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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Neale Richmond: I agree that Semple Stadium should be considered in our Rugby World Cup bid. I attended the launch yesterday when a clear statement was made that the size was not necessarily the issue with regard to stadiums because the Rugby World Cup is slightly different from soccer and the Olympic Games in that smaller stadiums are also needed. I will convey the Senator's request to the esteemed...

Seanad: Transport, Tourism and Sport: Statements (16 Nov 2016)

Neale Richmond: I will be as brief as possible. I join with colleagues in welcoming the Minister to the House and I thank him for his remarks on the wide range of areas covered by his portfolio. Ireland's staging of the 2023 World Cup would offer a huge opportunity to, among other things, encourage increased participation in sport in this country. I would like to focus my remarks today on adult...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Position of Member States on Withdrawal of the UK from the EU: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Neale Richmond: I thank both ambassadors for their frank and positive contributions. I have a few questions and I will conclude with a few points on which I hope there is general, if not 100%, agreement. Ambassador Schellekens, said that Ireland and the Netherlands are absolutely natural partners in this process. Through our history of European relations since Ireland entered the then EEC in 1973, we...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2016)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the news emerging that a deal seems to have been reached with the Wallonian Government and the European Commission on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA. We had a lively debate on that in the House, and it has proved that future trade deals need to be debated more often in regional and national parliaments.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2016)

Neale Richmond: Like Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, I want to raise a number of issues in the educational sphere. I am well aware of the industrial action taking place today; I drove past five pickets on my way here. However, the issues I want to raise are specific to a number of schools and proposed schools in south Dublin. Last week, we learned of the disappointing closure of Notre Dame...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2016)

Neale Richmond: I did not want to scare them.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2016)

Neale Richmond: They have just signed.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2016)

Neale Richmond: That was not the Walloons' problem.

Seanad: Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016: Second Stage (27 Oct 2016)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the Minister to the House to debate this important Bill and I thank him for his remarks. The Bill presents a serious responsibility for Ireland as an actor on the world stage. As mentioned by some Senators, the context and relevance of this aspect of the Hague Convention will be quite clear to any of us who have watched the evening news in recent times. Images from conflict...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)

Neale Richmond: I wish to further develop a couple of the points made by colleagues on the sports sphere. I shall first refer to sports stars who distribute a good public image. I can speak from experience about decent campaigns by the IRFU to encourage sensible or no drinking among players. Donncha O'Callaghan and Peter Stringer are two famous sports stars who abstain from alcohol and they make that very...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)

Neale Richmond: It is a souvenir. What about clothes?

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)

Neale Richmond: So Guinness can never sell a child's t-shirt in the airport anymore.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)

Neale Richmond: That is clarified.

Seanad: Agricultural Prices and Decision by UK to Leave EU: Statements (25 Oct 2016)

Neale Richmond: Like the Acting Chairman, Senator Horkan, I come from south County Dublin and I got a slight smirking remark from the Whip when I asked for speaking time for this debate this evening. While, like the Acting Chairman, I spent my entire time in the council representing the 63 farmers in the Glencullen-Sandyford ward to the best of my ability, I appreciate that I do not come from a typical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: State of the Union 2016: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)

Neale Richmond: I join others in welcoming the Commissioner and his team from his cabinet and the Commission office here in Dublin. I will pick up where Deputies Colm Brophy and Bernard Durkan left off. Like Deputy Durkan, I am a committed Europhile, and always have been. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult to be the person who sells the European ideal and pushes the EU agenda in the member...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: State of the Union 2016: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)

Neale Richmond: It is not comparable to Auschwitz. To compare it to Auschwitz is an absolute-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: State of the Union 2016: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)

Neale Richmond: Auschwitz was a concentration camp.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Vetting of Personnel (20 Oct 2016)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kyne, to the House. This is an issue I have raised before with another Minister of State in the Department and it has not changed. From the outset, I would like to put on record that, when we are dealing with children and the most vulnerable in society, it is vital that the highest level of protection and vetting is afforded. However, that does not...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Vetting of Personnel (20 Oct 2016)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Minister of State for his very detailed response. Some of its elements were reassuring, but I must take issue with other elements of the reply. If it were the case the procedure takes five working days I would not have tabled this Commencement matter. I would not receive so many phone calls from service providers, schools or sports clubs. Does this mean five working days is...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Neale Richmond: I join colleagues in expressing deep sympathy to the family and friends of Anthony Foley on his untimely and sad passing at the weekend. I never had the fortune or, indeed, misfortune to play against him, but my older brother did. In fact, he dislocated his shoulder trying to tackle him. Many in our club would say my brother never tried to tackle anyone ever again. Anthony Foley was a...