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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: Withdraw what you said.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: So, you will not withdraw it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I do not have any notes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: That is an excellent idea. I will talk to the relevant Ministers as to how to take that forward. Based on what I have been told and what I read, a number of positive measures have been taken by sporting organisations in recent years, which I know the Deputy would accept and acknowledge. I do not suggest the 1990s was a very long time ago but many years have passed and a lot has happened,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Bacik and join her in her comments on the war crimes that were carried out by targeting sick children in Ukraine yesterday. Imagine what that is like. The war in Ukraine has been going on for quite a long time but we can never allow ourselves to be in any way immune or accept what is happening, nor should we with the crimes against children happening in the Middle East. A...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: Those are figures that are clearly for Dublin City Council to provide. I presume that is where the Deputy is progressing it, and that is the right and appropriate place. However, the Deputy continues to misrepresent our position on housing. This is Government that is absolutely building and ensuring that homes are built on State-owned lands. We set up the LDA - I think the Deputy opposed...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: This is important.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: Sinn Féin cut its targets-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: -----for council houses in the North. It was planning on delivering 2,050 and a Sinn Féin-led Government has had to slash its social housing targets to just 400.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I welcome the opportunity to again discuss the important issue of housing and affordable housing in this House. Dublin City Council is perfectly entitled to seek a meeting with the Minister. I am sure he will be responding to that. In general, it is a good thing for local and national government personnel to have opportunities to meet and engage. As the Deputy points out, councillors from...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I do not need a chorus. There are many other examples of affordable housing schemes throughout the country. This is not just a meeting of Dublin City Council. In Waterford, for example, we are working to deliver affordable homes with a private developer for prices as low as €225,000. Of course it is more expensive to build an affordable home or a home in parts of Dublin than in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: British-Irish Co-operation (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 21 and 23 together. I attended the 41st British-Irish Council Summit, hosted by the Isle of Man, on 21st of June. Minister Darragh O’Brien represented the Government at the Summit dinner on 20th June. The Council welcomed the restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Executive and North South Ministerial Council and the return to the British...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: European Council (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I attended a meeting of the European Council in Brussels on 27 June. At the meeting, which had an had extensive agenda, Leaders agreed on a package of appointments and nominations to top roles in the Union’s institutions for the next period; adopted our five-year Strategic Agenda to cover the period to 2029; agreed a roadmap on internal reforms; met with President Zelenskyy and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Artificial Intelligence (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: The Department of the Taoiseach has not used Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT for the drafting of Dáil speeches or in drafting responses to Parliamentary Questions.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Equipment (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: 9 mobile phones and one laptop have been either lost or stolen from staff in the past 10 years. 2015 1 x Mobile Phone 2016 1 x Mobile Phone 2017 1 x Mobile Phone 2018 1 x Mobile Phone 2019 2 x Mobile Phones 2020 1 x Mobile Phone 2022 1...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Communications (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: The Department of the Taoiseach does not operate a public helpline.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: These all dominate the Cabinet committee on the economy but, these are all, nonetheless, serious issues and I do not doubt that. I am just still getting used to where the questions start and where the issues go but I will do my best on these issues. First, in reply to Deputy Barry, and my now weekly exchange in what is a genuinely serious issue, I am nearly as invested in the issue as he...

Tackling All Forms of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (3 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I welcome the opportunity to discuss this important matter today and I thank the Dáil for allocating time. Over the past four years since this Dáil was elected, we have worked collectively, and I hope across party lines, to address the epidemic of sexual and gender-based violence in Ireland. That is what it is: an epidemic. Through the leadership of my colleague, the Minister...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 14 to 20, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on the economy and investment was re-established by the Government on 10 April and most recently met on Monday, 1 July. The next meeting of that Cabinet committee has not yet been scheduled. Membership of the committee comprises me, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: About water?