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Seanad: Derelict and Vacant Sites Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: I thank the Minister for his long session in the House today. I commend Senators O'Sullivan, Kelleher and others on bringing forward the legislation. The Derelict and Vacant Sites Bill 2017 proposes to amend three existing Acts, as has been outlined.These are the Derelict Sites Act 1990, the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 and the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Deaths of Irish Citizens Abroad (9 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Leo Varadkar, who is unavoidably unavailable. This issue was brought to my attention by councillor Ted Leddy in Dublin west, who has been working on it for some time and has asked me to look into it further with the Minister, although I have a feeling we will not get it resolved...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Deaths of Irish Citizens Abroad (9 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: It is clear that what I am asking for is straightforward, intended by law, in place and has not been activated. I am frustrated that it has not been put in place because of industrial relations issues. I have no idea what that means or what all that is about. I appreciate that the Minister of State is obliging me and the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, by coming here to give me this response,...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: Shock horror.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: I wish to raise the issue of synthetic drugs. An assistant State pathologist recently revealed that they had become strikingly common as the cause of sudden and unexpected deaths throughout the country. A particular synthetic drug, U4, was named by a HSE consultant psychiatrist as the cause of more than 50 deaths since 2015. As a result of this unfortunate phenomenon, it is clear that new...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: I do not think they should be answered unless they have a sick note.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: On a point of order, I do not know if it is a point of order because I do not think it is ever a point of order. We all have to leave the House on occasion during the Order of Business and not return.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: Please allow me to finish. I ask that the issue be brought to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges because I think the Leader is too decent in certain circumstances where the House clears.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: It cannot be viewed as a slight if the Leader does not respond to Members if they are not present.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: I would like it to be dealt with by the Committee on Procedure and Privileges.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: I am supporting the Chair.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: A significant gender gap in the fitness levels of teenagers has been revealed in the results of a report that has been published on foot of the Irish Life Health schools fitness challenge, which was carried out in Irish schools last year. The most concerning aspect of the researchers' findings is that the gender gap widens as teenagers make the transition through secondary school. In first...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: There is no guillotine coming down.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: Recommittal has to be proposed before we enter into the debate. We have already entered into the debate. Therefore, it is too late.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: Certainly.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: To clarify, we may have given incorrect information. The Clerk advised me but he has now re-advised me, that Senator McDowell may move to recommit the section before it is finished. My sincere apologies for that. He is free to move to recommit.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: On Report Stage we cannot go over and back. Can the Senator clarify which section he wishes to move for recommittal?

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: Is that in the Bill as passed by the Dáil?

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: The House is discussing the Bill as passed by the Dáil at the moment.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: I will let Senator Bacik back in momentarily. Could Senator McDowell please clarify which section he wished to move for recommittal? It must be a section from the Bill as passed by the Dáil.