Neale Richmond

Reappointment of staff member to the EU Consultative Body

Keynote address at British Irish Chamber of Commerce seminar

Keynote Address at a FBN Seminar

To set out ICMSA's position on Brexit and the current and future potential impacts on Irish farmers and the wider Agri-food sector.

Stress importance of Irish-UK relations and trade strategy.::Establish certainty for the business community in the face of Brexit.

Support required for the Agricultural sector and specifical vulnerable sectors such as the beef sector and the mushroom sector in the event of a hard deal brexit

Revised Withdrawal Agreement - to highlight that IFA supports the new Protocol because it avoids a hard border in Ireland.::The revised Withdrawal Agreement includes a new Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland, which replaces the backstop and will come into effect when the…

To highlight that the Political Declaration is a non-legally binding document which sets out the ambitions of both sides for their future relationship. The changes here reflect the new UK government's stated intentions to pursue an independent trade policy. The Political…

To put on the record IFA's concerned over the potential reduction in the CAP budget post Brexit::To point out that as a net contributor to the EU budget, the UK exit from the EU creates uncertainty in the size of the CAP budget post 2020. The EU Commission has proposed a…

To restate that IFA's policy position remains that the optimum outcome of the Brexit negotiations would be for the UK to remain within the Single Market and the Customs Union.::To put it on the record that IFA is gravely concerned that the policy of the current UK Government is…