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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...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mother and Baby Homes (11 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: I am more than happy to do that and I will have the official correspondence sent to the Minister in due course. The main point is it is with the chief archaeologist in a different Department. I do not think any of us here are archaeologists, though I am open to correction, so we cannot put an exact timeframe on a review of a file like this, given the massive amount of work that goes into...

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

Neale Richmond: I thank Senator McGreehan for raising this issue. I welcome Niamh to the Chamber and it is great to see my old pal Ciarán accompanying her. This is a very timely Commencement matter. I am meeting Vision Ireland tomorrow afternoon to discuss this and many other issues relating specifically to my work with the Department of Finance on access to financial services for those with visual...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mother and Baby Homes (11 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: I thank Senator Ruane for raising this issue and for providing such a detailed overview to the House. I apologise if there is an element of repetition in my reply with respect to what the Senator has already stated but I think it is important, for the record, to state the exact context and exactly what the Government is doing and has been doing in partnership with the Senator and so many...

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: I greatly appreciate the opportunity to contribute to the debate. This is an issue that is emotive to many of us and not just from our work as constituency TDs dealing with so many different families on a daily basis who face such a range of challenges and need so much support from their local representatives. Those of us who are lucky enough to have children also see it in the schools they...

Seanad: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (29 May 2024)

Neale Richmond: I thank Senator Higgins for tabling these four amendments and for her clear rationale and motivation. Senator Higgins will understand that I am dealing with this legislation and have to respond specifically to it and address the issues that she raises in amendments as they apply to this legislation. I am not for an instant taking away from the points she has made. I accept her bona fides...