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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: ...constructively with her in this House. I really appreciate her raising this issue. I will watch the RTÉ documentary very closely this evening because I share the views and concerns that she has echoed and that the Tánaiste echoed at the weekend on the impact of social media on the mental health and well-being of our young people. We now have Coimisiún na Meán...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Simon Harris: ...a period without State-provided accommodation. We are all working tirelessly to improve that situation. We all welcome the progress that has been seen in recent days. Given the gravity of the situation, I echo the point that there is truly a whole-of-government approach under way in meeting this challenge. As I have mentioned before, my own Department of Justice has proposed the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2023)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Griffin for raising this issue and echoing and amplifying the frustration of his constituents in relation to this. At a time when we are trying to support and sustain the rental market, encourage landlords to stay in the market and help people who are renting, it is important that the RTB can function efficiently for anyone who tries to contact it. I will pass on the Deputy's...

Final Report of the Joint Committee on International Surrogacy: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: ...the research we need and more than enough reports. It is time to get on with it, and what people very clearly heard from my colleague, the Minister for Health, is his absolute commitment, which I echo, to do everything humanly and physically possible to get this legislation passed as an absolute matter of urgency. On some aspects of particular relevance to the Department of Justice, I...

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: ...Deputies of many different perspectives in what I believe has been an informed and good discussion. All I ask is that we continue to listen to the voices of the gardaí regarding the tools and powers they need. I echo the comments made by Deputies on all sides of the House on the absolute misery that organised crime causes – about that, there is no doubt – but it is...

Seanad: Location of Victims' Remains: Motion (22 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: ...and to call on those with information to come forward, via regular press statements, media appearances and other efforts to continue to keep a focus on the issue.We join with it this evening in echoing the call for anyone with even a shred of information, no matter how small, to come forward. In November 2021, the commission appeared before the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the...

Seanad: Moving Towards Zero Tolerance of Violence against Women: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Simon Harris: .... There is a lot of help available. I urge them to go to the website of the Still Here campaign, stillhere.ie, where many resources are available. Do not wait. That is a message all of us would echo. I recently met a victim and survivor of sexual abuse. She was an incredible young woman who went through the most horrific situation of sexual abuse by her father, who was recently...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Education and Training Boards (23 Nov 2022)

Simon Harris: I thank my colleague, Senator Kyne, for raising this important matter in respect of GRETB's plans for a new and enlarged further education and training campus in Galway city. I echo the Senator's views. This is an extremely exciting proposition because I understand what GRETB wants to do is to build a brand new college of further education, what we call a further education and training,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Coast Guard Service (23 Nov 2022)

Simon Harris: ...That sounds like a very reasonable suggestion. I will convey it to the Minister of State and his officials in the OPW to see if they can link with him on when such a meeting could be arranged. I echo the Senator's comments about the vital work being carried out by the Coast Guard. It is only right and proper that the Government supports it in its vital work by providing it with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Simon Harris: I echo the Deputy's comments on the apprentices. We need to hear more from apprentices. We hear a lot from agencies that represent good people, but the voice of the apprentice needs to be heard. It is good the committee invited them to attend today. On timelines, the Deputy's question is a valid one. We now have a shared understanding across the sector, and I think across the Dáil...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Further and Higher Education (2 Dec 2021)

Simon Harris: ...forward. In fairness to the HEA, it has a really good track record on this. It has had a very busy year of assessing technological university applications. I thank it for that. My final point echoes the important point the Senator made on the shared island fund. I will be spending Sunday and Monday in the North having conversations about greater collaboration. There may be no...

Science Week 2021: Statements (10 Nov 2021)

Simon Harris: ...are crucial as we continue to live with the virus and start to open society again. This is important. We have rightly thanked the science and research community for its incredible contribution to vaccination and I echo that this evening. However, I also thank our science and research community for all its work throughout the Covid pandemic. Any of us visiting universities throughout...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Discussion (22 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: ...in the postgraduate fee grant and in the fee threshold for postgraduate students has also made a significant impact on applications. SUSI forecasts a 133% increase in grant approval this year. I echo what the Deputy said on the PUP. What she said and how she said it is correct. The way the change of circumstances review works in SUSI is if you have been receiving a fund, income or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Discussion (22 Jul 2021)

Simon Harris: .... A really interesting question, which I am glad the Senator asked me, was about the issue of following action plans and what happens if people do not deliver. I take the point she made and I echo it. I see much goodwill, determination and passion across the sector to implement its action plans on sexual harassment and sexual violence. The Senator asked a valid question, however, about...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Responses to Brexit in Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (26 Apr 2021)

Simon Harris: ...his leadership on the matter. I look forward to engaging with him intensively this week on it. I sincerely thank him for his kind words about my officials in my Department and the HEA, which I echo. In particular, I thank Mr. Ian McKenna in my Department, who has done much work on this. As complicated and as challenging as this is - Brexit solutions will always be imperfect - I can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Expansion of the Technological Universities: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Simon Harris: I thank the Chairman and echo his thanks to the presidents, chairs and members of the governing authority, as well as all the staff of Waterford IT and IT Carlow. While we are moving to a new landscape in the south east, that does not in any way take away from the incredible work both institutions have done. In many ways we are trying to build on that success for the new model. I am taken...

Covid-19 (Higher Education): Statements (14 Jan 2021)

Simon Harris: ...safe. We do, however, need to consider how best to support these young people and we must move mountains to help them. My message to young people and first-year students today, which I hope all will echo loudly and clearly, is that this will not be their college life forever. It is a difficult moment in time but it will pass. Third level is, of course, not just about young people....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (15 Dec 2020)

Simon Harris: I echo Deputy Burke's comment that the establishment of MTU is the beginning of the journey. There will be expansion and additionality as the university grows. Deputy Ó Murchú is entirely right. When one goes to the dance but does not pick a partner and everyone is partnered off, one is left alone. We have two institutes of technology, both of which are excellent, namely DkIT...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (15 Dec 2020)

Simon Harris: ...board for the technological university for the south east, TUSE. I have met the presidents of WIT and IT Carlow and I commend, on the record of the House, both institutions. I acknowledge and echo the Deputy's sentiments in regard to the excellent work being done in WIT and its excellent record of achievement. On capital funding for Waterford IT, it was €1 million in 2018,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Minister with responsibility for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (8 Oct 2020)

Simon Harris: I think as a political system we have shirked our responsibilities on this for far too long. There is a sense of "is there anything to be said for another report?"; that seems to be the echo that comes from this place from all parties. Mr. Cassels did a very good body of work. An all-party committee met and decided to refer it for an economic evaluation. My predecessors have now commended...