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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Dublin Chamber of Commerce and Chambers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: The Deputy is over time.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Dublin Chamber of Commerce and Chambers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: Does Mr. Talbot wish to comment on those topics?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Dublin Chamber of Commerce and Chambers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: I call Deputy Lisa Chambers.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Dublin Chamber of Commerce and Chambers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: Who would like to respond first?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Dublin Chamber of Commerce and Chambers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: I thank Ms Burke. We are almost running on time for this part of our session today. I thank the witnesses for coming in. I thank all the Deputies who engaged with them. It is very much part of our process, building towards our report which we hope to have finalised towards the end of this week. With that, I will conclude this part. I propose we suspend for approximately five minutes...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: Before we commence, I remind members and witnesses that we must conclude this part of our meeting by 3.15 p.m. because we have other work to do. I also remind them to turn off their mobile phones. I welcome the representatives from Screen Producers Ireland, Ms Elaine Geraghty, Ms Siobhán Ward and Mr. Stephen Rooke and thank for attending. I draw the attention of our guests to the fact...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: I thank Ms Geraghty for her very comprehensive opening statement.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: I am not stopping the Deputy but allowing for the fact there is only a small number of us here I have gone to five minutes on this. I am going to let the witnesses come back in with some answers to what has been posed so far and we will then have a further exchange. We have another Deputy who wants to come in as well. I will hand back to Ms Geraghty.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: We are going to keep this as tightly as possible, if we can, to the tax question and the tax incentive question. I appreciate that Deputy Boyd Barrett did go into other areas but I am conscious of the time. This is a budget committee and we are not revisiting the whole area of what the sectoral committee did earlier in the year.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: Absolutely. I am just trying to keep to time for all our sakes because I want to let Deputy Pearse Doherty in as well.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: I am conscious of time and wish to let Deputy Pearse Doherty contribute. I will come back to Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: The Deputy has only one minute left.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: He is, unfortunately.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: We will be thrown out of this room at a quarter past. We have reports to do after this.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: That concludes Deputy Pearse Doherty's questions. I will go back, as promised, to Deputy Boyd Barrett for a couple of quick questions to finish. We have this room until 3.15 p.m. Realistically, we will probably need to use tomorrow's session to look at the pre-budget report.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: If we do, we will only have a few minutes for it. We will not get a full run-through at this time. We will try to get something started. I apologise. I call Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: I am sorry. The Deputy has made the point already.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: I have to interrupt the Deputy there. I am sorry but I have to ask Ms Geraghty to be very brief in response to a comprehensive question.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Screen Producers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: I am going to bring this session to a conclusion. I thank Screen Producers Ireland for coming in. I thank Ms Geraghty, Ms Ward and Mr. Rooke for their contributions today. I also thank the Deputies for their interactions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Colm Brophy: I thank our guests for their contributions and for appearing before the committee. I have a general, observation-style question. I always defensively preface the following point by insisting I am not in favour of censorship, restriction or anything like that but I seek our guests' views on a matter. Further guests will come before the committee and I would also like to hear their views....