Results 61-80 of 949 for speaker:Neale Richmond in 'Dáil debates'

EU Talent Pool: Motion (28 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: I do not know if this would be within the rules of the House but I am more than happy to give way if any Members do happen to come in. There is some time left on this debate. This is an important debate and if someone is rushing up from a committee room, and this is in the gift of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, of course, but my colleagues and I are more than happy to be flexible. I...

EU Talent Pool: Motion (28 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: No. These are important points the Deputy's party will never mention. It is trying to make out that everyone is leaving and that this is why everyone is leaving, when it is simply not the case. Ultimately, I do hope Sinn Féin will be supportive of this proposal. I answered the two questions posed in this regard, and I said we hope to bring the memo to Cabinet by the end of March. I...

EU Talent Pool: Motion (28 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: Gabh mo leithscéal. I thought it had been sent over.

EU Talent Pool: Motion (28 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the following...

Protection of Employees (Trade Union Subscriptions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: I genuinely thank Deputy Collins for tabling this Private Member's Bill-----

Protection of Employees (Trade Union Subscriptions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following: Dáil Éireann declines to give the Protection of Employees (Trade Union Subscriptions) Bill 2024 a second reading on the basis that it places an administrative burden on businesses; that there are a number of policy and constitutional matters and potential regulatory impacts, including the cost...

Protection of Employees (Trade Union Subscriptions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: It should have been sent over last night. I do not have one with me.

Protection of Employees (Trade Union Subscriptions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: I know; I am sorry. It was sent over last night. I will get one sent over as quickly as possible. I apologise. I thought it had been sent. I thank Deputy Collins for organising the briefing which I was not able to attend personally, but I got a good note on it and a number of people from my colleagues' offices also went. To provide clarity, we think it is a good thing to organise in...

Protection of Employees (Trade Union Subscriptions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: My office was represented there.

Protection of Employees (Trade Union Subscriptions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: In fairness, my party had a number of people there, including staff from my office. To be clear, I have a detailed note of the meeting. I was attending to ministerial business. I think that is an unfair charge.

Protection of Employees (Trade Union Subscriptions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: Deputy Collins should not make such a charge.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (8 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: I thank Deputy Stanton for again raising this issue and for consistently doing so constructively and productively over a period. One of the attractions of the critical skills employment permit is that holders of these permits can apply to the Department of Justice for immediate family reunification and, once their partners or spouses are resident in the State, they are eligible to apply to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (8 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: A couple of hundred intra-company transfers happened last year but, to be frank, that is far fewer than we would have liked because people simply did not apply. In many of the multinational companies who have chosen to locate their European head offices in Ireland or to establish very big footprints here, the management systems require people to spend a year or two in another country to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (8 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: That is under active consideration, but I have to underline that the full buy-in of the Department of Justice is required. We are at the Department's mercy as to whether that can be achieved before the Bill passes through the stages in the Seanad.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Work Permits (8 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: Just to be clear, this does not apply solely to the nursing homes sector. It also includes healthcare assistants and home support workers, so while it is obviously a provision for people who are in nursing homes, be they private nursing homes or independent nursing homes, it is also for those who provide care in the home and those who provide disability services, many of the recipients of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Work Permits (8 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: To get to the nub of the question, a decision was made to make a temporary deferral. I have laid out in depth the reason for that here, in our previous discussion on a Bill, and indeed to anyone who has raised a direct question, and I believe Deputy Barry raised it on Questions on Promised Legislation. These deferrals are temporary. The minimum thresholds for work permits are set in all...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Film Industry (8 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Deputy for this question on an issue that he has raised consistently here and during our time on the finance committee together. As he knows, Ireland has a comprehensive body of employment, equality and industrial relations legislation, which offers the same protections to all employees legally employed under a contract of employment. All employers, regardless of sector, are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Film Industry (8 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the point the Deputy is making. He refers rightly to the case in December before the WRC where it released decisions in respect of a sample group of complaints made by 38 members of the industry. Those decisions are, of course, being appealed to the Labour Court. Separately, the Labour Court issued a decision last month in respect of another complaint related to the industry....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Film Industry (8 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: I will make two points. Regarding the protections provided under the section 481 tax relief application, the application is clear that the relationship between the producer company and the qualifying company – the DAC – has to be informed by the 1994 Act, which entitles an employee to certain information about his or her employer, including full names and details, to ensure...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Work Permits (8 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: Last December, I published the outcome of the review of the occupations lists for employment permits, which signalled the Government’s intention to increase the minimum salary thresholds for employment permits, including those associated with healthcare assistants and home care workers. The purpose of this change is to ensure fair treatment for employment permit holders and to allow...