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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.

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

Neale Richmond: I wanted to put the issue in context and I gave examples from both sides.

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

Neale Richmond: I was talking about funding as opposed to the individuals.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Neale Richmond: I call on the Leader to ask that the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Griffin to come to the House. I made a similar call before Christmas with a view to discussing the sports capital grants. I believe a further debate on sports infrastructure on this island is required, both to provide for a healthy island but also to ensure that our tourist...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Mr. Michael Russell, MSP, Minister for UK Negotiations on Scotland's Place in Europe (7 Feb 2018)

Neale Richmond: I thank Mr. Russell for his very frank and forthright remarks. They are extremely welcome. I welcome him to this meeting and commend the work of the Scottish Office in Dublin on all it has been doing over the past few trying months in this area, and in developing other positive areas. Mr. Russell mentioned the idea of a Celtic arc and one of his colleagues has imaginatively discussed a...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Jan 2018)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to take this debate. It is no surprise that I am bringing up the issue again. I have discussed it on the floor of the Chamber and elsewhere with the Minister during the past 18 months. I last raised it in October through a Commencement matter, at which stage the Minister said a site had been identified by the Department and that it was...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Jan 2018)

Neale Richmond: Given that I live 200 yards from the primary school, I am perfectly aware of it. I thank the Minister. I have no supplementary questions, but I would appreciate receiving any update as the process proceeds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2016: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Neale Richmond: I welcome our guests to this meeting and I wish them the best of luck for the final hurdle next week at the council and thereafter. I have two questions relating to spending and revenue of 2016. The first relates to more than 2016. Mr. Cardiff remarked that, for the first time, Ireland has crept into the net contributor column when it comes to membership of the various European bodies....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2016: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Neale Richmond: We are discussing the financial accounts of the European Union.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2016: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Neale Richmond: All right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2016: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Neale Richmond: I am, but I do not see how it is relevant to the presentation, to be honest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2016: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Neale Richmond: I did not see this issue in the accounts. We are discussing the audited accounts.