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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (22 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: IDA’s regional property programme ensures the continued supply of land, buildings and infrastructure in regional locations to meet the needs of current and prospective clients of IDA, Enterprise Ireland and the Local Enterprise Offices. The timely provision of appropriate, cost-effective property and infrastructure solutions to meet the needs of Multi-National Companies (MNCs) remains...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Forestry Sector (30 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: ...undertaken by the Irish Free State. For the last century, what was done in the area has benefited the community massively in terms of tourism, farming, wood production and the sheer beauty of the land. However, forests have to be planted, developed and maintained in consultation with local communities; it does not matter whether they are being planted in Ticknock or Craggagh. I will...

Investment Funds Trading in the Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: ...; — the key elements of the Affordable Housing Act 2021, encompassing local authority-led affordable homes, Cost Rental units, the Affordable Purchase Shared Equity Scheme and expanding the provisions made under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; — the Land Development Agency Act 2021 as a seminal change in how we manage public land and strategic planning; and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (25 Oct 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...a €200m investment in a purpose-built carbon neutral brewery in Newbridge and in June 2022 Keurig Dr Pepper’s celebrated the opening of its International Operations Hub in Newbridge. IDA Ireland’s Regional Property Programme is a significant driver of regional economic development and job creation through the supply of land, buildings and infrastructure in regional...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (22 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...Deputies who have spoken outside this Chamber and repeatedly in it on this issue that I very much hope we can work as collectively as possible. First and foremost, I am concerned about the Iceland workers who are facing into this serious period of instability. I share their concerns and fears. I hope we can work together as best as possible to allay those concerns and fears and, indeed,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (31 May 2023)

Neale Richmond: I sincerely thank Senator Martin for raising this matter. It provides me with an opportunity to update the House on the proposed transfer of land to Scoil Mochua, Celbridge, County Kildare. In the first instance, I assure the Senator that the provision of accommodation for children with special educational needs is a priority for the Government and the Department of Education. The NCSE has...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (31 May 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...in the country, particularly when it refers directly to the need for special needs provision. That strikes all of us to the core. While we know the issues are complicated by the ownership of the land by the diocesan trust, I will bring back to the Department of Education and the other State bodies involved the need to respond and react to this matter as quickly and as urgently as...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (11 May 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...nationally. It is now at 3.9%. Much of that is down to the fact that people like the Minister, Deputy Coveney, visited ten large multinationals in California at the start of the year to talk about Ireland not only as a place to maintain investment but also to look for new FDI, in particular in places like County Louth and the Xerox campus in Dundalk. There are huge opportunities there....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (11 May 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...The foreign direct investment, FDI, performance in the mid-east, which comprises counties Louth, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow, has been strong over the past five years. County Louth is home to 36 IDA Ireland client companies directly employing 4,485 people. Enterprise Ireland clients support 6,369 jobs in Louth, 613 of which were created last year alone. The timely provision of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (25 Apr 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...just transition fund and the work of the SEAI to be an equal opportunities agency to those citizens who, when the State needed them, contributed physically with their human power and by giving up their land. We know that in Ireland, land means so much to individuals but they were not found wanting. The State and, crucially, its agents should not be found wanting in response to their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 585. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a full list of lands in the ownership of each local authority that are zoned for housing. [2258/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Dec 2022)

Neale Richmond: I was contacted this week by approximately a dozen businesses in my constituency. Their energy bills have landed and in many cases they are five times the amount they were this time last year. We welcome the new temporary business energy support scheme. What will the Government do to maximise not only awareness of this scheme but also participation in it to ensure those businesses can keep...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

Neale Richmond: ...and ensure the values and principles of the European Union are maintained? This is not the first time we have spoken about other Article 15 issues and not only against Hungary. We speak about Poland and the very clear changes that were made domestically there in response to the collective pressure of the European Union. It is a rules-based organisation and those rules need to be...

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: ...a home or keeping the lights on in a business. Those crises are being driven by a vicious and oppressive war in Ukraine by a terror state. I ask that it continue to be a top priority for Ireland when discussing energy at European Union level to get this windfall tax or measure introduced. In respect of the war in Ukraine, it is clear that the European Union and Ireland, as part...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Neale Richmond: ...to be subjected to an act of sheer obstruction and intimidation by so-called protesters, simply because that medical practice offers full maternal and reproductive care, as per the laws of this land. I am by no means the first Deputy or Senator to raise this in these Houses and I fear I will not be the last. When will the Government bring forward genuine safe-access zone legislation to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Post-Brexit Relations: Engagement with Scottish Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture (9 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: ...had with his predecessors, it was obvious that there was a clear disconnect between the Westminster Government and the devolved administrations. Much of this was happening at the time when the Northern Ireland Executive had collapsed and Stormont was not in position, but there was also an inability on the part of the Scottish and Welsh Governments to influence the decisions is one area...

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: First Stage: Cabinet Committees (2 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: ...the Executive in Northern Ireland to ensure Brexit issues are kept front and centre. There is a concerning level of drift. As Europe and the UK understandably get distracted with other areas, it lands on Dublin. It lands on the Taoiseach’s Government to ensure this remains a centre focus.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Potential Russia-Ukraine Conflict and the Role of the European Union: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: ...days. A lot of focus was given to military activities in the Irish exclusive economic zone, but what will the contagion be if there were to be military intervention, a bombing campaign or even a land invasion? How could that impact on Ireland? Professor Tonra touched on this a little when he referred to disinformation campaigns and cyberattacks, which we know all about in this...

Legacy Issues in Northern Ireland and New Decade, New Approach: Statements (1 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to this extremely important and timely debate. Reconciliation on these islands will be built through a shared desire to move forward to brighter days, but to do that, we must ensure all commitments are met, especially those contained in New Decade, New Approach. Despite this important agreement being reached not that long ago, many of its core...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (20 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: ...Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the agreement in principle reached in relation to a field adjacent to a school (details supplied); if her Department now officially owns the land; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2694/22]