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- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex Post Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Nov 2019)
Colm Brophy: Has anyone else indicated?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex Post Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Nov 2019)
Colm Brophy: It has been touched on.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex Post Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Nov 2019)
Colm Brophy: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive engagement with us today, which is very much appreciated by us.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (7 Nov 2019)
Colm Brophy: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance if rules apply selectively under European Union VAT to a reduction on the rate of VAT to specific categories of house purchases, namely those bought by first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45915/19]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Departmental Transformation Programme: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Nov 2019)
Colm Brophy: It is just EY now, for some reason.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Departmental Transformation Programme: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Nov 2019)
Colm Brophy: There are a couple of things I would like to focus on. I am conscious upfront of our time requirement and the indications from the Chairman. First, I welcome the change and the fact that it really does set out to address a whole-of-Department willingness to change a structure, which I believe - and I do not say this to the Department or the staff therein in a disrespectful way - was...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Colm Brophy: There are a number of points that I wish to tackle in my questions to our witnesses today. First, to put my cards on the table and be very clear, I believe the principle under which the companies operate is wrong. I do not accept this made-up term of "intermediary". To me, the companies are publishers and should have the liabilities of publishers. As an industry, it has pulled off an...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Colm Brophy: Will Mr. Meade give me the figure that his company is currently spending on takedown activity?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Colm Brophy: Will Mr. Meade give me a rough figure? Is it a billion?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Colm Brophy: Is it half a billion? Does the company spend two billion?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Colm Brophy: Did Mr. Meade not think this was worth finding out?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Colm Brophy: I appreciate that but my time is limited. Mr. Meade said all that in his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Colm Brophy: If Mr. Meade went to that much effort, I am just wondering why he does not know how much his company spends on its defence, which is that it takes the material down.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Colm Brophy: I would appreciate that. I ask Facebook the same question. For the record, and I am open to correction, Facebook has a value of €40 billion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Colm Brophy: Will Mr. Ó Broin confirm to me that Facebook is about €40 billion of a revenue business operation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Colm Brophy: It was not important enough to find out how much Facebook spends on taking-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Colm Brophy: To be clear, I do not have a problem with businesses making profit. Absolutely not. I believe businesses should make a profit. I am a business person. I do not ever advocate the idea of wholescale censorship or that we should live in a restrictive world. The Internet does good things. My problem with Internet companies is that the harm cannot just be discarded. Each of our witnesses...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Colm Brophy: I ask our other guests to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Colm Brophy: I appreciate that Internet services providers are in a slightly different position but I would like to hear from Twitter and Facebook.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Colm Brophy: I am sorry to interrupt and without meaning to be rude, I asked a very straightforward question. Does Twitter consider itself a publisher?