Results 481-500 of 45,281 for speaker:Simon Harris
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: It is a very clear commitment to make progress.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: Deputy Boyd Barrett let the mask slip here. He believes his question and the ferocity of his question are better than all their questions-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: -----and more valuable. It is not. The Deputy is definitely a passionate contributor, but everybody in government and opposition-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: This a parliamentary democracy and everyone has a right to put their question-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: -----and I am going to vindicate the right of my party colleagues.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: This is the Dáil.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: That is a bit unfair.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: I will do my best. Deputy Carthy talks about the Moriarty tribunal. I fully accept the findings of the Moriarty tribunal and my party voted in favour of setting it up. However, we do not have to look back 20 or 30 years to find issues in respect of fundraising when we look at the Deputy's party. We only had to read the Sunday Independent last week.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: Deputy Carthy asked me if I have ever asked somebody a question. Did he ever ask a former councillor in his own constituency,-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: -----former Sinn Féin Councillor Owen Smyth, what he meant when he talked about Billy Hampton, the man who left a rural cottage to Sinn Féin? Does the Deputy remember the €99,000 for the derelict cottage from the reclusive English millionaire? The former councillor in Deputy Carthy's constituency said that the money bequeathed to Sinn Féin by Hampton-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: -----was "a lot sweeter" than the Northern Bank robbery money.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: When you put it in context, it is "a lot sweeter" than something like the Northern Bank-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: It was legitimate, it was straightforward and it was handled properly. There was no comeback. I am being shouted down in this democratic Parliament by people who are engaging in-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: I am being shouted down. I know the Deputy is a bit sensitive this week. He must be the first justice spokesperson-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: -----to ever stand by the graveside of somebody who was involved in the murder of an Irish soldier and a recruit member of the Garda Síochána.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: That is someone you call a patriot. Shame on you.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: Well-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy. First, the Deputy referred to "ramming through". A lot of phrases are being used here. The Opposition has been spending more time talking about speaking rights than any other issue in this Dáil. Anybody watching in at home does not believe this is being rammed through. There have been dozens upon dozens upon dozens of hours of meetings in relation to this. Now...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: -----come in here and exercise their vote "Tá" or "Níl".
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: Sorry, the arrogance of the Deputy on this issue.