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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (27 May 2025)

Simon Harris: Responsibility for the regulation of foreign aircraft landing or overflying the State is shared between Departments. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade has primary responsibility for the regulation of foreign military and state aircraft, while the Minister for Transport leads on regulation of civil aircraft. Under the terms of the Air Navigation (Foreign Military Aircraft) Order,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (27 May 2025)

Simon Harris: The Government has consistently condemned the blockade of essential aid to Gaza and called for the immediate resumption of unimpeded humanitarian aid into and throughout Gaza. The humanitarian situation in the Strip is catastrophic with almost no aid allowed in by Israel since 2 March. The limited amount of aid allowed in in recent days is clearly insufficient. Following the meeting of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (27 May 2025)

Simon Harris: Sanctions are an important tool to promote the objectives of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy in response to breaches of international law including international humanitarian law and human rights. I welcome that the European Union adopted successive rounds of sanctions against violent Israeli settlers under its Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, in April and in July...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (27 May 2025)

Simon Harris: All civil servants posted to our missions abroad, including third secretaries, are paid the standard salary for their grade as determined by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform and are paid in accordance with the normal Irish taxation and social security obligations that apply to civil servants. In common with other diplomatic services, this Department further...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (27 May 2025)

Simon Harris: In my intervention at the EU-Palestine High Level Dialogue in Luxembourg last month, I stressed the importance of unifying the Gaza Strip with the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority. In this regard, I welcome the recent joint statement by the High Representative Kaja Kallas and the Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee supporting the Palestinian Authority in assuming all of its...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (27 May 2025)

Simon Harris: Ireland has resident Ambassadors in 72 countries. Some of these are also accredited as Ambassador of Ireland on a non-resident basis to other states in their region.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Procurement Contracts (27 May 2025)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 154, 155 and 156 together. The detailed information sought by the Deputy is not readily available within the time frame sought. Officials in my Department are collating this information and I will arrange to have this information forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 May 2025)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 and 158 together. The military authorities have advised it has not been possible to provide the required information within the timeframe available. I shall provide the information to the Deputy once it becomes available.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2025)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Doherty. Housing is the biggest domestic challenge that this country faces and the people in this country face. It is the biggest societal challenge on a domestic level and it is now a real economic challenge as well. We have to do more when it comes to housing. We, the parties that formed the Government and the Independents who support it, were very clear that if...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2025)

Simon Harris: We can come back to that in a moment. Other actions needed include: resourcing An Bord Pleanála properly; enacting and commencing the various provisions of the Planning and Development Acts in order that we can speed up the delivery of planning, because planning decisions are holding back the delivery of homes and infrastructure; increasing the zoned land for housing, and that is what...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2025)

Simon Harris: No, just yours. The misleading of people in relation to Irish Water is your fault.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2025)

Simon Harris: We have been very clear that we are going to have to spend an awful lot more on Uisce Éireann. I met with the chief executive of Uisce Éireann for a number of hours last Friday. Uisce Éireann has presented to the Government real plans that if we can provide it with significant additional capital funding over the summer period in the context of the review of the national...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2025)

Simon Harris: I am not sure who is playing leader of Sinn Féin today, whether it is you or Pearse. I am not sure whether this is the audition for the next leader of Sinn Féin but I would like to speak, if that is okay.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2025)

Simon Harris: We will publish a new housing plan-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2025)

Simon Harris: They do not want an answer because they are not about the answer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2025)

Simon Harris: May I speak? I am sure Pearse does not need your help.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2025)

Simon Harris: We are going to produce a new housing plan in July. Deputy Doherty can be quite assured that part of that new housing plan will be significant additional funding and enabling provisions for Irish Water and, indeed, for energy. We have been clear, and we were very clear in the election, about what we would do with the proceeds from the Apple account in terms of how that money would be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2025)

Simon Harris: Over the past number of years I have been in government, we have seen a very significant increase in the number of homes delivered in this country. We saw 133,000 new homes delivered between 2020 and 2024, with 92,500 of them delivered between 2022 and 2024. Deputy Doherty never acknowledges that bit. He never acknowledges that we have rebuilt a construction sector and rebuilt an economy,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2025)

Simon Harris: -----if Deputies want to work constructively and not politicise the issue of housing, to actually make real progress in the time ahead. We now have the legislative background-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2025)

Simon Harris: I am not going to be shouted down by the Deputy. I am going to speak, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.