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Simon Harris recently criticised jobseekers and NGOs. But now the Tánaiste and his parents refuse to answer questions about whether the Harrises were eligible for a state-backed housing scheme that saw their €600,000 home sold and leased back to them after they’d accumulated mortgage arrears. Simon Harris recently came under fire after telling his Fine Gael party colleagues, “We need to have a much closer look at what’s happening with public money when it goes out to organisations that are not the government.” He also said, “The dole is a safety net, not a way of life.”