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Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Ulster Farmers Union (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: Apologies have been received from Senator Mark Daly. I remind members of the committee to ensure that their mobile phones are switched off at this point. Today is a very busy session for this committee, a vitally important one in our work and indeed the ongoing discussions that we are having. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the president of the Ulster Farmers Union, Mr. Barclay Bell,...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Ulster Farmers Union (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank the witnesses for the very detailed presentation. The accompanying documentation is very useful.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Ulster Farmers Union (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I apologise for interrupting Mr. Bell, but proceedings have overrun. We have used five minutes of the time allocated for the next session. I ask him to conclude and if he has further comments he could submit a supplementary written submission. I thank Mr. Bell for coming before committee.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Ulster Farmers Union (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Mr. Bell.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Teagasc (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: On behalf of the committee, I welcome from Teagasc Professor Gerry Boyle and his colleague, Dr. Kevin Hanrahan, to talk us through more matters on our busy schedule for today focusing on the agriculture industry. We have had a lot of engagements, including a very thoughtful one immediately prior to this and there is still a great deal more to do today. As such, I will waste no more time in...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Teagasc (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Professor Boyle. I appreciate his in-depth contribution to our proceedings. It will play an important part in our work.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Representatives of the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association and Alliance of Racing and Breeding (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: The Senator has spoken about many important issues today. I apologise for my intermittent appearances. We picked up on these issues during our preparatory meetings. When we examined the report published by the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, on which Senator Daly sits - I am not criticising the report because it is excellent - we said that as a committee we wanted to...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Macra na Feirme and the Irish Farmers Association (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: On behalf of the Seanad special committee, I welcome Mr. James Healy, who was elected as national president of Macra na Feirme recently; and Mr. Joe Healy, who is not so newly elected as president of the Irish Farmers Association. I had the pleasure of knowing Mr. James Healy's predecessor very well. We met on many red-eye flights to Brussels when he was going to various things. I think I...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Macra na Feirme and the Irish Farmers Association (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: As a committee, we are not in a position to give commitments at this stage. However, we will ensure all of Mr. Healy's concerns are included in detail in our report. That is the best we can do. I will move swiftly on to Mr. Healy from the IFA.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Macra na Feirme and the Irish Farmers Association (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Mr. Joe Healy. As someone who is often made fun of for being a south Dublin suburbanite, I stress that this whole session is fascinating for me. It is not something I am alien to. I am very proud that the area I represented had 63 members of the Irish Famers Association, IFA. It was not exactly a massive number, but they all went down. We also have a thriving branch of Macra na...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Macra na Feirme and the Irish Farmers Association (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I know that Senator Craughwell wanted to come back in but we have gone way over time. Senator Craughwell might be able to take it up in the margins after the meeting. We were to be out of here before the hour. I ask the Senator his forgiveness and apologise if that was a bit abrupt. I thank the organisations for their presentations, we greatly appreciate them. This will be an open and...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Food Drink Ireland and Meat Industry Ireland (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: On behalf of the committee I would like to welcome the director of Food Drink Ireland, Mr. Paul Kelly, and the chair of Meat Industry Ireland, Mr. Philip Carroll. I thank them both for coming in for this, our last session of a long day. The committee has managed to get through a very productive day's work in an industry and sector which is absolutely at the front line when it comes to the...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Food Drink Ireland and Meat Industry Ireland (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: Senator O'Reilly is slightly sombre. I call Senator Noone.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Food Drink Ireland and Meat Industry Ireland (18 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank both gentlemen for their in-depth presentations. I believe one of them must catch a flight, but we are finishing two minutes ahead of schedule. This is an evolving document. If there are matters that they did not mention, will they, please, let us know?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I begin by agreeing wholeheartedly with the sentiments expressed by my colleague, Senator Feighan. Once again, I call on the Leader to invite the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, to come into the House and allow us to have a real debate on the capital investment review that is ongoing. The consultation has just concluded. In the context of Brexit, it is hugely...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Representatives of the Transport Sector (11 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I remind members to ensure that their mobile phones are switched off. We are delighted to welcome today's panel of speakers. On behalf of the committee, I welcome all of those who have come today: Ms Anne Graham, chief executive of the National Transport Authority; Mr. Barry Kenny, from Irish Rail, and all the way from Washington DC, Mr. Sean Kennedy, senior vice president of Airlines for...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Representatives of the Transport Sector (11 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Mr. Kennedy for that detailed and eye-opening presentation. We will come to questions in due course, but I am going to change the script and ask Ms Graham to speak next.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Representatives of the Transport Sector (11 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Ms Graham for her detailed and excellent analysis, which we will go through in due course. I now invite Mr. Kenny to make his opening statement.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Representatives of the Transport Sector (11 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Mr. Kenny for his opening statement. I commend all three witnesses on their detailed and informative presentations. I feel enlightened but I know there will be some questions from my colleagues. As the list of members wishing to ask questions is lengthy I ask members for brevity and clarity in terms of their questions and to confine their contributions to less than one minute. We...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Representatives of the Transport Sector (11 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: We can agree that in private session.