Results 44,981-45,000 of 46,456 for speaker:Simon Harris

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: It might save us all trying to transcribe them.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (24 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to put in place special needs educational units within existing mainstream second level schools acknowledging that new second level schools are being built with such facilities but recognising that existing second level schools are in the main lacking in such facilities and leading to large numbers of students with special needs...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: How long does it take the run down the cost of a referendum commission?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: There has been talk in the past of establishing a referendum commission on a permanent basis. Has consideration been given to that?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: It is not the Minister's view?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: During the short time I have been a Deputy, I have become used to hearing the Opposition Members be critical with regard to the lack of time they are given to consider matters and to hold Ministers to account. They also complain about the power of the Executive. The very function of this meeting is to provide all Deputies with an opportunity to hold the Minister for Public Expenditure and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (23 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: 364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current status of an application for guardian's payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when a determination is expected to be made on this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18571/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (23 Apr 2013)

Simon Harris: 397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any plans in place whereby individuals who are due to retire in 2014 can avail of some social welfare payment to bridge the gap between their retirement date and their 66th birthday now that the option of applying for the transition pension is no longer open to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19098/13]

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

Simon Harris: We will learn very little if we look in isolation at the situation that was reported about the Chairman in a newspaper. People can decide whether the sum of money was large and they can arrive at their own conclusions. It would be helpful if details of the cost of refurbishing and renovating the offices of Ministers and Ministers of State around the same period of time were made available...

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]