• Fine Gael TD for Wicklow
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Email me whenever Simon Harris speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Staff, Departmental Bodies, Special Educational Needs, Health Services, Social Welfare Benefits

(based on written questions asked by Simon Harris and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Staff (13 Jun 2019)

“As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy.”

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (13 Jun 2019)

“I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.”

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 Jun 2019)

“Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. The National...”

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• Has spoken in 73 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 784 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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