A talk from Simon Harris (TD)
On Friday 23rd of October, Mr Simon
Harris minister of state and TD for Wicklow and East- Carlow kindly came in to
talk to our year about Politics in general. He was very generous with his time
and answered all of our questions honestly and patiently.
Firstly he talked about what he exactly does for the
country and how he works with other people in the government to keep the state
running efficiently.
He then went on to tell us about what it is like to
be a politician and the challenges he faces every day. He told us about the
recession and what strategies the government used to get through the recession
as smoothly as possible. He admitted that Ireland has gone through a very rough
patch but will come out stronger which was very positive.
He also talked about the special needs epidemic
currently in Ireland which is very close to his heart as his brother, Adam has
Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism. This was very interesting for Ms.
Buckley’s YSI group as they are doing their project on special needs.
We then went on to have a question and answer
session where topics such as NAMA and of course McDonalds arose.
It was a very good talk and If I was 18 I would
definitely vote for Simon Harris.
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