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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: I just want to interject and say that we will be covering this next week.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: Yes, it is a very good question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: I thank Ms Justice Laffoy. I am on six minutes now. This is very difficult. Does she want to say something further on the matter?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: I thank Ms Justice Laffoy. I will move on to Senator Ruane. She has four minutes altogether.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: I thank Ms Justice Laffoy very much. I will have to move on to the next questioner who is Deputy Catherine Murphy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: We will move on to Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, who has four minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: I thank the Deputy for her brevity. I appreciate it. I call Deputy James Browne.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: Three people have indicated. I am conscious of the time the witnesses have been here. Do they need a break?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: The Deputy-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: I thank Ms Justice Laffoy. I call Deputy Durkan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: I thank Ms Justice Laffoy. If she will indulge me, I have one question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: We do not propose to hear from advocacy groups but for two in the area of foetal abnormality. As Chairman, I am very keen to oversee a process that is informative, thorough and fair. Obviously, due to time constraints, with which Ms Justice Laffoy will be familiar from our own process, and not least as illustrated today, it is quite difficult to manage the amount of time we have and also the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: They were not allowed to attend.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: I am very happy to hear that. We are keen, as a committee, not to duplicate the work Ms Justice Laffoy has done.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: On a brief note in advance of next week's meeting, many of the issues which were touched upon today can be covered in more depth once the legal experts are before us. As a suggestion, it might be a good idea for me and perhaps others to review Brian Murray's paper in advance of that meeting because there are a lot of nuances in that paper that might be worth exploring. Others may have read...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: As there is no other business, the committee will adjourn until 1.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 27 September 2017, when we will address the constitutional issues arising from the Citizens' Assembly recommendations.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (26 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: I wish to raise a matter that has been brought to my attention by some councillors in the Kildare area. In light of recent CSO figures, which state that there will be an increase of 24% in the need for secondary level school places by 2025, can the Minister explain what progress has been made on funding for the Educate Together school to be built in the south Kildare area? There are...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (26 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: I do not mean to be a prima donnabut it is quite distracting.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (26 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: The South Kildare Educate Together Second Level campaign has been active for some time and gained almost 3,000 signatures in support of the provision of a second level Educate Together school in the area. A report produced by the campaign shows an estimated shortfall of 415 places by 2025, not taking into account all of the new three and four-bedroom houses built in the past year, many of...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (26 Sep 2017)
Catherine Noone: I thank the Minister of State for coming in to give the response. The last paragraph is really what I would have asked the Minister of State to do having heard the previous statement regarding whether there will be further information available in April 2018 and if there is a need at that point, which is projected by the report. The origin of the report is irrelevant as long as the data is...