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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Appointments Service (2 Apr 2019)

Colm Brophy: 147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the recruitment campaigns which will be run by the Public Appointments Service between 2 April 2019 to 31 December 2019; the nature of the appointments; the number of positions likely to be made available in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15035/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Joint Committee (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: Today the committee will meet the Director General, Mr. Carlos Martínez Mongay, and representatives from the European Commission to discuss the European Commission's Country Report Ireland 2019 and the European Semester. Before we do so, I propose we go into private session to deal with some committee business.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: I remind members and guests to turn off their mobile telephones as the interference from them affects the sound quality and transmission of the meeting. I welcome the Director General, Mr. Carlos Martínez Mongay, back to the committee as he has been here previously. He is accompanied today by Ms María José Doval Tedín, Mr. Stefan Kuhnert, Mr. Gerry Kiely, Mr. Patrick...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: Thank you very much for that interesting statement. I call Deputy Lahart.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: We will move on to Deputy Eamon Ryan.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: We would like that to be supplied to the whole committee as well.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: You are over time, Deputy.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: That is unnecessary leakage.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: As is tradition in most committees, I wish to take account of the fact that Mr. Martínez Mongay has answered this question before. As such, in answering it I ask him to take account of what he has already said and answer as concisely as possible.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: Deputy Boyd Barrett hung on to ask a supplementary question, so I will allow him back in.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: Before we conclude, I want to touch on an issue myself. In fact, Deputy Lisa Chambers alluded to it in her contribution. It is the question of taxation and subsidiarity in respect of Mr. Martínez Mongay's comments. I am a very strong pro-European and a strong believer in the EU. I appreciate that Mr. Martínez Mongay's job as an official is to convey views from member states back...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: Thank you. We could discuss this for a very long time.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: We could have an entire session on it alone but I am conscious of time. I acknowledge the time the Director General has given to our committee today to answer all the questions. I thank his colleagues also for coming in to us. This almost annual engagement with our committee is always incredibly welcome. It is very informative for us as a committee. I hope the witnesses got a lot out of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport Provision (27 Feb 2019)

Colm Brophy: I thank the Minister for his reply. As he was able to agree with me regarding some aspects of the reply, I am able to agree with him, but the devil is in the detail. I want to put one or two of those details into play. The NTA is engaged in a consultation process but has not yet contacted everybody. A public meeting on Monday night heard that one owner had received no communication from...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport Provision (27 Feb 2019)

Colm Brophy: I raise this topic as it is one that will have most impact on people living in Dublin in the coming years and decades. There are two aspects and I will speak both to the local and the general elements. If the Minister bears with me, I will begin by speaking specifically about my local area of Dublin South-West, particularly Templeogue. Some people may be aware, as it has been mentioned in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (27 Feb 2019)

Colm Brophy: Apologies have been received from Deputies Heydon and Eamon Ryan, both of whom are involved in today's meeting of the Joint Committee on Climate Action, which is in the final stages of its work. Today this committee will meet representatives of the Central Bank of Ireland to discuss the bank's January quarterly report, which contains its latest analysis of macroeconomic and fiscal risks....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Risks: Central Bank of Ireland (27 Feb 2019)

Colm Brophy: I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile telephones because they can affect the sound quality and the transmission of the meeting. I welcome Dr. Mark Cassidy, who is the Central Bank's director of economics and statistics. He is accompanied by Mr. John Flynn, who is the Central Bank's head of Irish economic analysis; and by Dr. Thomas Conefrey, who is also involved in Irish...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Risks: Central Bank of Ireland (27 Feb 2019)

Colm Brophy: I thank Dr. Cassidy. A number of Deputies have indicated. Deputy Lahart is first.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Risks: Central Bank of Ireland (27 Feb 2019)

Colm Brophy: May I ask Dr. Cassidy to clarify something? My understanding is that there is a complete disproportionality in the figures as to what property tax revenues prior to the boom amount to in terms of overall Government revenue compared with corporation tax revenues at this point.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Risks: Central Bank of Ireland (27 Feb 2019)

Colm Brophy: Is Dr. Cassidy sure? What was the position prior to 2008?