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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Oct 2014)

Catherine Noone: Yesterday the Government came under increasing pressure from various bodies to ban below-cost selling of alcohol, an issue I have raised on a number of occasions. It was indicated that this is costing the Exchequer approximately €21 million per annum through lost VAT and excise duty. That makes sense to me. It is as much a public health issue as it is an Exchequer issue, and it is...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Catherine Noone: This is a bit hard to take.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Catherine Noone: I support other colleagues, in particular Senator Cáit Keane who was responsible for setting up the model school for the deaf with Mr. Brian Crean who is currently with the Irish Deaf Society. She was modest in her comments about her involvement. I am encouraged to hear what Senator John Gilroy has had to say was about his meeting with the Minister yesterday; just because Ministers do...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Noone: As it is now 12.30 p.m., I ask Senator Bacik to report progress.

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Noone: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Noone: Amendment No. 5 is in the names of Senators Cullinane, Ó Clochartaigh and Reilly.

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Noone: Amendments Nos. 7 to 9, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Noone: Is Senator Quinn withdrawing his amendment?

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Noone: How stands the amendment?

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Noone: We are actually finishing.

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Noone: I ask the Acting Leader, Senator Conway to move the adjournment of consideration of this Bill.

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Noone: My apologies.

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Noone: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Noone: Amendment No. 3 has already been discussed with amendment No. 1. How stands the amendment?

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Noone: I welcome the Minister.

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Noone: Amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, are related. Amendment No. 2 is a logical alternative to amendment No. 1. The amendments may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)

Catherine Noone: The issue I wish to raise, namely, Alzheimer's disease, is related to an issue raised by Senators White and Landy. A very interesting study published earlier this week showed that a walk three times a week can help reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease. It has been much publicised. What was not highlighted in the report was the fact that research presented to the Alzheimer's Association...

Seanad: National Treasury Management Agency Bill 2014: Second Stage (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Noone: I welcome the Minister of State and congratulate him on his elevation and no doubt he will do a superb job in what is a senior junior Ministry. I am sure it is a great day for him and his family and I wish him the very best of luck. I welcome the Bill, as the purpose for which it is being introduced is an important one. It goes without saying that in the past the National Treasury...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Catherine Noone: I shall not go into the fiasco that we all spent time talking about last week. The issue highlighted, above all else, the need to revisit the proposal of a directly elected official to whom the Dublin city manager would be accountable. Recent issues showcase the urgent need to revisit the proposal for a directly elected Lord Mayor of Dublin. In recent months this proposal was agreed by 75%...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)

Catherine Noone: The Garth Brooks debacle has continued and I sincerely hope we will not have to talk about it next Tuesday. The reality is that there is a willingness on the part of the performer to do the five concerts. I agree with Senator Crown's comments on the city manager in the sense he ruled definitively on this issue, indicating there was no flexibility and the law seems to be the law in this...