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Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

Catherine Noone: I was deeply disappointed this week to discover that the EU has dithered and delayed on the abolition of roaming charges within the European Union. For the past year and a half people across Europe have been led up the garden path when it comes to roaming and have been told that the abolition of EU roaming charges was imminent, had passed through the Parliament and was about to be enacted....

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)

Catherine Noone: I was truly shocked by figures released yesterday by Temple Street Children's Hospital showing more than 100 children under the age of 17 were treated for alcohol poisoning since 2012. The statistics revealed that 22 children aged under 16 presented with alcohol poisoning last year alone; five in the past three years were as young as 12 and one was 11. More than 70 of the overall figure of...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)

Catherine Noone: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)

Catherine Noone: I welcome the Minister. The Government, as I do, fully acknowledges the difficulties with overcrowding in accident and emergency departments and the problem this causes for patients and families and staff who are doing their utmost to provide safe, quality care in extremely challenging circumstances. It is my understanding optimum patient care and patient safety at all times remains a...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2015)

Catherine Noone: I would like to raise a law and order issue, which was raised by Senator Craughwell last week. I agree with him based on what I heard over the past number of weeks, especially regarding the Navan Road area. In particular areas, where older people live, they are being targeted by both young criminals and gangs. A number of cases have been highlighted in the media, including a terrible case...

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (24 Feb 2015)

Catherine Noone: I welcome the Minister to the House. As a woman I wholeheartedly welcome this Bill which will take steps towards reparation for the thousands of women who were virtually imprisoned in the Magdalen laundries from the late 1800's to late in the last century. According to the McAleese report, 10,012 women in Ireland were confined to these laundries over eight decades, not including those in...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Catherine Noone: I join other Senators, particularly Senator Mooney, regarding the plain packaging issue. There is no more appropriate day than Ash Wednesday on which to speak of the introduction of plain packaging. I agree with Senator Burke's point about IBEC and the cost added by smoking-related illnesses to the €260 million per week that we spend on health care. It beggars belief and is...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Catherine Noone: I hope that we challenge the court actions head on and without fear.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Catherine Noone: Yes. It is unsavoury and inappropriate, to say the least. On a more minor issue, I was glad to read this morning that on-street chuggers - charity muggers, those people who collect for charities by using inventive measures, to put it mildly, to ask people on the street for direct debits - will be subject to new regulations under which they will be required to hold permits. Permits are...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Catherine Noone: I call for a debate on the introduction of plain cigarette packaging, especially now that the tobacco lobby is threatening legal action on the matter. It shows an astonishing nerve and I can only hope that the Government sticks to its guns and brings in this legislation. I listened to the discussion about this matter on the radio this morning.If the tobacco industry does not believe plain...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Catherine Noone: As we know, plain packaging was introduced in Australia in December 2012, and the latest Australian Government statistics show that the proportion of Australians smoking is at its lowest since records began. Smoking rates are falling there at their fastest in 20 years. The daily smoking rate has declined from 15.1% in 2010 to 12.8% in 2013. The statistics, which I will not go into in...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Catherine Noone: The Senator should know about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Catherine Noone: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Catherine Noone: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Catherine Noone: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Catherine Noone: I support Senator van Turnhout's comments on the campaign to stop out of control drinking which was launched today by the drinks industry. The title and drive behind it seems to say that any drinking that is not out of control is fine. Business is business so I can understand what motivates the drinks companies but this is a public health issue. Our relationship with drink needs some...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Catherine Noone: I join other speakers in applauding the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, on today's launch of the Government's new regional action plan for jobs. Many have argued that the economic recovery is a Dublin-only phenomenon and across the world's economies it has been shown that economic recovery must take place in capital cities before the effect is felt...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)

Catherine Noone: I join with Senator Mullins in highlighting Safer Internet Day. Vigilance is definitely called for. With the amount of trolls and the number of unidentified people online who are willing to lash out abuse willy-nilly, this is something we need to watch. It was very disturbing to discover recently that bullying is now more common online than it is in person or in schools. It is important...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)

Catherine Noone: Yes, I am always seeking to raise this issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)

Catherine Noone: I have been speaking for about 30 seconds. Ireland's only dedicated childhood obesity treatment programme at Temple Street Hospital has had a 400% per cent increase in referrals of children under five year in just one year. More recent findings by another group show that children under 15 years are showing early signs of heart disease and the build up of plaque in their arteries. This is...