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Seanad: Europe Day 2018: Statements (10 May 2018)

Neale Richmond: On Tuesday next, 15 May, at 2.30 p.m.

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Neale Richmond: The committee I chair, by and large, stopped its public sessions after publishing a very detailed report on Brexit in the summer of last year. However, subsequent to that, we have had dozens of engagements with other parliamentary committees and delegations from across the EU on Brexit and while I would like to discuss our meetings with UK delegations and perhaps the ongoing chaos there, I...

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Neale Richmond: I just want to say "good luck".

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2018)

Neale Richmond: Like Senator Horkan, I wish everyone a happy Europe Day. I was going to say so much else, but I fear the Senator may have stolen my speaking notes. It is more likely that great Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown minds think alike.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2018)

Neale Richmond: Good, although I suppose one would need to write notes down to have them.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2018)

Neale Richmond: Senator Horkan imparted the recent findings of the European Movement Ireland-RED C poll, according to which 92% of Irish people are in favour of Ireland remaining within the EU. It is an encouraging statistic, but far more encouraging is that, in the 18 to 24 years bracket, the figure is 97%. If North Korea made these figures up, we would still struggle to believe them. Something that is...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Neale Richmond: I join other Senators in marking the passing of former Senator and Deputy Monica Barnes. I attended the funeral this morning and the homily given by the priest was very fitting of the varied career she had both in politics and education. I know we are thinking of her husband, Bob, and her family at this time. A recent survey found Irish people have an 80% positive viewpoint of immigration...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 May 2018)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the Tánaiste to the House. I join others in welcoming Senator Ian Marshall and I thank him very much for his very considered contribution and the work he was doing outside this House prior to his election. I welcome Senator Anthony Lawlor on his return to the Oireachtas, where he will make so many contributions in his area of expertise, agriculture, and in other areas.There...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 May 2018)

Neale Richmond: Ours is a broad church.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Commissioner Phil Hogan (26 Apr 2018)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the Commissioner to the House, along with his officials from Brussels. I believe certain officials got a warm welcome from certain Senators last night. It is very difficult to cover all the matters raised by the Commissioner in his lengthy address in three minutes. Much to the disappointment of the 63 members of the Irish Farmers Association in the Glencullen-Sandyford ward I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Enlargement: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Neale Richmond: In a former professional life I helped to set up the Blue Star programme. I am particularly delighted, therefore, to welcome the schoolchildren, as well as Ms Joan Flanagan from the European Commission Office in Ireland who does so much. It is great that, six years on, the programme has been taken up so well in Beaufort. County Kerry has always had strong representation under the Blue Star...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Enlargement: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the witnesses and thank them very much for their contribution. I am a strong believer in a deepening and widening of the European project. Ultimately, this is the greatest peace project in the history of mankind and the further we widen it into former conflict zones, the better for everyone. Looking at the accession process, however, a concern I have which I raised with Mr....

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2018)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the revised trade deal agreed between the EU and Mexico over the weekend, which will be a massive boost to the Irish beef and dairy industry. I welcome other trade deals recently agreed with Japan, South Korea and Canada. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, or the Minister of State, Deputy Breen, to discuss all the future trade deals that the EU is lining up...

Seanad: Northern Ireland and 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (18 Apr 2018)

Neale Richmond: A number of members referred, quite rightly, to individuals and bodies who played an important role in achieving the Good Friday Agreement. They have been remembered over the last fortnight. Senator Norris listed quite a number of people, including Gordon Wilson, who went to the same school as me, while Senator Higgins made particular reference, importantly, to the many women who played...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2018)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the announcement last week by the Minister for Education and Skills of 42 new schools to be opened in the next number of years. This is a highly positive move, both for the country as a whole, but particularly in the area from which I come. I would ask the Leader to bring the Minister for Education and Skills to the House for a debate on this announcement to work out the timeline...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council, Brexit, Future of Europe and Western Balkans: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (7 Mar 2018)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Minister of State for her address and for her sterling work in recent months on the domestic front and on the European stage. She covered seven issues in her address and within that there are probably around 1 million sub-issues. In that context, I will focus on just one pressing matter but before doing so, I wish to commend the efforts the Department has been making in terms of...

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the Tánaiste and thank him very much for coming back. Given his brief, I could raise 1 million issues with him, but as I only have five minutes, I will skip Brexit, on which I have 1 million opinions. I commend the Government's commitment to the provision of overseas development aid. I had the genuine privilege of visiting the South Sudanese-Ugandan border with Irish Aid...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)

Neale Richmond: I raise with the Leader the issue of the provision of defibrillators following sterling work done across the House by Senator Keith Swanick on proposed legislation. Not only do I support it, but I would also like to have a debate, with the Minister for Health or the Minister for Education and Skills, on the campaign to have defibrillators placed in every primary and secondary school...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with European Ombudsman (14 Feb 2018)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the opportunity to engage with Ms O'Reilly this afternoon. I am also delighted to welcome my old sparring partner Mr. Aidan O'Sullivan to the committee. My colleagues have already mentioned Brexit so I will step away from the issue, for once, but I commend Ms O'Reilly on her efforts to ensure that the European side is as transparent as possible. It is an issue that she has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with European Ombudsman (14 Feb 2018)

Neale Richmond: I understand that.