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Simon Harris

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Wicklow · active 2020-02-20 to 2026-10-01
6,069Contributions
706Votes cast
99.0%On prevailing side
454Tá
250Níl
2Staon

On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 697 of 704 decisive votes (2 abstentions excluded). Read it as a government-or-opposition indicator rather than a measure of influence — the figure is near 100% for members supporting the government of the day and near 0% for those opposing it.

Party over time

This is the point of the site: contributions keep the party held on the day, not the one held now.

PartyRecorded asContributionsPeriod
FG Fine Gael 6,069 2020-02-20 – 2026-10-01

Membership spells on record: FG 2011-02-25–2016-03-09 · FG 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · FG 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · FG 2024-11-29–present

Record

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta. I thank him for raising this issue, which is a growing issue in a number of constituencies. Perhaps his constituency is very prominent in that considering the volume of homes and apartments built and the number of multi-unit developments in place. Of course, that is very welcome but it means we need to put ourselves under pressure to keep the laws of the land and the regulatory structures up to date. It is utterly unacceptable that owners have no access to their OMC and that where …

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

I thank Deputy Brennan for raising this issue with the usual passion, empathy and decency he brings to all matters on the floor of the Dáil. Our colleague the Minister, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, who is present, is working with the Deputy on this. I will certainly work with him on it, too. We are all thinking of Eimear. We send our very best wishes to her and her family. None of us can even begin to imagine how difficult the last number of years have been. A factual point to make is that the HSE operates the EU treat…

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

I thank Deputy Kenny very much for raising the issue concerning St. Cecilia's School. It is absolutely the position of the Government that it is a matter of providing appropriate school places. The Government has shown that through investing in special schools. There was a view in the past, perhaps, that everybody could be mainstreamed. That is not practical for some children. Every parent would like to see it, I am sure, but some children will always have additional needs that mean they require special provision, …

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

I thank Deputy McCarthy for raising this issue concerning Ballyhooly in Cork East. As he has reminded us, it is not the first time he has raised issues around the water network and the need for an upgrade. I am informed that Uisce Éireann has introduced a number of measures to try to address the issues with the Ballyhooly network. I believe it has put in place a programme of mains monitoring. A leak find and fix was carried out to reduce the leakage levels. Uisce Éireann tells me this has increased pressure at prop…

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

For a rare occasion, I agree with the Deputy. I agree with everything he said about the very important work done by the Irish Coast Guard service. We think of all of those who have lost their lives in the service of others, and also of their families and communities. I am really pleased to hear today about the enhanced service for the Deputy's community and constituency. I agree that there is a wider issue in relation to the development of Waterford Airport. I am pleased - I am going from my memory of a discussion …

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

That is the wrong organisation.

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

The Deputy's comments are disgraceful and inaccurate and that has become the norm.

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

No, sorry, excuse me-----

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

The Deputy will shortly be required-----

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

The Deputy will shortly be required to correct the record of the Dáil because I think the organisation-----

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

Allow me to speak. This is not a blockade. The organisation that the Deputy is referring to is the World Bank, not the IMF, first of all. I ask him to please correct the record because he did not even bother to do his research. It was the World Bank. The second point is that as the current Minister for Finance, I provided to the Oireachtas committee all relevant documentation, which proves that the then Minister, Paschal Donohoe, followed the recommendation of his officials. He did not have to, by the way, because …

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

The answer to the other question is that the Deputy should read how State companies actually operate in terms of the role of boards and responsibilities.

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

You referenced the IMF incorrectly. You should correct the record of the House.

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

Correct the record and get your facts right.

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

First, I thank the Deputy for sharing that story with the Dáil. If the Deputy sends on the details to my office, I will be very happy to engage directly with Dublin City Council. People should not feel that fear if they are in a damp and inadequate property that - I say this not to be disrespectful - the taxpayer is helping to fund. They should not be expected to endure substandard accommodation. Dublin City Council, which is one of our largest local authorities, must intervene there. I would argue that, when it co…

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

I thank Deputy Lawlor for raising this matter, which I know has become a real issue around Rosslare Harbour. I have been engaging with Revenue officials in relation to this and they have informed me that the old customs facility is being used to facilitate truck parking but, to the Deputy's broader point, the site is owned and managed by the Office of Public Works, OPW. What I will do, on foot of Deputy Lawlor raising it, is ask the Minister, Deputy Chambers, and the Minister of State, Deputy Moran, to engage with …

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

I thank Deputy Cahill for raising this important issue. Of course, he will know I am going to say that, at the macro level, we are significantly increasing the capital budget for education, and quite rightly so. However, at the level that he rightly raises of his own county of Kerry and the specific issues he highlighted for an individual school, I will ask the Minister, Deputy Naughton, come back to him directly on that, but also on his request more broadly that we would look at the school footprint across the cou…

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

I thank Deputy Daly for raising this issue. I will get him the numbers, but there is a commitment to increase the number of residential places and respite services this year in the HSE service plan. Allow me to ask the Minister, Deputy Foley, to write to the Deputy on that. On the broader issue, Before We Die is an excellent group. I look forward to meeting them directly. I know they met the Minister of State, Deputy Emer Higgins, recently as well. They are raising a lot of very important issues, including how the …

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

I thank Deputy Stanley. I know that much of this is the responsibility of the Department of disability, which, obviously, works with the HSE. The Deputy raises an important issue. My understanding is that there is now approval for 11 therapy posts in the midlands. Let me follow up with the HSE on that. Deputy Clendennen reminds me of this. I will come back to the Deputy directly on the OT piece. There is also the broader body of work that I hope we can get right, as an Oireachtas, in terms of the assessment of need…

FG 2026-04-16 · Dail
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

I will follow it up.

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