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Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: ...music. He was 18. Robert “Bobby” Hillick, was outgoing and hardworking. He loved football and boxing and was very close to his late brother, Bill. He was 20. Brian Hobbs, whose sister was known as his “Mammy Pat”, was academically inclined and excelled at catering college, winning a gold medal for Ireland in competition. He was ambitious and was going...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (9 Dec 2021)

Simon Harris: ...Secretary General, Department of Employment and Social Protection Mr. John McKeon Assistant Secretary General, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Ms. Patricia Coleman IUA Prof. David FitzPatrick THEA Dr. Brendan McCormack SAP Labs Ireland Mr. Liam Ryan Combilift ...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services Provision (26 Nov 2019)

Simon Harris: ...by 2023. The agreement will provide more than that as well. It is providing additional funding that GPs sought for rural areas; funding for urban areas of deprivation for the first time ever; and paternity and maternity cover. We have been responding to many of the issues, although we have more to do as we have heard directly from GPs. I have also listened to GPs regarding eligibility...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Engagement with Minister for Health and Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputies Pat Buckley and John Brassil. On HSE management, I have confidence in the people who run the health service. We are advertising to fill a number of new senior posts in it. I do not, however, have confidence in the structures, which is why I am trying to change them to enable staff, including some very good individuals, to do the job they want to do. It is often a...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Simon Harris: ...an increase in uptake of the vaccine, we cannot let our foot off the pedal on this one. We must continue to be very vigilant and to provide factual medical information to our citizens and not to pat ourselves on the back for too long on this one because there is still a long way to go. Nonetheless, Deputy O'Connell is right: there are women, young girls, who got the vaccine this year who...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy (11 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: ...5. Ms Joan Regan, Department of Health; 6. Ms Sheila Surgue, HSE ONMSD Midwifery Lead; 7. Dr Peter Boylan, Chair Institute of Obstetrics & Gynaecology; 8. Ms Mary Brosnan, Director of Midwifery, NMH; 9. Ms Martina Durkan, Patient Focus; 10. Ms Brigid Doherty, Patient Focus; 11. Mr Declan Devane, Professor of Midwifery, NUIG; 12. Ms Meabh Ni Bhuinneain, Consultant Obstetrician, UHM;...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Care Policy (21 Jun 2017)

Simon Harris: ...first actions I took on becoming Minister for Health. I commend genuinely the great work done by all members of the committee, including Deputies Michael Harty, Billy Kelleher, Róisín Shortall and Pat Buckley, as well as a number of others who worked extraordinarily hard on the committee. Everyone involved across the political divide worked extraordinarily hard. The...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (2 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: ...Dolan in that regard. I am keen to reiterate the point made by the Minister of State. When we consider the provision of disability services, we must consider them in their totality. I know that Pat Healy, the national director for social care for the HSE, made this point at the time of the publication of the service plan, as did the Minister of State who issued a statement clarifying...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Board Membership (29 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: ...The following persons currently serve on the HSE Directorate: - Mr Tony O’Brien, Director General of the HSE; - Mr Stephen Mulvany, Chief Financial Officer & Interim Deputy Director General; - Mr Pat Healy, National Director of Social Care; - Dr Stephanie O’Keeffe, National Director of Health & Well-being; - Mr John Hennessy, National Director of Primary Care;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: ...Member No N\A (External Nomination) Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council Mr Martin Dunne 30/06/2016 Ordinary Member No N\A (External Nomination) Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council Professor Patrick Plunkett 30/06/2016 Ordinary Member No N\A (Member Re-Appointed) Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland Mr Martin Higgins 12/07/2016 Ordinary Member No N\A (Member Re-Appointed) Nursing and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Harris: ...answer to the question is that we have a health system which lost 12,000 staff during the years of economic recession in the country and we have put back 6,000 of 12,000 staff but we need not pat ourselves on the back because we need at least another 6,000 to get us back to where we were before the financial collapse. Continued investment in our public health service to ensure there is...

Ireland's Stability Programme Update April 2016: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: ...come about without significant sacrifice and pain on the part of the Irish people. Economic recovery was not easy. It hurt people and caused people pain. People had to make sacrifices. We do not need to be patted on the head by various economic institutions or European authorities and told we are great boys and girls. It was painful. The challenge now is to ensure the hard won fruits...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Proceeds of Sale of Aer Lingus: Motion (7 Oct 2015)

Simon Harris: I agree fully with everything Deputy Pat Rabbitte said. Obviously, he has a degree of expertise that far outweighs mine on foot of his work in this area in the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. To be clear, the definition of connectivity is broad and includes data connectivity, including broadband, fibre optic cables and interconnectors. I understand there have...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Simon Harris: ...to speak on the budget, which I view as the first post-crisis budget. That is not to engage in what some Opposition Members accused the Government of doing - that is, self-congratulation, patting ourselves on the back, or popping Champagne corks. It is still a difficult time for people and unemployment is too high. There are too many people in mortgage arrears and struggling to make...

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Simon Harris: ..., The House Always Wins. The following is a direct quote from that book: The following day, seemingly oblivious to the growing public anger about the revelations, Rody Molloy, speaking on "Today with Pat Kenny" on RTE radio defended his practice of exchanging one first-class airline for two business-class tickets so that his wife could travel with him. In fact, he claimed he was...