Results 4,141-4,160 of 4,295 for speaker:Catherine Noone
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products Availability (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. This matter speaks for itself. There was a lot of talk about this area well in advance of last year's referendum to remove the prohibition on abortion. A working group has been set up by the Minister to see how we will go about providing contraception to women in this country. A public consultation was also launched and is closing on...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products Availability (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: I am aware of much of what the Minister of State has said. I just wish to emphasise again the urgency of this matter. The country in which we live has made huge progress in recent years. We should all be very grateful for that but it is not that long ago that a woman needed a man's consent to get contraception in this country. It is not that long ago that it was illegal. It was only...
- Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Second Stage (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: I thank the Minister for his work in this area.
- Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Second Stage (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: We are in no rush.
- Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Second Stage (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: Thank you, Minister of State, for your compassionate and understanding voice, as always, on matters such as this.
- Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Second Stage (11 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: I thank our guests for their presentations and for appearing before us to deal with this issue. I do not want to be repetitive. Both speakers and the Chairman have indicated that the scenes in the programme were horrific. It is safe to say that what was viewed would be every parent's worst nightmare. My sister, who has had a child in a crèche for a number of years, heard me speaking...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: My next question relates to whether Tusla has considered making it compulsory for CCTV to be installed in crèches. I would never compare children to animals because they are clearly a million times more important. I am only making a comparison for illustrative purposes. There are incidents involving the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine whereby very intensive CCTV footage...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: Sure. I knew that the general data protection regulation, GDPR, would be mentioned in response to that question but, clearly, we cannot have a situation where the latter prevents us protecting citizens.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: I feel very strongly about that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: That is true.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: I appreciate that. The point is well taken but an appropriate version of such-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: The presence of cameras-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: I say that as a solicitor. When a private investigator arrives in court, people automatically think, "Oh my God, there was somebody watching me". It is really important that we consider the position in this regard. I hope that we would be able to review this matter again with our guests in the near future.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: Of course.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: That point is well made. I have a couple of questions regarding structures. Who plans policy and drafts the relevant legislation? Who drafts the written communications that issue to operators and what level of internal oversight of that process exists? For example, are services audited and, if so, are the results of those audits available? Is that process reviewed based on risk and on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: The natural question following on from that is whether Mr. Smyth is of the view that a structure needs to be put in place to enable inspectors to provide feedback centrally on issues such as the need for additional powers and that this could then be communicated to legislators in order that we do not find out about these issues by watching episodes of "RTE Investigates". Such a structure...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: I thank Ms McNally. It goes without saying that, arising out of this case, further powers are required to shut down operators. There should be a power to shut down rogue traders. The Minister has already indicated that she will look at that issue. It is important that when officials identify gaps and a need for additional powers, there is a system in place to respond and that legislators...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: I thank Ms McDonnell.