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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Colm Brophy: There is one thing I do not understand, though the answer seems to be related to a policy decision by the Scottish Government. Mr. Millican seems to be saying there is no effective way of enforcing conservation because his company has no meters. I understand why it has no meters because it is charging between £200 and £800 for a meter and between £100 and £300 for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Colm Brophy: The information I have gives costs, admittedly in dollars to cubic meters, of Glasgow as the second highest, exceeded only by Copenhagen in Denmark, for water.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Colm Brophy: This is information supplied to us by the water in Europe public services research unit. I take the point about individual costs per meter versus an extensive roll-out programme. I assume that making meters available on demand in Wales is an important aspect of providing the service, so that they have a choice to reduce their individual bills by conserving water. That choice seems to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Colm Brophy: It is anti-conservation in nature.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Prisons, Penal Policy and Sentencing: Irish Penal Reform Trust (8 Feb 2017)

Colm Brophy: I want to follow up on the question asked by Deputy O'Callaghan. While he seemed happy with the answer, I have a problem with a particular aspect which I would like to tease through with the witnesses. There is a constant reference to minor offences that are deemed by certain groups or whatever to be low impact or not affecting victims. However, the reality in terms of victims of crime and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Prisons, Penal Policy and Sentencing: Irish Penal Reform Trust (8 Feb 2017)

Colm Brophy: I listened to what Ms. Ní Chinnéide said and I accept some of it. I do not think there is the time or that it is necessarily the appropriate juncture, so I do not want to get into areas on which I would disagree with her today. However, there is a whole raft of views on why repeat burglary offences are committed by those who come out on what are very short burglary sentences. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Colm Brophy: I just wish to take an extra second or two to apologise to the witnesses in a personal capacity, and I am sure on behalf of much of the committee, for the delay and the wait. We appreciate the fact that they were waiting for an awfully long time. We had a private session which ran for longer. I thank Dr. Collins for his excellent presentation. I would like to follow up on one or two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Colm Brophy: Can I very briefly focus on one thing? At the heart of it, what Dr. Collins is saying is that the Public Water Forum's key priority area is in regard to the supervisory voice or input voice into the Ervia-Irish Water decision. We are all aware of the bad mistakes Ervia and Irish Water have made and the poor management in certain areas. I presume what the Public Water Forum is looking for is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (1 Feb 2017)

Colm Brophy: My apologies for missing the start of the contributions. My understanding of what this proposal would do is to reduce the protections that are currently enjoyed by entrepreneurial people through Irish legislation. Is that a correct interpretation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (1 Feb 2017)

Colm Brophy: There is a key element of having stakeholder consultation, but if there is a perceived risk, that is something that I would be very worried about. I want to understand where this is coming from. The gist of the presentation was that due to an underlying, inherently poor system of dealing with this across the EU, the Commission's proposal is a harmonisation proposal . The problem for us as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (1 Feb 2017)

Colm Brophy: My understanding is that this is coming in under a harmonisation proposal in the markets area. So effectively, if we put a proposal, even if we deem it an enhancement in Irish legislation, either further in or as it exists at the present, it could be open to challenge that, effectively under the markets area, we were putting an impediment to the harmonisation process across the markets....

National Famine Commemoration Bill 2017: First Stage (31 Jan 2017)

Colm Brophy: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

National Famine Commemoration Bill 2017: First Stage (31 Jan 2017)

Colm Brophy: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the commemoration of the Great Famine; to provide for the establishment of a National Famine Commemoration Day; and to provide for related matters. This is a small, compact Bill. We should have a national day marked in the calendar to commemorate the greatest tragedy that has ever befallen the country. The Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Staff (31 Jan 2017)

Colm Brophy: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of the recruitment of a new National Educational Psychological Service psychologist for assignment to a school (details supplied). [4516/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Dormant Accounts Fund (31 Jan 2017)

Colm Brophy: 380. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when beneficiaries of dormant account funding will be able to draw down funding following the completion of the applications and allocations of this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3866/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Dormant Accounts Fund (31 Jan 2017)

Colm Brophy: 381. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when, in the first quarter of 2017, applications for dormant account funding will be opened; the time period for organisations to spend the allocations once completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3867/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Search and Rescue Service Provision (31 Jan 2017)

Colm Brophy: 714. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions which have been made for the establishment of a grant aid scheme for underwater search and recovery as set out in section 4.3.O of the programme for Government. [4048/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Dormant Accounts Fund (31 Jan 2017)

Colm Brophy: 774. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total sum of money that will be available to her Department from dormant account funding for 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3864/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Dormant Accounts Fund (31 Jan 2017)

Colm Brophy: 775. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the projects she plans to support with the dormant account funding allocated to her Department for 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3865/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (19 Jan 2017)

Colm Brophy: 204. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include low protein products required by persons that suffer from phenylketonuria as part of the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2292/17]