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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?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with MEPs (24 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the MEPs. It is rare for some of them to get back to Dublin or Ireland on a Wednesday, but green weeks are made for things such as this and it is great to have everyone here. On the level of engagement between the Oireachtas and the European Parliament, this is the second time we have met this year following our trip to Brussels. There have been various other opportunities...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Ms Gina McIntyre (25 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I welcome Ms Gina McIntyre, chief executive, Special EU Programmes Body, to this engagement. As a committee, we are anxious to hear what solutions, if any, she has to offer. Many other witnesses have mentioned money. We hope Ms McIntyre has lots of answers. Before we begin, Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on,...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Ms Gina McIntyre (25 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Ms McIntyre sincerely for that engagement. I thank everybody from the Special EU Programmes Body for coming before us. This is an open process so if there is something that comes across their desk that witnesses would like to feed into the committee's work, we would appreciate hearing from them. We will be continuing for a number of weeks and the more information we have, the...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Ms Gina McIntyre (25 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: We will suspend to allow the next witness take his place.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Professor Christopher McCrudden (25 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I welcome Professor Christopher McCrudden to the final session of a very productive day's work on North-South relations. We are delighted to be able to glean from his expertise and we will have a full engagement after his opening remarks. Before I invite Professor McCrudden to make his opening statement, he might bear with me as I read the notice on privilege. Members are reminded of the...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Professor Christopher McCrudden (25 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Professor McCrudden for his thoughtful and illuminating address. I invite Senators to ask questions and make remarks.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Professor Christopher McCrudden (25 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Professor McCrudden most sincerely for his initial remarks and the very detailed responses he gave to the many questions asked by my colleagues. As he mentioned a number of times, we would appreciate any follow-up letters or notes he would like to send. This is a live committee and will continue to work on this issue for another few weeks yet.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Professor Christopher McCrudden (25 May 2017)

Neale Richmond: We will suspend the meeting for a couple of minutes to allow Professor McCrudden to leave. We will return in private session.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Energy Matters (1 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: Apologies have been received this morning from Senator Gerard P. Craughwell, who will be substituted for by Senator Billy Lawless. I welcome everybody this morning and ask those present to please turn off their mobile phones or switch them to airplane mode at this stage. Unfortunately, silent mode is not good enough as it interferes with communications. We have a really busy agenda...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Energy Matters (1 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Ms Madden and Mr. O'Connell for appearing before the committee and for their presentation. I invite Mr. Wheeler to make his statement.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Energy Matters (1 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: I thank Mr. Wheeler and his colleague, Ms Troy, for presenting to us. I invite Mr. Doyle to make his opening statement.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Energy Matters (1 Jun 2017)

Neale Richmond: I wish the witnesses the best of luck in answering all the questions that have been asked in the remaining ten minutes.