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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: The process the Chairman has outlined sounds thorough and satisfactory. He is quite right to deal with this in this manner because it is an issue of public concern. The sum of money, €250,000, is the cost of a house for many people who are looking to buy one today, and the Chairman has been honest enough to admit that he would be the first to be hopping mad if people came before the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: Can we ask the HSE to have responses ready to the findings of our own report, rather than telling us that it will come back with further information at a later date? I ask that the executive be ready to respond to questions arising from our public report.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: I agree with Deputy Donohoe but we must bear in mind that the last time the DDDA appeared before the committee, it was somewhat farcical because it felt constrained in regard to the questions it could answer because of ongoing legal action. Now the DDDA will be back in but some of the key people who we want to answer questions have left it. We will have new people in who will answer every...

Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill, which addresses a unique set of circumstances in Irish history. I agree with Deputy O'Donovan that the State has been slow to apologise in the past and admit it got things wrong. The Government has embarked on a course of trying to right historical wrongs. The Bill represents another step...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety Issues (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive response and for providing some very useful information for the people of Wicklow. The fact that a CCTV survey is being conducted, along with a number of site visits, with a report expected shortly is both proactive and welcome. As a representative for County Wicklow, I hope to be in this House at some stage in the future obtaining information from...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety Issues (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: I very much welcome the opportunity to raise this issue in the Dáil this evening. I thank the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, for his personal attendance and the Ceann Comhairle for allowing us to raise the issue. We are only in the fourth month of 2013 and already Wicklow commuters have had to endure traffic chaos and road closures on the N11-M11 owing to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism classes that have been opened in schools here since March 2011; the names of these schools and their location; the total number of such classes now in operation; the funding provided by his Department in 2011, 2012 and 2013 for such classes; his plans for further classes for the next school year; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy position on the provision of Applied Behaviour Analysis as a method of education for children on the Autistic Spectrum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16870/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building project (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when the building will commence; the current stage of the process; the temporary accommodation that is being provided in the interim; the capacity of the school; the capacity of the school after extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16868/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school extension (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when the extension is scheduled to be constructed; the stage the process is currently at between the school and his Department; the capacity of the school currently and the capacity of the school after the extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16869/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the current status of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act; the provisions in this Act that have been implemented; the date of their enactment; the provisions in the Act that have yet to be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16871/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish, in tabular form, a list of all provisions of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; the current status of these provisions in terms of whether they have been implemented, part implemented or not implemented; the projected cost of implementing each of the provisions which have not been implemented to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to receive policy advice from the National Council for Special Education on special education here; the terms of reference or basis on which this review is being carried out; if the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16872/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has discussed the issue of special needs education policy with his counterparts at an EU level in terms of Council of Minister meetings or informal meetings; if so, if he will provide an overview of such discussions and any conclusions arrived at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17183/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Support Services Issues (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of all reports and strategies which have been developed by his Department or agencies under his Department's remit in relation to disability services and any specific disabilities or special needs or special educational needs from 1997 to date; the name of the report or strategy, date of publication and action taken...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Equal Opportunities Employment (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the guidelines and criteria in place in Government Departments and State agencies to ensure that people with a disability are given equal opportunities to access the public and civil service workforce; if conditions on the autistic spectrum specifically asperger's syndrome are considered in relation to any such policies; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parliamentary Inquiries (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to establish an inquiry into the events in the days and weeks leading up to the State bank guarantee scheme, the crisis which emerged in the banking sector in Ireland and the political response to this crisis; when he envisages such an inquiry being established; the mechanism which could be used to conduct such an inquiry;...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Bodies Mergers (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the National Consumer Agency will be merged with other State agencies; the reason a new Chief Executive was appointed to the National Consumer Agency; the length of time of their contract; their role when the agency is merged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16866/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Property Portfolio (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on Industrial Development Agency lands in an area (details supplied); if he will provide a breakdown of the location and size of these lands by town; the current marketing strategy for each of these sites; if he will give details of the progress made to date in securing investment; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding that was provided by Enterprise Ireland to businesses operating in an area (detailed supplied) in 2011 and 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of companies in this area that Enterprise Ireland is currently supporting and working with [16876/13]