Results 15,861-15,880 of 45,608 for speaker:Simon Harris
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: If Deputy Kelly asks questions, I presume he does so because he would like them answered. If he asks a question and then answers it, he should not ask the question.
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: In respect of recurrence, as the record of the House will show from my previous comments, under current law and this law, both the tribunal and the High Court have the ability to make awards based on the likelihood of recurrence and future medical damage.
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: They do it on a daily basis in terms of recurrence.
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: The tribunal is satisfied it can and I have given a commitment to further-----
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: I am commenting on out of order amendments on which I do not have to comment in order to be helpful to the House. I am happy to engage further between now and the autumn when I return on the miscellaneous Bill.
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: It is not about saving money.
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: That is not their job.
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: On a point of order, I ask the Deputy to withdraw her slur against officials from my Department who had no hand, act or part in the ruling in or out of any amendments.
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: I will not continue this debate until the Deputy's remark is withdrawn.
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: Deputy Smith has been around here long enough to know that the officials in my Department have no role in ruling amendments in or out.
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: Tell the truth.
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: The Deputy should apologise for her inaccuracy and for not knowing her facts.
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: She comes in here and engages in stunts.
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: The Deputy should apologise to the officials.
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: Yes.
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Donnelly for his constructive engagement on this. I know that not everyone will speak on every amendment. In fairness, we all share the view that Deputy Donnelly has articulated so well. All of us have found some of the questioning extraordinarily unedifying. I appreciate the Deputy differentiated between the State's legal team and the legal teams of the laboratories. It...
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: I respect the Deputy's bona fides, as I am sure he respects mine, albeit one might not have thought so listening to some of his comments, but I hope he does. The transcript will show that he told the House that I did not bring anything forward in the Bill. I might not have agreed with him on every aspect of it, but it is okay in a democracy not to agree with him on every single thing. It...
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: That is fine, but, as the Deputy stated, there are people watching this debate and he has put forward a viewpoint that I wish to correct. He made a suggestion in relation to scope, as did Deputy Donnelly. I dealt with that issue in the Chamber before Deputy Kelly arrived. I said I would come back to it in the autumn because the Deputies were right on it. Deputy Kelly made a valid point...
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: The Deputy asked about a recurrence.
- CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: As the Deputy is not going to agree with my answer, I am not speaking to him. I am speaking to the women watching this debate and giving them their answer as Minister for Health as to why I believe the issue of a recurrence can be dealt with. They are entitled to hear it. The second point is that we must be honest with people that this is a voluntary process, not one which is about the...