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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2019)

Catherine Noone: I cannot control what people say. I am trying to give a response.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2019)

Catherine Noone: God almighty, I do not know what side of the bed everyone got out of this morning.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2019)

Catherine Noone: Can I suggest that if people want to have a conversation, they go outside?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2019)

Catherine Noone: We are not talking; we are doing business. They are devices for working on. Senator Lombard raised the issue of the recount. He makes an excellent point, namely, that there are 750,000 ballots that are two feet long that must be recounted over the coming hours. It is a significant resource issue so it is certainly something we should revisit as an issue for debate. I congratulate...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2019)

Catherine Noone: Coming from Kerry, the Leas-Chathaoirleach would be an expert on deer.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2019)

Catherine Noone: As Senator McDowell noted, we should be slow to change the integrity and character of the Phoenix Park. I do not know if it warrants a debate but it is certainly something that should be addressed. I will have a look at those plans to see what exactly is proposed. That was a fairly short Order of Business. It should not be as long as it normally is because, at the end of the day, we are...

Seanad: Appointment of a Special Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community: Motion (30 May 2019)

Catherine Noone: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders— (1) Seanad Éireann hereby appoints a Special Committee (hereinafter referred to as 'the Committee'), to be joined with a Special Committee to be appointed by Dáil Éireann, to form the Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community; (2) the Joint Committee shall aim for consensus, based on human...

Seanad: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019: Motion (30 May 2019)

Catherine Noone: I move:That Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019,a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 27th May 2019."

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2019)

Catherine Noone: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Catherine Noone: I want to briefly raise the issue of Spinraza.Many Members of this House have raised the necessity for Spinraza to be provided to children with a very rare genetic disease, spinal muscular atrophy. I am happy to say that today the Health Service Executive, HSE, leadership team has approved the drug. I was quietly confident that it would be approved but I think until it was delivered the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Catherine Noone: Will that be in a by-election?

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)

Catherine Noone: I have heard sillier.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)

Catherine Noone: In fairness, Senator Norris is a fair interrupter himself.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)

Catherine Noone: It is for the Minister to respond.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)

Catherine Noone: I will just come in briefly. As a Government representative I do not usually take up time on this Bill. Speaking as a solicitor who would technically be barred from chairing this body-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)

Catherine Noone: -----that jars with me personally. It gets to me in terms of an aspect of this Bill, and I have made no secret of that in the past, but I find the points made are kind of – I do not wish to use the word but I cannot find a better one - "ridiculous".

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)

Catherine Noone: Interview processes apply to all public jobs.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)

Catherine Noone: Hold on a second. Senator Norris was talking about interruptions.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)

Catherine Noone: Interview processes apply to all public jobs. I know plenty of people who have gone for positions where they had no opportunity to be interviewed and would have wanted to be interviewed to point out attributes they have that may not necessarily be apparent to everybody on an interview board.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)

Catherine Noone: That would give them an opportunity to highlight what their personality is like speaking one-on-one, their organisational skills and any other skills that may be deemed relevant to the job depending on the particular judicial appointment. Arguably, the president of any particular court would require skills that another member of the court may not necessarily need or have.With all due...