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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: That is not a "Yes"; it is a "Let's see". Let us look at whatever things need to get through the House-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: -----next week as well. Deputy Verona Murphy raised a very good piece of work done by the Department of Justice that highlights a real and serious need for reform in a number of areas related to our family courts. The Minister for Justice is very committed to this. In the first instance I might suggest she could respond to the Deputy in terms of the next steps we intend to take and I am...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: The Deputy voted against the children's referendum and is now referencing it in the Dail.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: They are in the Constitution.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank colleagues. Deputies Shortall and Murphy must be particularly delighted in their decision to retire. theyhave united the House in a very rare moment, which may prove to be another historic moment in their trailblazing careers. Again, on behalf of the Government, we wish them very well. There were a range of issues. Of course, they can all be considered in the context of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Pringle for raising this issue and I acknowledge he raises it regularly, as do other colleagues in County Donegal. I accept a statement of the obvious. The Deputy has rightly said that the Government and I are aware this is not just a Donegal issue. It is important to say that. My note mentions counties Mayo, Clare and Limerick as other areas that have been affected. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Pringle for raising two important issues which are clearly intertwined here - the issue of concrete blocks and particularly the devastating impact that is having in his constituency to community childcare facilities. He made specific reference to Ardara but also referred to Raphoe and Letterkenny. The Department of children is aware of the service in Ardara and it is aware of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: It seems we have the spokesperson for pilots before profit today. I thank Deputy Barry for that intervention. My position is very clear. It is crystal clear and could not be clearer. It is not for me on the floor of the Dáil, or respectfully for the Deputy, though he is perfectly entitled to, to give a view on which side is to blame, to apportion blame or to accuse one side of being...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: It is now reported that the Labour Court has requested that both parties submit final written submissions by close of business today. Let that be the focus, let there be a court hearing tomorrow and let us find a resolution in this dispute for once and for all in order that people can go on their holidays and go about their business.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I am a bit perplexed. I would say the Deputy must have struggled on this dispute. I did not see this coming but maybe I should have. It is highly regrettable that any Member of this House would cast an aspersion on the Labour Court. We have a long-standing industrial relations mechanism in this country, with both the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court, that is a key...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: It is there to arbitrate, mediate and come up with solutions to very important things and to bring about industrial peace. The Deputy may not be a fan of industrial peace. I place quite a significant value on it. I thank the Deputy for his intervention today. I know how upsetting this dispute is to people. That is what I think is utterly reprehensible about this, and I say that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: Engagement with the two-state solution is absolutely essential. I am aware of the horrific situation. I am haunted by it, as I know people across this country are. Ireland continues to use its voice at every single opportunity in every single international forum. We do not just say things - we vote that way internationally, amend conclusions that way, provide extra humanitarian...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: It is because her position is entirely misrepresented. If the Deputy had been at the European Council, as I was last week-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: No, hang on, I was the only Irish person in the room, so perhaps allow me the courtesy of telling the Dáil what happened. When I was there last week, every single Prime Minister and President, bar one - the Hungarian Prime Minister - supported President von der Leyen or, in the case of Italy, abstained. That included socialist governments. In fact, the Prime Minister of Spain, who is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I answered the question but the Deputy just does not like the answer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: It is €267,000 for an affordable house.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: On becoming Taoiseach, I asked again about the legality of the occupied territories Bill. The same position has be reiterated to me as has been reiterated to my predecessors. Indeed, the same position has been reiterated to me by the Attorney General that would have been reiterated by his predecessors as well. I fully accept the Deputy's bona fides that this is a point of difference, but...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: Is it the Deputy's position that she accepts every recommendation of the Housing Commission report? Is that her position? We have written to her on the issue and we are awaiting the Deputy's response as the Government. If it is the Sinn Féin position that she accepts every recommendation of the report, she might just clarify that. I will sit down if the Deputy might just clarify...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: Yes, thank you.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I gave the Deputy time for a bit of straight talking. Yes or No?