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Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: The Bill has been published.

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: No.

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: I am conscious that the rigidity of certain views is not something that will ever change. Inside and outside the House there are those who believe the current law is too liberal. More than anything else, it is time we handed over this matter to the people to decide because it has been discussed and avoided, probably in equal measure, for the past 35 years.Let us get on with the referendum....

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: As a legislator, I have a duty of care to the women of Ireland to do something about this matter, as does the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, who has shown amazing leadership on it. We all have a duty of care. Abortion is happening every day in Ireland in the privacy of bedrooms and God knows what circumstances. Granted, the abortion pill is a relatively safe method of dealing...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: Our medics are world class. We have medics who work in different parts of the world where their quality is valued. Medics are pleading with us, as legislators and policy makers, to provide certainty and clarity in this area. We need to provide that clarity and certainty for them. Above all, we need to show compassion for women. That is what this is about. Let us have the referendum and...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: Good for you.

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: It passes, though.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Qualifications Recognition (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly. In light of the issue regarding recruitment and retention of doctors, I wish to ask the Minister for Health to consider amending section 49 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, which currently limits access of trainee specialists to those who have graduated within the EU or completed a period of internship within a restricted list of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Qualifications Recognition (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: I do not think I have ever had such a satisfactory answer to a question I have asked as a Commencement matter. The fact that the Minister, Deputy Harris, has decided to amend the Medical Practitioners Act and the fact that the amendment is in train is great. I will be very happy to communicate that. I was at the Irish Medical Organisation conference the weekend before last and it was one...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: Alternative facts.

Seanad: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: I welcome the Minister and her officials to the House. I thank her for her ongoing work in this area. I will be brief. I support the Bill in full but I wish to raise just a couple of points. Ireland has come a long way in a relatively short period of time in childcare. It is in the relatively recent past that the first Minister for Children and Youth Affairs was appointed. This showed a...

Seanad: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Northern Ireland and 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: I thank Senator Daly. Senators Boyhan and Craughwell are sharing time, and each has four minutes.

Seanad: Northern Ireland and 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: The Senator has brought the interruptions upon himself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: I might hand over to one of my colleagues because I have to attend the Chamber to take a Commencement matter at 10.30 a.m. and would be too rushed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: If it is not full of sugar, rather it is full of chemicals.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: I apologise for having to go. I had to raise a Commencement matter in the Seanad. My question is for the Irish Heart Foundation. I have had much communication with Kathryn Reilly and I think she is an excellent employee. She does much work in this area. We all know marketing is a problem. I understand why we are discussing it as an issue. What will we do? It is like the discussion we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: I will be as brief as I can. My question is specifically for Parents Plus but might be addressed by all the witnesses. The witnesses mentioned pester power. I do not know about others but when I go into a garage on an odd occasion, if I get something sugary, staff will ask if another is wanted because it will only be 20 cent dearer. They pester people, which is very frustrating. On the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: The stigma point is very important. I have often raised points in the Seanad and I have heard different Senators, and one in particular, saying "for God's sake, they are just fat". Much of the time parents are trying their best but they are busy, so by the time they realise it is an issue, the people concerned could be moving into the emotional side. If one comes down heavily on a child at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: To interject, we should have a public health (obesity) Bill. The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill was really unpopular but we need something in this area very similar to it.