Results 521-540 of 2,792 for speaker:Colm Brophy

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: This ties into the other area I want to go into. The witnesses have raised a very interesting new area today. The Policing Authority's actions in this case seem to me to be very interesting. There was a meeting on 27 April. My understanding and calculations of the various dates - if I am wrong, I ask the witnesses to correct me - is that Ms West made one direct appeal to the Policing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: It is not just that the Policing Authority ignored it, then; it formally declined.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: After the 27 April meeting of the Policing Authority - the witnesses already had one contact with it - they had this very unsatisfactory report, possible report or whatever. Reservations were expressed quite openly to that meeting by Dr. Singh, etc. The witnesses then made subsequent efforts to contact the Policing Authority; it had subsequent meetings before we got to the point of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: Do the witnesses believe the Policing Authority let them down in how it dealt with them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: I wish to switch tack away from the Policing Authority to a completely different aspect of it. This relates more to Ms Galligan's area. A layperson listening to anything like this would be knocking their head against a wall wondering how a garda cannot know when a homicide is a homicide and how a classification can be so wrong. I appreciate Ms Galligan gave us some very detailed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: I suppose that is what I am trying to clarify. It is not that there was necessarily a systematic attempt to somehow do it wrong. I would not like to define it as a mess, but it was effectively a mess in the way a senior guy was saying that this is the way it has been logged in here, so log it in that way. The whole process shows a complete lack of training and the structures that should be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: My apologies as I also have to leave. I thank the witnesses for their answers and time today.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Plaques (20 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: 1083. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to introduce commemorative plaques for sites connected with the Famine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12293/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (21 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: We will commence the meeting. We are in public session. I have not received any apologies. Deputy Penrose will be substituting for Deputy Burton today. The committee will be meeting representatives from Fórsa, the public service union, who have sought a meeting with us to discuss the tax relief on trade union subscriptions. It will be one of a series of committee engagements in the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Relief on Trade Union Subscriptions: Fórsa (21 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: I remind members and witnesses to turn off mobile phones. Interference affects the sound quality. I welcome Mr. Joe O'Connor, Fórsa's lead organiser. He is accompanied by Mr. Jerry King, Ms Sarah Clarke and Mr. Shay Cody. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the issue of tax relief for trade union subscriptions. I thank the witnesses for writing to the committee and for making...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Relief on Trade Union Subscriptions: Fórsa (21 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: I am sorry but Ms Clarke's colleague had indicated before her and he was very patient, so to be fair I will let him in now. Ms Clarke can follow on then.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Relief on Trade Union Subscriptions: Fórsa (21 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: Would Ms Clarke like to make a quick addition to that?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Relief on Trade Union Subscriptions: Fórsa (21 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: Before the witnesses reply, I draw people's attention to our proposed finish time of 4.45 p.m. and ask them to stay focused on the subject matter of today's committee meeting. Two other members have also indicated they want to speak on this.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Relief on Trade Union Subscriptions: Fórsa (21 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: I call Deputy Donnelly.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Relief on Trade Union Subscriptions: Fórsa (21 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: We have covered almost all the points. There is just one small technical issue. We have discovered the approximate cost of the relief. What is the cost of the relief for membership of professional bodies?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Relief on Trade Union Subscriptions: Fórsa (21 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: Yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Relief on Trade Union Subscriptions: Fórsa (21 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: I thank Mr. O'Connor. I appreciate he is trying to facilitate the committee with that information and we will look into it further. On behalf of the committee, I thank the witnesses for attending and for the very good exchange of views. We will now discuss the matter as a committee. We very much appreciate the witnesses' involvement. I would like to bring our meeting to a conclusion....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: I thank the witnesses for their appearance before the committee. There are many questions and while my colleagues will inquire about other areas, I wish to focus on two areas in regard to Ms Feehily's opening statement. In her comments on the Garda report that was presented to her in April, her tone and the reportage of that meeting clearly indicated that the Policing Authority was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: In light of evidence given to us recently and other things that have transpired, does Ms Feehily definitely still hold that view? Does she not think, because of some things that have transpired since that meeting took place and some things of which we are now aware, that it might even be naive to believe that there was not a deliberate attempt to mislead?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Colm Brophy: They had a second stab at producing a report in September but that, too, was completely unsatisfactory and by that stage information was emerging, as Ms Feehily was aware from the meeting in April, that what was going on was completely unsatisfactory. How would Ms Feehily classify the way that report was presented to her? They have had four months to do it. Does she believe it was an...