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Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: I am when it comes to this matter. As I said, it is a very damaging trend which I will bring to the attention of the Minister for Finance. In the lead-up to the mortgage crisis the banks engaged in this activity on a much larger scale. I have a friend who wanted to set up a business and applied for a €1 million loan. The response from the bank was that it was prepared to loan her...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: As I said, I will bring the matter to the attention of the Minister for Finance. Senator Rónán Mullen spoke about the trustworthiness of RTE. In that context, he called for a debate with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment on the declining rate of trust in RTE, the level of which has fallen from 68% to 61%. I saw part of "The Late Late Show"...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: Irish people who pay the licence fee deserve a good quality product from RTE.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: Yes. The Senator has raised the issue in the House on numerous occasions. I will take his comments on board and pass on his request that the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment come to the House to discuss the issue which is worthy of debate.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Establishment of Special Committee on Withdrawal of United Kingdom from European Union: Motion (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: I move:That, not withstanding anything in Standing Orders(1) In recognition of the potential consequences of the decision of the United Kingdom to withdraw from membership of the European Union, a special committee, which shall be called the Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (‘the Committee’), be appointed to consider...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: I understand it will take an agreement with the Business Committee. If the Chief Whip relieves herself of a Minister who has a vote at that time there will need to be co-operation with regard to pairings. I will speak to the Leader about it.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: No one would disagree with the Cathaoirleach on that point.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2017)

Catherine Noone: I join with other speakers in expressing my sympathy to the family of Peter Mathews, who was a lovely colleague and a true gentleman. May he rest in peace. I join with others who spoke about the case of Ava. It is something I have called for in the recent past. My feeling was we were getting closer to legalising cannabis for medicinal purposes. It is disappointing to me that it has not...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Community Enterprise Centres (9 Mar 2017)

Catherine Noone: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy John Halligan, for coming to the House. I raise as a Commencement matter the funding schemes for community-run enterprise centres. I was in contact recently with a councillor about a community enterprise centre in his locality which received a grant from Enterprise Ireland to provide for the employment of a business manager on a full-time basis for two...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Community Enterprise Centres (9 Mar 2017)

Catherine Noone: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. It is welcome that proposals and ideas for the scheme and in respect of particular areas would be welcomed. The bottom line in the example I have described is that a vast number of buildings would be empty under the scheme but for the work of the business manager who is earning €8,000 a year. We can all fully acknowledge that is not an...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Mar 2017)

Catherine Noone: I rise to raise an issue that I raised a few weeks ago - hospital car parking for long-term illness patients who attend hospitals around the country. The Irish Cancer Society has released a report. I am disappointed to learn that its ongoing campaign to change hospital car parking pricing policies had little success this year. In my view, guidelines should cover all long-term illness...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (9 Mar 2017)

Catherine Noone: I thank the Minister for coming to the House once again to deal with an issue that is very disturbing to all of us. The discovery of a mass grave at the Tuam mother and baby home is truly appalling. As Senator Ned O'Sullivan said, Irish society is horrified by the discoveries that have been revealed. The cruel irony of this House discussing the announcement of the commission the day after...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2017)

Catherine Noone: I support Senator Norris in his suggestion that the body politic has damaged the careers of many politicians in economic terms over the years. I do not think many of the populist moves that were made necessarily resonated with the public in the way that might have been expected. The World Health Organization, WHO, recently published a list of priority pathogens that are resistant to...

Seanad: Pensions (Equal Pension Treatment in Occupational Benefit Scheme) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (22 Mar 2017)

Catherine Noone: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Pensions (Equal Pension Treatment in Occupational Benefit Scheme) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (22 Mar 2017)

Catherine Noone: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Scouting Ireland: Discussion (22 Mar 2017)

Catherine Noone: I apologise for missing the presentation but I was in the Seanad for a Commencement matter. I thank the witnesses for coming here today. I have read their presentation. I was not a scout but my sisters were and they loved it. I am very friendly with the family who per seran the scouts over the years. I am not sure what the organisation is now in Mayo, where I come from, but they were...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Catherine Noone: I support Senator McDowell and I agree with his comments on the Judiciary. Excellence should be the aim at all times. It is both a populist and dangerous road that we are currently going down when it comes to the Judiciary. It is a sad and costly reality that Ireland is on the road to becoming the fattest country in Europe. I was encouraged and delighted to hear that many Departments have...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Catherine Noone: Senator Norris should not use derogatory words.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Catherine Noone: That is an outrageous statement.