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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Task Force Report on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and Doing Less More Efficiently: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Colm Brophy: What is very important about Macron's option, which Dr. Schön-Quinlivan has encapsulated in the way she has answered, is that there is a perception among members states, including Ireland and the various smaller member states, that his vision for Europe is really a Franco-German vision. Fundamentally, that is one of the biggest worries for Europe. As someone who is pro-European and who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Task Force Report on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and Doing Less More Efficiently: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Colm Brophy: It is a horrible alternative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Task Force Report on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and Doing Less More Efficiently: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Colm Brophy: He apologises, by the way. There is an event in the Seanad that he had to attend.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Task Force Report on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and Doing Less More Efficiently: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Colm Brophy: I was really referring to the democratic institutions within certain member states and their ability to observe EU norms, particularly, say, Poland or Hungary. We had a headlong rush to bring in member states, to lock them into a European way of thinking and get them operating through institutions. Unfortunately, because that integration process was not really developed, when governments in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Task Force Report on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and Doing Less More Efficiently: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Colm Brophy: To clarify, I did not say or advocate that the European Union enlarged too soon. I said I supported the view that the European Union should have enlarged quickly, but the issue is what happened next. The foot was taken off the accelerator in embedding the process after the countries in question were brought into the European Union. Much of the work that was done in bringing them in was not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Task Force Report on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and Doing Less More Efficiently: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Colm Brophy: Absolutely.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Colm Brophy: One of the education measures in the programme for Government and the Action Plan for Education was the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill. I ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the measures in the Bill will be commenced.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Colm Brophy: I thank the delegates for attending. I do not have that many questions in that I agree strongly with the gist of the presentations. Certainly, I support the emphasis on community policing and hope the new Garda authorities will advocate it as being at the heart of policing. My experience as a public representative, a councillor for ten years and then as a Deputy is that the community garda...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (2 Oct 2018)

Colm Brophy: 77. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for further centenary commemorations over the coming years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39728/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (2 Oct 2018)

Colm Brophy: 103. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the schemes available to support historic buildings that require repair; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39727/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (26 Sep 2018)

Colm Brophy: No apologies have been received. Today, the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, and his officials will be appearing before us in advance of the 2019 budget. Before doing so, we will deal with some housekeeping matters.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Colm Brophy: Before we begin, I give the usual reminder to members and witnesses to turn off mobile telephones. I welcome the Minister and his officials and thank them for making themselves available to give us our pre-budget briefing. The Minister is accompanied by Mr. John McCarthy, Mr. Joe Cullen, Mr. Gerry Kenny, Mr. Pat Leahy and Ms Ruth Sutton from the Department of Finance and by Mr. John Kinnane...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Colm Brophy: Thank you. I call Deputy Michael McGrath.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Colm Brophy: I should have said at the start of the meeting that, in keeping with what I have done at previous meetings, I am allocating five minutes for an initial round of questions per Deputy and will then come back for more questions. That has facilitated everybody on previous occasions.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Colm Brophy: Can I remind the Deputy that he has one minute left?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Colm Brophy: Deputy, I-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Colm Brophy: In order that we know where we are, the next speaker will be Deputy O'Brien, then Deputies Broughan, Boyd Barrett, Lisa Chambers, Cowen and Burton. If everybody can bear with me that is why I am being very direct on time today. When everybody has had an opportunity to come in for a single round of questioning, if we have time still left in the meeting, we can do a follow-up. I call on...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Colm Brophy: The Deputy has one minute.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Colm Brophy: I thank Deputy Boyd Barrett

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Colm Brophy: Deputy Boyd Barrett went way outside what he should have said in his comments.