Results 641-660 of 2,792 for speaker:Colm Brophy

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (13 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: It is a case of crocodile tears.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (13 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: Apologies have been received from Deputies Barry Cowen and Pearse Doherty. In our first session we will meet representatives of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council to discuss its presentation on the June 2018 fiscal assessment report. In the second session we will hear representatives of the Economic and Social Research Institute speak about its budget priorities. In our final session...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report June 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: We are now in public session. Interference from mobile phones affects sound quality, so I ask that they be switched off or to aeroplane mode. I welcome Mr. Seamus Coffey, chair of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council. He is accompanied by Mr. Michael Tutty, Dr. Martina Lawless, Dr. Íde Kearney, Mr. Sebastian Barnes and Mr. Eddie Casey. I thank the witnesses for making themselves...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report June 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: I thank the Deputy we will have to get an answer.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report June 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: I will go next to Deputy Boyd Barrett. I remind members that, to try to be fair to everybody, there are approximately five minutes each for questions.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report June 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: Does the Deputy have a supplementary question?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report June 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: We need a short answer to that.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report June 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: The Deputy has just under a minute.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report June 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: We are over time for this session and I am conscious of the fact we have two subsequent sessions to come. We will draw this session to a close. I thank all of the Deputies for their questions. I thank Mr. Coffey and all of his colleagues for coming before us. It has been very informative and helpful in terms of the work we are doing in our pre-budget preparations.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report June 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: Absolutely. We will go into private session for a few minutes while we have a change over of witnesses before us.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny and Budget Priorities: ESRI (13 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: I welcome Professor Alan Barrett of the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, who is joined by his colleagues Professor Kieran McQuinn and Dr. Maev-Ann Wren. I thank them for coming before the committee. The committee is carrying out its pre-budget scrutiny before the summer and we are very interested in hearing from the witnesses in the run up to the national economic dialogue and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny and Budget Priorities: ESRI (13 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: Is Deputy O'Brien happy with that?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny and Budget Priorities: ESRI (13 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. We appreciate the input from them and the opportunity to interact with them as part of our work. I propose that we go into private session to allow a changeover in witnesses.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny and Budget Priorities: Irish Tax Institute (13 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: I welcome Ms Olivia Buckley, communications director, and Ms Anne Gunnell, senior tax policy manager from the Irish Tax Institute. As they will know, having listened to the previous guests, the committee is engaged in its pre-budget scrutiny process. We look forward to availing of this opportunity to discuss the matter with the delegation. I wish to advise that by virtue of section 17(2)(l)...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny and Budget Priorities: Irish Tax Institute (13 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements and for their attendance. It has been a very long day for the committee and all members have received a copy of the witnesses' opening statement, which we appreciate. Due to business being conducted in the Dáil, we are currently somewhat short of members. I call Deputy O'Brien.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny and Budget Priorities: Irish Tax Institute (13 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: I also have a question for the witnesses, who can then reply to both me and Deputy O'Brien. I ask Ms Gunnell to further tease out the criticisms she highlighted in regard to the KEEP in terms of why she thinks it is not working and what changes are needed to deliver a more satisfactory programme.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny and Budget Priorities: Irish Tax Institute (13 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: I thank the witnesses for coming before us today. We have had three different groups and they have all given us guidance. Ms Buckley echoed a point made by somebody from IFAC earlier, which was that the original idea of bringing multinationals into Ireland was to create an overspill and grow indigenous companies. We have been successful in the international sector but our indigenous SME...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (19 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: I propose that we go into private session to discuss some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Discussion (19 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: In the first session we will meet stakeholders for a discussion of pre-budget submissions. The select committee is due to finish the part of the meeting by 5.30 p.m. I remind members and delegates to turn off their mobile phones as they cause interference with the sound quality of the transmission of proceedings. From the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, I welcome Ms Patricia King,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Discussion (19 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: I thank Ms King for her opening statement. We will defer questions until all opening statements are made. I call on Mr. Neil McDonnell of ISME to make his opening statement.