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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Colm Brophy: 518. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which she plans to spend the additional €1.5 million allocated to the youth services sector in budget 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43954/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (18 Oct 2017)

Colm Brophy: 192. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 621 and 625 of 10 October 2017, when a decision will be made in respect of the funding of a programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44199/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe (Resumed): Irish Congress of Trade Unions (18 Oct 2017)

Colm Brophy: I thank the witness for coming to the committee today and for outlining some very interesting points. I agree with the witness on certain matters. The departure of the United Kingdom from the EU will create a challenging environment for us in terms of repositioning ourselves within the member states and the alliances that are formed therein. The witness raised two points in his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe (Resumed): Irish Congress of Trade Unions (18 Oct 2017)

Colm Brophy: I strongly disagree with Mr. Rigney. He talked about forming alliances and the necessity for Ireland to have its voice heard in a number of alliances. In terms of the changing position we will have to adopt, we should not sit out simply because things do not impact on us directly at the time. The logical end of that argument is that by the time member states do things that will impact on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe (Resumed): Irish Congress of Trade Unions (18 Oct 2017)

Colm Brophy: I point to the general principle.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Colm Brophy: I have a small comment to make, after which I will let the Minister speak.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Colm Brophy: I object to what Deputy O'Callaghan outlined. There is a certain amount of wanting to create "Lanigan's Ball" out of this, with "I stepped out and she stepped in again". It is not feasible or reasonable that someone could step down from a post only to be reclassified immediately as a lay person and return in a different role. To pick up on Deputy O'Callaghan's opening point, no one would...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Colm Brophy: We should suspend.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (7 Nov 2017)

Colm Brophy: 487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the cost of the fingerprinting service provided by An Garda Síochána is arrived at; if the fee is based on a cost-of-service basis or if this creates a revenue stream; the way in which the money received for these payments is spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45791/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (7 Nov 2017)

Colm Brophy: 531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the implementation schedule for the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; when the Act will be fully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46559/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Key Developments on European Agenda: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Helen McEntee (9 Nov 2017)

Colm Brophy: I will take account of the Vice Chairman's comments and try to phrase my comments as questions. I thank the Minister of State for appearing before the joint committee. Senator Richmond asked many of the questions I intended to ask and I do not propose repeating the points he made. The Senator referred to the terminology of a speech made by the Taoiseach on the Irish position. While I like...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (22 Nov 2017)

Colm Brophy: 148. To ask the Minister for Health the number of blind and visually impaired persons who have personal assistants paid for by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49511/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Colm Brophy: I thank the witnesses for attending today. I acknowledge that the opinions they have provided are held very strongly and that the witnesses believe firmly in what they are advocating. I want to come to something Dr. McQuillan said and tease it out with her. Is it the view of the Irish Association for Palliative Care that in no circumstances should there be a right to die? Is there not a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Colm Brophy: The right of a patient to refuse treatment, which in a number of instances will lead to a more painful death, is an issue. Everybody has personal experiences and knowledge of such things. Medication for pain is a key part of palliative care for many people. The removal of that particular aspect would cause a person more pain and distress. If we respect the right to refuse treatment as an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)

Colm Brophy: The Deputy is testifying rather than questioning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)

Colm Brophy: In defence of my colleague, the Chairman did make an unfair reference to someone who makes every effort -----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)

Colm Brophy: I thank the Secretary General and her officials for coming. I do not believe I will have a productive time in asking questions because I will go over some ground that has been covered before and I am not doing so because I like to hear the sound of my own voice. I am doing so because there is complete inconsistency in the way the officials have answered questions. Perhaps that is because I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)

Colm Brophy: The Department did not comply fully in sending documentation until the events of the past few weeks and the discovery of the additional emails which the Secretary General says she did not know of or did not have, but obviously the Department did have them as they were available within it. The Secretary General did not look for them either because she did not think it was worth her while to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)

Colm Brophy: To outsiders looking in from the outside, that seems to be very difficult to believe. The Secretary General does two things and does them very well. She advocates that the Department is a huge organisation comprising thousands and thousands of staff, but I am absolutely sure thousands and thousands of staff do not receive emails concerning high-level decisions, interaction between Ministers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)

Colm Brophy: Why then would the Secretary General decide not to look at everything concerning the people involved? I ask because she subsequently decided following a further trawl, to which I will get, that took just a few days that she could uncover additional relevant information. On the original email, while not reprimanding her for not sending it, she used the expression that the Charleton tribunal...