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

Colm Brophy: Does Mr. McDonnell have anything very brief on this?

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

Colm Brophy: I thank everyone who has come before the committee today and I thank the Deputies for their questions. I acknowledge the unfortunate constraints of time and I hope the witnesses appreciate I was not trying to shorten anybody but to let everybody have as much of an exchange as possible. I thank the witnesses for coming in. We will have a second session so we will go into private session for...

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

Colm Brophy: I thank Dr. Healy and call Dr. Shana Cohen.

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

Colm Brophy: I thank Ms Cohen. I will now open the discussion to questions from the committee. Deputy Boyd Barrett was the first member to indicate.

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

Colm Brophy: We are being advised by almost every second group which attends the committee about what they consider is the precarious nature of the current receipts from corporation taxes and the necessity not to use any windfall expenditure, etc. How does Dr. Healy propose to square that circle where, as he alluded to himself, a disproportionate amount of corporation tax comes from a small base of...

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

Colm Brophy: However, the corporation could be possibly employing thousands of people.

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

Colm Brophy: I will not respond to all the points the witnesses have made. I would have some differences of opinion on several but I want to state clearly we are not a tax haven, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, and every other examination. We have a very transparent standard. If we had more time we could have a longer argument about the effective rate of...

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

Colm Brophy: Many witnesses come in and provide advice. I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Core Bus Corridor Proposals: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: I thank the Chair for facilitating me. I am not a member of this committee, but I wanted to make fairly important points, some of which have been addressed by my constituency colleague. Although I was not going to comment on the matter just mentioned by the Chairman, I am of the view that the committee should make its opinions heard in the strongest possible way. I am old enough, and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (21 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: 31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the creative schools programme; and the level of involvement of schools in County Dublin in the programme. [26775/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (21 Jun 2018)

Colm Brophy: 36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the Great Famine Online project. [26776/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (3 Jul 2018)

Colm Brophy: Apologies have been received from Deputy Maria Bailey. Today we will meet representatives from the Irish Road Haulage Association in our first session and representatives from IBEC in our second session. Before we do this I propose to go into private session to deal with some matters.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Colm Brophy: I remind members and witnesses to turn their mobile telephones off, as they interfere with recording and transmission. I welcome Ms Verona Murphy, president, and Mr. Tony Goodwin, general secretary, Irish Road Haulage Association, IRHA. I thank them for making themselves available to the committee. I particularly acknowledge their facilitation of us in respect of the change of date, which...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Colm Brophy: As there are only a couple of minutes left to make the remaining points in the opening statement, will Ms Murphy paraphrase one or two points?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Colm Brophy: I thank Ms Murphy for her opening statement.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Colm Brophy: May I interject? I could be wrong on this, but this is my understanding. The policy to change from petrol to diesel in cars was to reduce CO2 emissions. Effectively whether it is based on the Euro 6 standard or whatever, diesel is effectively low on CO2 emissions. However, having switched over a vast quantity of cars, the particulate pollution, which is the particulates in the exhaust...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Colm Brophy: The witnesses are talking about reducing the floor for the rebate from €1 to 85 cent while increasing the maximum rebate rate from 7.5 cent to 15 cent and that the maximum rebate payable would kick in at the current minimum level for the rebate.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Colm Brophy: That is a very substantial increase in the scheme.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Colm Brophy: I ask Ms Murphy for a brief answer to that question because we are off the topic under discussion. Three other Deputies are waiting to contribute and there is also a second session.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Colm Brophy: Thank you. Deputy Broughan is the next speaker.