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Seanad: Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Statements (31 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: I thank the Senator. I acknowledge and welcome Lance Northcutt and his associates and students from the Chicago-Kent College of Law's international trial advocacy programme. They are very welcome to Ireland and to Leinster House. I hope they enjoy their stay.

Seanad: Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Statements (31 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: Senator Horkan is clearly enjoying all the jokes, but Senator Humphreys has the floor.

Seanad: Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Statements (31 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: I ask the Senator to conclude.

Seanad: Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Statements (31 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: I thank Senator Humphreys. I wish to acknowledge Councillor Teresa McGuire from Westport who is in the Gallery. I welcome her to the House. I invite the Minister to respond.

Seanad: Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Statements (31 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: I hope the Minister does.

Seanad: Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Statements (31 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: The Senator would not wish that on him, surely.

Seanad: Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Statements (31 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: The Minister without interruption.

Seanad: Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Statements (31 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Statements (31 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: The Senator has made her point.

Seanad: Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Statements (31 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: I can allow the Minister to speak for as long as he wishes but I cannot allow conversation in the Seanad. Perhaps the conversation could be taken outside. I join in the tributes paid to the Minister, Deputy Noonan, and I acknowledge his tireless work on behalf of Ireland at home and abroad in terms of regaining our financial sovereignty and reputation abroad. I hope there will not be an...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with European Youth Forum, Education and Training Boards Ireland and Irish Congress of Trade Unions (8 Jun 2017)

Catherine Noone: I have a brief question that I shall mainly direct at Mr. Garrahy. I was an ERASMUS student in Verona, Italy, around 1999 or 2000 so I know that an emphasis was not placed on formal education. However, the experience was an extremely maturing process for me. I returned home with a renewed focus on the wider implications of studying and needing to get on well. It was one of the best...

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)

Catherine Noone: Next Tuesday at 2.30 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2017)

Catherine Noone: I raise the issue of a survey carried out by the Royal Society for Public Health, which revealed that four of the five most popular forms of social media harm young people's mental health. Instagram has been pinpointed as the most damaging to young people's mental well-being.According to the survey of almost 1,500 people it is deepening young people's feelings of inadequacy, anxiety,...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Catherine Noone: I rise to raise a World Health Organization, WHO, report that, thankfully, has found that sugar consumption among 11 to 15 year olds decreased between 2002 and 2014 although, unfortunately, obesity has continued to increase. It is good to know that the efforts made and the awareness campaigns being run about diet are having some effect. The data for Ireland show that 70% fewer 11 to 15 year...

Seanad: Report on Dying, Death and Bereavement: Statements (4 Jul 2017)

Catherine Noone: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Report on Dying, Death and Bereavement: Statements (4 Jul 2017)

Catherine Noone: Senators are entitled to five minutes each but three Senators remain and there are only ten minutes left. Can they agree to stick to three minutes each? Agreed.

Seanad: Report on Dying, Death and Bereavement: Statements (4 Jul 2017)

Catherine Noone: Acting Chairman, I ask Senator Higgins to conclude.

Seanad: Report on Dying, Death and Bereavement: Statements (4 Jul 2017)

Catherine Noone: That concludes statements. When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2017)

Catherine Noone: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on household waste charges, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to conclude no later than 2.15 p.m., with the contributions of group spokespersons not to exceed six minutes and all other Senators not to exceed four minutes and the Minister to be given four minutes to reply; No. 2, Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2017)

Catherine Noone: I am not sure he is paying homage. He is just sitting there.