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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: ESRI Report on Ireland and Brexit: Discussion (10 Apr 2019)

Colm Brophy: I remind members and delegates to turn off their mobile phones as interference caused by them affects the transmission of the proceedings. From the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, I welcome Dr. Adele Bergin, senior research officer, and her colleague, Dr. Kieran McQuinn, research professor. I gather Dr. Martina Lawless who co-authored the research is, unfortunately, unable to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: ESRI Report on Ireland and Brexit: Discussion (10 Apr 2019)

Colm Brophy: I thank Dr. Bergin for her opening remarks. I have a number of members who have indicated they wish to speak so in the order in which members have indicated I call Deputy Lisa Chambers.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: ESRI Report on Ireland and Brexit: Discussion (10 Apr 2019)

Colm Brophy: I should have said at the very start before I brought the Deputy in that our normal rules are to allow approximately five minutes per member for questioning and then a second round should it be required.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: ESRI Report on Ireland and Brexit: Discussion (10 Apr 2019)

Colm Brophy: As there are no further Deputies offering, on behalf of the committee I thank the witnesses for their attendance here today. We very much appreciated the opportunity to go through the ESRI publication with them. Brexit is something that will be with us no doubt for a long time to come, regardless of the outcome of what happens in the next few days. I thank Dr. Adele Bergin and Dr. Kieran...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Further Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Further Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Further Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Further Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019)

Colm Brophy: I welcome the range of increased funding contained in what we have been discussing this morning. It is very welcome across the range of areas the Minister spoke about. I want to specifically ask him about an issue I have raised previously, namely, the funding for Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS. I appreciate the Minister made some comments on that earlier. I have to be...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Further Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Further Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Further Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Further Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019)

Colm Brophy: I welcome the Minister's comments. We had an opportunity to engage with INIS as a committee and I hope now we will start to see the results come through because some of the cases I deal with as a result of my constituents contacting me are unacceptable in terms of the delays they have been put through. That is not because of a particularly difficult or problematic issue. These are ordinary...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Enterprise Sector (3 Apr 2019)

Colm Brophy: 84. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of his plans in respect of the drawing up of a national social enterprise policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15439/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Scheme to Support National Organisations (3 Apr 2019)

Colm Brophy: 59. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the scheme to support national organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15440/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Appointments Service (2 Apr 2019)

Colm Brophy: 147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the recruitment campaigns which will be run by the Public Appointments Service between 2 April 2019 to 31 December 2019; the nature of the appointments; the number of positions likely to be made available in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15035/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Joint Committee (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: Today the committee will meet the Director General, Mr. Carlos Martínez Mongay, and representatives from the European Commission to discuss the European Commission's Country Report Ireland 2019 and the European Semester. Before we do so, I propose we go into private session to deal with some committee business.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: I remind members and guests to turn off their mobile telephones as the interference from them affects the sound quality and transmission of the meeting. I welcome the Director General, Mr. Carlos Martínez Mongay, back to the committee as he has been here previously. He is accompanied today by Ms María José Doval Tedín, Mr. Stefan Kuhnert, Mr. Gerry Kiely, Mr. Patrick...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: Thank you very much for that interesting statement. I call Deputy Lahart.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: We will move on to Deputy Eamon Ryan.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: We would like that to be supplied to the whole committee as well.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: You are over time, Deputy.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: That is unnecessary leakage.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: As is tradition in most committees, I wish to take account of the fact that Mr. Martínez Mongay has answered this question before. As such, in answering it I ask him to take account of what he has already said and answer as concisely as possible.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: Deputy Boyd Barrett hung on to ask a supplementary question, so I will allow him back in.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: Before we conclude, I want to touch on an issue myself. In fact, Deputy Lisa Chambers alluded to it in her contribution. It is the question of taxation and subsidiarity in respect of Mr. Martínez Mongay's comments. I am a very strong pro-European and a strong believer in the EU. I appreciate that Mr. Martínez Mongay's job as an official is to convey views from member states back...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Colm Brophy: Thank you. We could discuss this for a very long time.