud, Irish company. The Deputy thought it was owned by an American multinational and he wants Paschal Donohoe's job? He wants Paschal Donohoe's job and he does not even know who owns SuperValu or cannot even use Google? Give me a break.