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Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Common Travel Area: Department of Justice and Equality (23 Mar 2017)

Neale Richmond: Does one of Mr. Waters' colleagues want to come in again?

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Common Travel Area: Department of Justice and Equality (23 Mar 2017)

Neale Richmond: We have come to a conclusion at this stage unless anyone else has any more interventions. I thank our first three public witnesses for their appearance today.

Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (23 Feb 2017)

Neale Richmond: I greatly appreciate the opportunity to contribute to this debate on a wide-ranging issue. My colleague, Senator Ruane, spoke about emigration from the Famine years. However, we know Irish emigration extends much further back in the past. We had St. Brendan, for example, the Wild Geese and the Ulster Scots who went to America. Irish people can be found all over the world, including...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Joint Sitting with Joint Committee on European Union Affairs
First Vice-President of the European Commission, Mr. Frans Timmermans: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Neale Richmond: I welcome Vice-President Timmermans. I appreciate his very brief opening address, which is a change from how things are usually done here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Joint Sitting with Joint Committee on European Union Affairs
First Vice-President of the European Commission, Mr. Frans Timmermans: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Neale Richmond: I can confirm my phone is on aeroplane mode. I appreciate the Vice-President's reassuring remarks about Brexit. Looking for possible solutions to the huge challenge it poses, what is the best forum to submit ideas and suggestions, not necessarily from parliamentarians either here or in the European Parliament, but from civic society - the business groups, the farming lobbies, the NGOs?...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Wild Fires (15 Feb 2017)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, to the House and extend my gratitude to the Leas-Chathaoirleach for taking this Commencement matter. Last Friday evening a large gorse fire broke out on a hillside in Carrickmines, very close to the M50 motorway in south County Dublin. The fire raged for an extended period before it was brought under control by a number of fire engines from the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Wild Fires (15 Feb 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive and total reply, for which I am very grateful. I agree with everything she said and I appreciate the actions taken, especially by her Department, in this area. However, I would like to see the agency being slightly more proactive in the future. I think we can always be more proactive in getting the message out there that, not only is there serious...

Seanad: Transport and Tourism: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Neale Richmond: It is harder to get a ticket.

Seanad: Transport and Tourism: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the Minister and thank him for his contribution. I apologise for coming in and going out during this discussion but there is a committee meeting running concurrently. From our previous engagement, I learned that the Minister's is a massive portfolio so I will focus on what some would call a niche part of the sports area, namely, the need for the fast-tracking of the construction...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Neale Richmond: I echo the calls of my colleague, Senator Craughwell, to ask the Committee on Procedure and Privileges to invite the former European Commissioner, Mr. Michel Barnier, to address and actively engage with the House. As the Senator noted, we need to have a discussion on possible and suggested solutions to the challenges we face as a result of Brexit. I call on the Leader to invite every...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Legislative Process (1 Feb 2017)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for dealing with this Commencement matter on what is an important and welcome consultation. In a speech on 16 January, the Minister stated he would commence a short ten to 12 week process of consultation. It is disappointing, therefore, that the Minister has reduced this consultation to only four weeks. In my experience as a county...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Legislative Process (1 Feb 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Minister for his response, which is very welcome. The initial ten to 12 consultation week period displayed a considerable level of understanding but I appreciate that the Minister has clarified the situation in that regard. Many of the groups concerned are not leaving things until the last minute. I outlined earlier the reason for the delays, namely, that it takes a lot of...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (26 Jan 2017)

Neale Richmond: I am delighted to welcome the Minister to the House and I thank him for his remarks. I wish everyone well in the coming weeks and months as they go electioneering in Northern Ireland. I know that a number of Members of this House will be going up to campaign and canvass for various candidates and parties. We are all professional politicians and know the strains and stresses of elections,...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: EU Bodies (25 Jan 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Cathaoirleach for accepting the commencement matter and I thank the Minister for coming to the House to take it. I have raised it previously and had a discussion with the Minister of State, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy. I will not repeat the speech I made a number of months ago. I have tabled the matter to receive an update from the Minister, and I know it was raised...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: EU Bodies (25 Jan 2017)

Neale Richmond: I am enthused and ecstatic and very grateful to the Minister. Anyone who has ever worked in sales knows the importance of a strong pitch and a strong bid. I could mention many positive factors in recommending Ireland as a location, but the Minister has covered them well. I have a supplementary question about the actual formal process of application. Are we at that stage? When will we...

Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (25 Jan 2017)

Neale Richmond: I am delighted to support the motion and be a co-signatory to it, and I commend very warmly my colleague, Senator Conway, as has everyone else, on the drafting and tabling of the motion. I thank the Minister for his earlier contribution and I look forward to his reply in due course. As the Acting Chairman will remember from our days on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, it is...

Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (25 Jan 2017)

Neale Richmond: -----while I did mine on the Greenshirts and everything that goes with it. Perhaps that did not decide my politics later in life and I just had a morbid interest in those actions.

Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (25 Jan 2017)

Neale Richmond: Yes, the Greenshirts and not the Blueshirts. I went one further. The love and interest in the subject of history gave me a greater sense of my community and greater interest in politics. It is probably one of the main reasons I joined a political party. I was not active in a party until halfway through my degree. None of my family had any ties to any political party. They voted for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Annual Work Programme: European Commission Representation in Ireland (18 Jan 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Mr. Kiely for his presentation. I am not going to mention Brexit directly, because I am assuming and hoping my colleagues might, but there is something I want to look at. Mr. Kiely mentioned something on which Brexit will undoubtedly have a massive impact, which is priority six in regard to trade. That focuses on the EU-US trade deal. Following President-elect Trump's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-Funded Projects: Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (18 Jan 2017)

Neale Richmond: Unfortunately I had to substitute in another committee. I apologise. I was trying to watch the proceedings on a screen but obviously there was no sound. As someone who spent seven years in a local authority, did all the structures have planning permission?