TDs / Simon Harris

Simon Harris

Fine Gael Wicklow TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Minister for Finance

Official Oireachtas profile

Portrait: Simon Harris (CC BY 4.0) · source file

questions asked

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them

566,209

words spoken in the chamber

566,201 as a minister, 8 as a TD

140

votes recorded

Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

Members of the Government answer parliamentary questions rather than ask them, so this page lists none of theirs.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Contributions to debates 2,972 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

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Month	Contributions
December 2024	4
January 2025	4
February 2025	255
March 2025	42
April 2025	83
May 2025	249
June 2025	175
July 2025	144
August 2025	0
September 2025	79
October 2025	214
November 2025	347
December 2025	192
January 2026	97
February 2026	197
March 2026	187
April 2026	226
May 2026	119
June 2026	127
July 2026	93
August 2026	2
September 2026	83
October 2026	53

Debates they spoke in most

Finance Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages 68 contributions
Confidence in Government: Motion 40 contributions
Energy and Fuel Costs: Motion [Private Members] 25 contributions
Questions on Promised Legislation 19 contributions
Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion 17 contributions
Budget Statement 2027 15 contributions

Plus 2,685 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Party, constituency and offices

constituency Wicklow 29 November 2024 to now
office Taoiseach 29 November 2024 to 22 January 2025
party Fine Gael 29 November 2024 to now
office Minister for Defence 23 January 2025 to 25 March 2025
office Minister for Foreign Affairs 23 January 2025 to 25 March 2025
office Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 26 March 2025 to 18 November 2025
office Minister for Defence 26 March 2025 to 18 November 2025
office Minister for Finance 18 November 2025 to now

Date	What the vote was on	Their vote	Result
30 Sep 2026	Industrial Development (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2026: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Question put:	Yes	Carried
30 Sep 2026	Industrial Development (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2026: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Amendment put	No	Lost
23 Sep 2026	Fuel, Energy and Carbon Tax Relief: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
23 Sep 2026	Fuel, Energy and Carbon Tax Relief: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
23 Sep 2026	Fuel, Energy and Carbon Tax Relief: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment to amendment put	No	Lost
23 Sep 2026	Home Heating Oil (Emergency Mineral Oil Tax Reduction) Bill 2026: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
23 Sep 2026	Home Heating Oil (Emergency Mineral Oil Tax Reduction) Bill 2026: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
23 Sep 2026	Energy Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
23 Sep 2026	Energy Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
28 Aug 2026	Mineral Oil Tax: Financial Resolution Question put: "That amendment No. 2 set down to the motion for Financial Resolution is hereby negatived and that the mot	Yes	Carried
28 Aug 2026	Mineral Oil Tax: Financial Resolution Amendment put	No	Lost
28 Aug 2026	Business of Dáil Question put	Yes	Carried
17 Jun 2026	Data Centres, Energy Use and Climate Change: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
17 Jun 2026	Health (Abolition of Three Day Wait Rule) (Amendment) Bill 2026: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put	Yes	Carried
27 May 2026	Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: An Tuarascáil agus an Chéim Dheiridh Amendment put	No	Lost
13 May 2026	Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Instruction to Committee Question put	Yes	Carried
13 May 2026	Reproductive Rights (Amendment) Bill 2026: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."	No	Lost
6 May 2026	Order of Business Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
29 Apr 2026	Strengthening Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
29 Apr 2026	Strengthening Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
15 Apr 2026	Tackling Soaring Energy Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
15 Apr 2026	Tackling Soaring Energy Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
15 Apr 2026	Fuel Prices: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
15 Apr 2026	Fuel Prices: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
15 Apr 2026	Organisation of Working Time (Leave for Health Screening Purposes) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put	No	Lost

A vote on an amendment or a stage is a vote on that question, not on the bill as a whole. Open a vote to see its full wording. The record gives no reason when a TD has no vote recorded.