Results 14,041-14,060 of 45,539 for speaker:Simon Harris
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: On the question of the rationale, I will repeat it one more time. The Children's Health Act 2018 sets out a new way for the board of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board to appoint members. It identifies a skill set that should be used and it says that no longer will appointments be made in the old way. They will now be made through the Public Appointments Service. Deputy...
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: He made it very clear why he stepped down-----
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: He stepped down because he had done six years. He and a number of other members decided it was time to allow an opportunity for new people to serve on the board. He sent me a note thanking me, wishing the project success and saying that he was delighted to have been involved in progressing such an important project. He has done the State some service, as have all of the other people...
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: The reporting mechanism for any Minister and a board appointed by a Minister is through the chairman. I had no direct engagement with Mr. Quinn or any conversations with him. Obviously, I know Mr. Quinn having been a Minister of State in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in a past life. In terms of this project, any engagement I would have would be through the chairman to me...
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: In my note, I will have to include the answer to that as well. The Deputy wants to know about the use of the rooms as well as the use of the laboratory and diagnostic facilities. I will get her a detailed note on that.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Harty for his questions. In the House the other day, Deputies were asking about an oversight mechanism for this project which allows Members to keep a close eye on it and to hold people accountable. That mechanism is the Joint Committee on Health, chaired by Deputy Harty. It does a very good job and provides an opportunity to be more expansive. The committee can also invite...
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Cullinane for his questions and the succinct manner in which he has put them. Deputy Cullinane asked about the south east. I thank the Deputy for his acknowledgement earlier of how we work well on these issues. We will meet again to progress issues like the catheterization laboratory shortly. It is fair to say there was a period of uncertainty for the HSE as it waited...
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: I will give Deputy O'Sullivan full answers, as I know them to be the case. I have not had a conversation with Mr. Quinn. I cannot speak for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. Obviously, he meets his officials on a regular basis. I have no knowledge of any conversations.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: Deputy O'Sullivan might be able to ask by way of a parliamentary question. I have no knowledge of a conversation. I have not had a conversation. I will make this point again. It is a straightforward point. Several members of the board have stepped down. This will allow for a regeneration of the board in line with the skill set that the Children's Health Act 2018 envisaged. We only...
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: I am sorry about that.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: No, he did not.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: That is not true.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: I will be as brief as I can. I thank Deputy Donnelly. We have spoken much about votes this week and people are forgetting what they voted for in this House. We passed the Children's Health Act 2018, which gave new powers in how this board is appointed. It set new criteria for how the board should be appointed and we have appointed a new chairman of the board, Mr. Fred Barry. Mr. Quinn is...
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: Of course I agree with the Taoiseach and he is entirely correct that a number of members of the board decided they had done a significant stint. I believe they have done the State some service but most of the Members here wanted to sack the entire board. The PwC report found it would not have been the right course of action.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: I did. We will get to Deputy Shortall's questions in a moment.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: I will stay here.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: I can stay here all night.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: I am more than happy to stay longer.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: That is okay and I do not wish to be disorderly but we need to give each other a little bit of an opportunity to ask and answer the questions for the people watching these proceedings. I will be guided by the Chair.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Simon Harris: I would like to answer the Deputy's serious and important questions. I will revert directly to the Deputy about Rowlagh primary care centre as I do not have information to hand. On the Deputy's substantive point, no projects will be delayed as a result of this because of the decision we took in the summer economic statement to allocate a reserve for the funding for both the national...