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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Colm Brophy: I can see what the chairperson is saying. We have a unitary service. I acknowledge that we could look at how one handles security in the context of a security service. The system that exists in other European countries was originally that the primary police service was born out of the type of structural policing that we would view as abhorrent. In many countries the police service has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Colm Brophy: I believe the authority has made a very valuable contribution to the development of policing. The point that Ms Feehily made about the code of ethics that new gardaí sign on graduation is important. It is work like that - the quiet work, the implementation work - that changes things, but that very often does not get the level of publicity it deserves. Such work will be to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Colm Brophy: I agree that it is enormously important because it goes to the heart of the issue. The thread running through a lot of Ms Feehily's statements today is that while the former Garda Commissioner was attempting to bring in various structural reforms, there is effectively a systems failure at management level within An Garda Síochána. There seems to be a functional inability to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Colm Brophy: That is Deputy Daly's narrative, anyway.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (20 Sep 2017)

Colm Brophy: 513. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of mental health supports for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39760/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Colm Brophy: I am conscious of the time allowed, so I will try to keep my contribution relatively brief.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Colm Brophy: To be honest, I did not understand Mr. Coffey's last contribution to Deputy Ryan about where emigrants move to. If a person is in Iowa, he or she can move 1,700 miles to California for a job and not necessarily just next door. People do not make moves based on monetary union. They move to where believe the best opportunities are for them and their families. They may move quite a distance....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Colm Brophy: I accept Mr. Coffey's comments to a certain extent and it has been a good few years since I last studied economics in any way, shape or form. However, I still believe there is a problem in that each of those countries would effectively have to have an equivalent of GNI*, regardless of the differential level, to make for valid comparisons. We should not be comparing directly. When I asked...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Colm Brophy: I understand what Mr. Coffey is saying about what GNI* attempts to achieve and I am not disputing that. Rather, I am disputing how GNI* muddies comparisons with GDP when included in a chart like that one.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (12 Jul 2017)

Colm Brophy: We are an agreeable committee.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (12 Jul 2017)

Colm Brophy: I join other colleagues in congratulating Deputy Madigan on her appointment as our new chairperson. I wish her all the very best with it. Having known her since our election last year, I have no doubt she will do an excellent job.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Colscaradh) 2016: Céim an Choiste
Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Divorce) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2017)

Colm Brophy: I join the other Deputies in welcoming Deputy Madigan's Bill. I fully support it, having been involved in the two original divorce referenda, in particular the successful second one. Irish people have a particular way of looking at issues. Referenda, in particular, can be very divisive. Issues which may not have even entered the minds of those drafting a constitutional referendum can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Colm Brophy: I thank the witnesses for attending and making their case. On a human level, what they are saying is understandable. On that basis, I see the validity of their case. Legally, though, there are problems. The refunding of payment at the time of departure is a major obstacle to what the witnesses are requesting. On a decency basis, I would support them. The State needs to examine their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Agenda Developments: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (5 Jul 2017)

Colm Brophy: I join the Chairman and colleagues in wishing the Minister of State well in her new role which I have no doubt her excellent abilities will enable her to perform very well. There are a number of issues arising from her contribution, one of which is the migration crisis. It was very disappointing to hear some of the recent comments made by countries. I fully understand that for ones...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment: European Investment Bank (29 Jun 2017)

Colm Brophy: I welcome Mr. Andrew McDowell, vice president of the European Investment Bank, EIB, and Mr. Cormac Murphy who is head of the EIB Dublin office. We will be looking at the issue of capital investment. Before I begin, I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones. Interference from mobile phones affects sound quality and transmission. I draw the witnesses' attention to the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment: European Investment Bank (29 Jun 2017)

Colm Brophy: A number of members have indicated their desire to contribute. I will open up the discussion and call Deputy Broughan who was the first to indicate.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment: European Investment Bank (29 Jun 2017)

Colm Brophy: To be fair, Deputy Eamon Ryan is asking a set of questions and Deputy Broughan is picking up on a separate issue.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment: European Investment Bank (29 Jun 2017)

Colm Brophy: Deputy Ryan might answer for himself. We will allow Mr. McDowell to continue.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment: European Investment Bank (29 Jun 2017)

Colm Brophy: We are moving from our own area into a different one.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment: European Investment Bank (29 Jun 2017)

Colm Brophy: I presume Deputy Boyd Barrett wants to come in on this. I am glad he was able to make it back to us. His timing was very good.