Results 2,141-2,160 of 3,043 for speaker:Colm Brophy
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: We will go back to where we left Deputy Boyd Barrett, at the end of his first set of questions. We will start, if Ms Donaghy is willing, with an answer from her.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: Yes, absolutely. I call the witnesses to reply, and I am sure the Deputy wants them to do so.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: There is a line between policy and analysis.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: It is unfair to push officials into an area on which they cannot give an answer.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: That is similar to what the Deputy covered earlier. I ask him to conclude now.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: We acknowledge that. I thank all the witnesses for their presentations to the committee and for their answers. I know considerable work went into them, which we appreciate. This is a new area for our committee and we hope to do a lot of work on it.
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (16 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: 53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a summary of the guidance of the expert advisory group on the decade of centenaries 1919 to 1923 and the plans for commemorative events for the period. [1754/19]
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (16 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: Apologies have been received from Deputy Burton. I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones because their interference affects the quality of the sound recording. The committee will proceed in public session before moving to private session after our meeting with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, or in a break which we may have during our meeting with the...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (16 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: A large number of members are indicating that they wish to ask questions. I will follow our usual process of an initial five-minute tranche. If there are additional questions, we will come back to them at a later point. The first member to indicate was Deputy Michael McGrath.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (16 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: The members who have indicated so far are Deputies Michael McGrath, Bailey, Lisa Chambers, Breathnach, Broughan, Lahart and Pearse Doherty. Deputies Jonathan O'Brien and Boyd Barrett have now indicated. That is pretty much everybody at this stage. We will work through it. To clarify my reference to "five minutes", it means five minutes for questions from each Deputy. The Minister can...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (16 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: There is a phone ringing.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (16 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: We might-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (16 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: Will the Minister continue?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (16 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: Is Deputy Bailey happy with the Minister's answer?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (16 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: I thank Deputy Broughan. His five minutes are up and I am holding him to them, as I have held every other Deputy.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (16 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: The Deputy has ten seconds to be fair to Deputy Broughan, for example, who observed his time limit.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (16 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: The Deputy might let the Minister answer and then he can come back in. It will make for a better flow.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (16 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: I will chair this meeting, thank you.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (16 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: The Deputy should let the Minister answer.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (16 Jan 2019)
Colm Brophy: Deputy Pearse Doherty should please let the Minister reply.