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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Postal Voting (19 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: I am taking this Topical Issue matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, which I hope is acceptable to Deputy Stanton. As this is something in which I have a strong personal interest, I am particularly delighted to be taking this matter, which I believe is a very worthwhile contribution. It was particularly noticeable in recent local and European elections that the date for those...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Postal Voting (19 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: I thank Deputy Stanton. The issue of proxy voting is one on which I would personally have a mild concern but I have no issue at all with postal voting because there is an opportunity for all Deputies. We are all practitioners of and fundamentally cherish democracy. We spend our time not just in this Chamber but in going out to schools, community groups and other organisations to encourage...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: I welcome this opportunity to contribute to this debate and speak in favour of this motion. This gives us a great opportunity not only to speak to the detail of this pact but speak more widely about the issue of migration. Many people have been calling for that and it is important. I spent four and a half years having to listen to Nigel Farage's contributions to Brexit debates but...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: It took him 90 seconds to raise the canard of the EU army. I was just waiting for him to talk about straight bananas; that is how ridiculous he got at one stage. The absolute twisting of truth is lessening this debate. It took Deputy Tóibín seven minutes to actually mention the pact at hand. He was citing issues, talking about a hard border, checks at a border, no checks at a...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: All right, I will address the issues. Some of the issues the Deputy raised are ridiculous.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: Talking about a European defence union and an EU army has no place in this debate.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: It is that sort of level of debate that unfortunately leads us having to spend the whole time myth busting.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: The issue I would like to address is the pact at hand.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: I will speak more pertinently to the issue of sovereignty. Deputy Mattie McGrath is due to speak in two slots and I will listen to his contribution then. I look forward to it as ever.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: Very few people have talked about the detail of the pact and the fact that this took eight years to come about. It took eight years of contribution by Irish people in Brussels at every level to ensure that we talk about this. When I was on the EU's committee of the regions, I sat on the CIVEX committee. All my colleagues from the Mediterranean wanted to talk about Mediterranean crossings,...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: Do not mislead the Chamber.

Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill: Referral to Select Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).

Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: I thank all the Deputies for their contributions to this extremely important and worthwhile debate. I will address all the points and the questions raised, but there are a few things I would like to add in response as well. I do not think I will take the full 30 minutes. I will try my best to get in and get us on the road. I look forward to engaging further on Committee and Report Stages...

Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time". I welcome the opportunity to address Dáil Éireann on the Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024, which was published on Friday, 30 May. As Minister of State with special responsibility for insurance, I am bringing forward this Bill to transpose Articles 10a and 25a of the motor insurance directive, as inserted by the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Third Level Education (11 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: I sincerely thank Senator Clonan for raising this case again on the floor of the Seanad and for the comprehensive way in which he has put this across, which is testament to his continuing personal, professional and political work on this issue over many years. We are all truly grateful for that. As for the wider issue, as the Senator knows, inclusion is a key aim of the Department of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Third Level Education (11 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: I join the Senator in that hope, genuinely, and I have no doubt that the individual will be successful. The Senator has highlighted the constraints and while I understand and completely empathise with the point he makes, it is important for me to address the wider context and to say why those constraints are there. While it may be maddeningly frustrating and appear to be, quite frankly,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (11 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: The Senator is correct. Only 24 children are looking for equality of access and opportunity. It is not too much to ask. The technology is evolving daily. There have been changes to what the Senator and I experienced when we did our leaving certificate a number of years ago, and we would have known individuals for whom no accommodation was made. Changes have reached a 1999 or 2001...