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Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Dr. Anthony Coughlan (1 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Dr. Coughlan. I will open up the debate to Senators before asking a few questions of my own. We will take all of the questions in one go before coming back to Dr. Coughlan for answers, rebuttals or comments.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Dr. Anthony Coughlan (1 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: I sincerely thank Dr. Coughlan for his contribution today. He has challenged us in a way most of our speakers so far have not. This has been reflected by the very earnest questions put by my colleagues. The contribution he has made to our committee is very valuable. Before I ask him to respond to some of the comments and questions, I have one my own. Does Dr. Coughlan see any positives...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Dr. Anthony Coughlan (1 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: Is there any positive aspect to Ireland remaining in the EU?

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Dr. Anthony Coughlan (1 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: Dr. Coughlan has certainly done that and we appreciate him taking the time to go into such detail with such a range of questions from so many areas. I thank him for attending, for his remarks, and for the detailed appendix which he also provided to us.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Ms Gina McIntyre (25 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I welcome Ms Gina McIntyre, chief executive, Special EU Programmes Body, to this engagement. As a committee, we are anxious to hear what solutions, if any, she has to offer. Many other witnesses have mentioned money. We hope Ms McIntyre has lots of answers. Before we begin, Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on,...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Ms Gina McIntyre (25 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Ms McIntyre sincerely for that engagement. I thank everybody from the Special EU Programmes Body for coming before us. This is an open process so if there is something that comes across their desk that witnesses would like to feed into the committee's work, we would appreciate hearing from them. We will be continuing for a number of weeks and the more information we have, the...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Ms Gina McIntyre (25 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: We will suspend to allow the next witness take his place.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Professor Christopher McCrudden (25 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I welcome Professor Christopher McCrudden to the final session of a very productive day's work on North-South relations. We are delighted to be able to glean from his expertise and we will have a full engagement after his opening remarks. Before I invite Professor McCrudden to make his opening statement, he might bear with me as I read the notice on privilege. Members are reminded of the...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Professor Christopher McCrudden (25 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Professor McCrudden for his thoughtful and illuminating address. I invite Senators to ask questions and make remarks.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Professor Christopher McCrudden (25 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Professor McCrudden most sincerely for his initial remarks and the very detailed responses he gave to the many questions asked by my colleagues. As he mentioned a number of times, we would appreciate any follow-up letters or notes he would like to send. This is a live committee and will continue to work on this issue for another few weeks yet.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Professor Christopher McCrudden (25 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: We will suspend the meeting for a couple of minutes to allow Professor McCrudden to leave. We will return in private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with MEPs (24 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the MEPs. It is rare for some of them to get back to Dublin or Ireland on a Wednesday, but green weeks are made for things such as this and it is great to have everyone here. On the level of engagement between the Oireachtas and the European Parliament, this is the second time we have met this year following our trip to Brussels. There have been various other opportunities...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Ulster Farmers Union (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: Apologies have been received from Senator Mark Daly. I remind members of the committee to ensure that their mobile phones are switched off at this point. Today is a very busy session for this committee, a vitally important one in our work and indeed the ongoing discussions that we are having. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the president of the Ulster Farmers Union, Mr. Barclay Bell,...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Ulster Farmers Union (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank the witnesses for the very detailed presentation. The accompanying documentation is very useful.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Ulster Farmers Union (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I apologise for interrupting Mr. Bell, but proceedings have overrun. We have used five minutes of the time allocated for the next session. I ask him to conclude and if he has further comments he could submit a supplementary written submission. I thank Mr. Bell for coming before committee.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Ulster Farmers Union (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Mr. Bell.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Teagasc (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: On behalf of the committee, I welcome from Teagasc Professor Gerry Boyle and his colleague, Dr. Kevin Hanrahan, to talk us through more matters on our busy schedule for today focusing on the agriculture industry. We have had a lot of engagements, including a very thoughtful one immediately prior to this and there is still a great deal more to do today. As such, I will waste no more time in...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Teagasc (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Professor Boyle. I appreciate his in-depth contribution to our proceedings. It will play an important part in our work.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Representatives of the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association and Alliance of Racing and Breeding (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: The Senator has spoken about many important issues today. I apologise for my intermittent appearances. We picked up on these issues during our preparatory meetings. When we examined the report published by the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, on which Senator Daly sits - I am not criticising the report because it is excellent - we said that as a committee we wanted to...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Macra na Feirme and the Irish Farmers Association (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: On behalf of the Seanad special committee, I welcome Mr. James Healy, who was elected as national president of Macra na Feirme recently; and Mr. Joe Healy, who is not so newly elected as president of the Irish Farmers Association. I had the pleasure of knowing Mr. James Healy's predecessor very well. We met on many red-eye flights to Brussels when he was going to various things. I think I...