Results 1,241-1,260 of 46,036 for speaker:Simon Harris
- 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.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: The Deputy says we have no mandate but these people have a mandate. The Deputy has just shouted across the floor of the Dáil, in case people at home missed it, "No mandate". Ceann Comhairle, everybody has a mandate.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: As the Ceann Comhairle said in her letter yesterday, which I read-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: As the Ceann Comhairle said in her letter yesterday, it is up to the Members of this House, the democratically elected people of this Dáil, to decide the Standing Orders. It is absolutely in line with democracy after an election for Government and Opposition to put forward amendments and then have a vote on the floor of the Dáil. That is what we intend to do. We are going to do...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: The Deputy asked about missions.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Simon Harris: I will do my best. I was asked a question as to what missions we could not participate in.