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Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)

Catherine Noone: I will be brief. I raise the long awaited public health (alcohol) Bill 2015, aspects of which we have discussed on numerous occasions in the House, including below-cost selling of alcohol, health labelling etc. I was expecting it to come before the Houses of the Oireachtas in advance of them going into recess in July but I would be interested to know if the Leader has any idea when we will...

Seanad: Growing Tourism to 2025: Statements (1 Jul 2015)

Catherine Noone: Senator Quinn has said a terrible thing.

Seanad: Growing Tourism to 2025: Statements (1 Jul 2015)

Catherine Noone: I welcome the Minister to the House and congratulate him on his continuing success in his portfolio. For decades tourism has been a crucial element in our economic and social development, both nationally and regionally, and above any other industry it has very far-reaching effects on society, as it benefits so many who are involved in it. Therefore, it must be a top priority for the...

Seanad: Growing Tourism to 2025: Statements (1 Jul 2015)

Catherine Noone: Shock, horror.

Seanad: Harmful and Malicious Electronic Communications Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Jul 2015)

Catherine Noone: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I support the Bill introduced by my colleague and good friend, Senator Higgins, and commend her on the work she has done on it. As alluded to by other Senators, there is clearly a need to balance rights here, but something must be done and if it were another area many of the Senators on the other side of the House would be suggesting that we...

Seanad: Harmful and Malicious Electronic Communications Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Jul 2015)

Catherine Noone: -----to go forward to Committee Stage, unless, as Senator Conway said when were discussing this a few minutes ago, they are off the wall. I agree with the previous Senator in that regard. I encourage Senators to allow this Bill to go to the next Stage at which point we together as a House could make appropriate amendments to it. I commend Senator Higgins again on her work on it.

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Catherine Noone: I welcome the Minister of State to the House, and I welcome this debate. There has been much debate and complaint about this issue in recent weeks and months, and it is good to have the Minister present to hear from him on the issue. It is clear that this particular welfare reform has caused much disquiet and distress to families, and it is difficult not to be struck by some of the examples...

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Catherine Noone: It is very unhelpful when Senator Norris consistently interrupts when a person is trying to express-----

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Catherine Noone: You interrupt everybody. It is very off-putting.

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Catherine Noone: If Senator Norris had been listening to me rather than talking, he would have heard that I agree with what he said. He is still not listening to me; he just wants to speak when he has something to say. These households, especially those with children, are at particular risk of ending up in cycles of poverty with generations of a family out of employment. This reform is intended to minimise...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Noone: Is it not Senator Daly who should resume his seat?

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Noone: I had indicated before coming back in that I wished to speak.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Noone: That is very unfair.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Noone: I was in here at the start of the Order Business to make a contribution, not be controversial for a headline. I want to speak.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Noone: That is very unfair.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Noone: I wanted to sympathise on the death of a colleague.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Catherine Noone: It is very unfair.

Seanad: Children First Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Jul 2015)

Catherine Noone: I welcome the Minister to discuss the Children First Bill 2014. As he indicated, this legislation will place on a statutory footing elements of the report, Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children. Published in 2011 by the then Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and current Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, the report...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Jul 2015)

Catherine Noone: On 23 September.

Seanad: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Sep 2015)

Catherine Noone: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I think we will all have found when taking a look at the Minerals Development Bill 2015 that it is a very large and complex Bill. As Senator Daly has said, its primary purpose is to bring together the large volume of legislation that comprises the Minerals Development Acts, as adopted between 1940 and 1999. The Bill provides for the continued...