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Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (28 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: I am grateful to the Minister of State for taking the time to respond on this matter. I am enthused. It is good to hear such firm commitment from the Department that it remains committed to the long-term location of Ballinteer Educate Together national school at St. Tiernan's. It is an excellent site and will make such a difference, not just to the lives of the pupils but also to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: This Friday, the Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union will lay its report before the Seanad after over 46 hours of public consultation and much more done off-camera by the ten members of the committee, the secretariat and many witnesses. The report is an extremely important one that this House was tasked to commission, and I...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Lord Alderdice, Former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly (22 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: Apologies have been received from Senators Black, Craughwell, Mark Daly, McDowell, Mulherin and O'Reilly. The majority of the Senators have been substituted. I remind Members to turn off their mobile phones or switch them to airplane mode. I am very happy to welcome everyone to our final public session of this committee. I am delighted to welcome our final witness, Lord Alderdice, to speak...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Lord Alderdice, Former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly (22 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Lord Alderdice for his opening remarks which were very thought-provoking and appreciated. There were a couple of very imaginative solutions proposed that had not been brought to our attention, especially on the cross-border aspect. I envisage including them in our report when we publish it next week.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Lord Alderdice, Former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly (22 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: I have a question that builds on a point made by Senator Daly. It goes back to Lord Alderdice's previous role in Stormont rather than his current role in Westminster, and concerns the position of the devolved Administrations and the role they are playing in the negotiations within the UK. How does Lord Alderdice feel their voices can be heard best by Westminster and by the UK Government in...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Lord Alderdice, Former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly (22 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Lord Alderdice. There is much to think about, a lot to feed in and, I hope, a lot of imaginative solutions will be produced by the committee and submitted to the relevant people in due course. I thank the witnesses for travelling quite a distance to come here. We really appreciate being able to end our public hearings on such an uplifting and thoughtful address, and I thank Lord...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: White Paper on the Future of Europe: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: I welcome Mr. Kiely and Mr. Klom to the meeting. They are always welcome guests here and in many other fora. Mr. Kiely's paper is excellent and fascinating. Much of its content points to a rosy future within Europe. I wish to refer to the key problems that face Europe that he mentioned largely on pages 5 and 6 of his presentation. These are key problems for the European Commission as...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed and Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (8 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: Apologies have been received from Senators Black, McDowell, Ó Donnghaile, Craughwell and O'Reilly. Senator Byrne is substituting for Senator O'Reilly and Senator Buttimer is substituting for Senator McDowell. It is the penultimate public session of this Brexit committee and I am delighted to start today with our engagement with the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed, INOU,...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed and Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (8 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: That is not too bad. We are particularly grateful that he has come to speak with us this morning to share his experience and the opinion of his organisation and those with which he works regularly. Before calling on Mr. Doran to make his remarks, I will read the standard note on privilege. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed and Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (8 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Mr. Doran and appreciate his remarks. Before we go into questions, if it is okay, we will take both witnesses together. If Ms O'Brien from the INOU has caught her breath, I ask her to make her opening remarks. She should feel free to remain seated.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed and Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (8 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Ms O'Brien for her detailed and engaging statement. I ask Senators to put questions to the witnesses.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed and Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (8 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank the witnesses for their contributions and for the work they are doing on this issue and the wider issues.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Science Foundation Ireland and Trinity College Dublin (8 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: I welcome Professor Mark Ferguson, director general of Science Foundation Ireland and chief scientific adviser to the Government, and Mr. Tom Molloy, director of public affairs and communication at Trinity College Dublin. I will invite Professor Ferguson to address us first. Before he does so, I wish to remind Members of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Science Foundation Ireland and Trinity College Dublin (8 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Professor Ferguson for his opening statement and he is very welcome. He is one of few people who pointed out opportunities. We have had quite a number of sessions and the committee has now sat for 38 hours. Professor Ferguson is a rare beacon of hope in this whole process. I now invite Mr. Tom Molloy from Trinity College Dublin to make his opening remarks.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Science Foundation Ireland and Trinity College Dublin (8 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Professor Ferguson and Mr. Molloy for their contributions. My colleagues will ask questions in a block and then I will come back to the witnesses. I call Senator Mulherin to commence as she indicated first.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Science Foundation Ireland and Trinity College Dublin (8 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank both witnesses for their detailed contributions and thoughtful responses to the questions. We will now suspend for a minute to change around the witnesses.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with British Medical Association and Irish Medical Organisation (8 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: We are now back in public session. I thank the witnesses for their patience. It looks like we will be continuing through lunch so we have all had to re-juggle our office agendas a bit. I am delighted to welcome representatives from both the British Medical Association Northern Ireland Council and the Irish Medical Organisation. Their contributions today will be very timely and will feed...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with British Medical Association and Irish Medical Organisation (8 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Dr. Woods for his sincere and in-depth remarks. I welcome him and his colleague, Mr. Laffin, to this afternoon's session. Our next presentation is from the Irish Medical Organisation. I welcome Dr. Ann Hogan and her colleague, Professor Trevor Duffy.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with British Medical Association and Irish Medical Organisation (8 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: Thank you, Dr. Hogan and Dr. Woods. I have two questions that you might be able to address. One relates to the last comment you made, Dr. Hogan, in respect of the potential for the North-South Ministerial Council and the context of where we are now in terms of UK-Irish relations and the reliance on the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council and the various other...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with British Medical Association and Irish Medical Organisation (8 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: It is absolutely strictly Brexit. I ask Dr. Woods to respond first, and then Dr. Hogan.