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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.

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

Neale Richmond: I refer to 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: The financial accounts of the European Union are at issue, and Deputy McGrath is talking about farm inspections.

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

Neale Richmond: I apologise.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate this opportunity to speak and the Leas-Chathaoirleach fitting me in when I arrived in the Chamber slightly late.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for that. I wish to raise the issue of public transport provision primarily in Dublin. I ask the Leader to arrange for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to come into the House for us to have a substantive debate on public transport provision in Dublin. The key issue as it relates to my area is with respect to the Luas. Since the Luas has been...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Neale Richmond: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this vitally important debate on one of the key issues facing us in these, our times. I will not take the full ten minutes, so if the Acting Chairman would like to redistribute the remaining time to someone like Senator Máire Devine or Senator Colette Kelleher, they would have far more profound things to say than I would and I would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Neale Richmond: I thank the ambassador for his very thorough presentation and I particularly enjoyed his closing remarks relating to Brexit. I wish Bulgaria the best of luck with its first Presidency of the Council of the European Union. I worked on the 2013 Irish Presidency and it was definitely a very rewarding part of my professional career before I entered politics full-time. I know how important it...

Seanad: Ireland's Bid for European Banking Authority: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Minister of State for coming here to address the Seanad. I share some of the concerns expressed by Senator Ó Donnghaile. I am referring to a feeling of what is the point in rehashing a defeat. I have not watched the match where the Irish soccer team lost 5-1 to Denmark again and I have no intention of ever watching it again.

Seanad: Ireland's Bid for European Banking Authority: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Neale Richmond: Losing the EBA bid is not an ordinary defeat. To paraphrase another sportsman, one never loses, one learns. The Irish negotiating team will learn a lot from the bidding process. I genuinely and wholeheartedly commend the Minister of State present, the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Helen McEntee, and the entire team behind the bid. It is a great...