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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services for Irish Communities in UK and USA: Discussion (11 Dec 2014)

Catherine Byrne: She is a very beautiful girl and I am delighted to say she will be in the Houses for a while. Why do the older Irish living aboard have so many health problems? Can that be attributed to the fact that many Irish people who left the country had a Catholic background? I was struck by the fact that it was said many health problems stemmed from people not wanting to expose their private...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Féinriarachta Pearsanta agus Sláine Colainne) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Personal Autonomy and Bodily Integrity) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Dec 2014)

Catherine Byrne: It is important that Deputy Daly had the opportunity to introduce the Bill this evening. On reading the opening statement by the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, on this Private Members' Bill, I was struck by his wisdom and sincerity as a Minister and a medical doctor. In that statement, the Minister said:Medicine and the human condition are coloured in grey and cannot be reduced to binary or...

Road Traffic (No.2) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Byrne: The Minister's time has concluded.

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Byrne: A message shall be sent to the Seanad acquainting it accordingly.

Fourth Report of the Constitutional Convention on the Dáil Electoral System: Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Byrne: Sorry, Deputy Tuffy, without interruption.

Fourth Report of the Constitutional Convention on the Dáil Electoral System: Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Byrne: Deputies should please be quiet.

Fourth Report of the Constitutional Convention on the Dáil Electoral System: Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Byrne: The next speaker is Deputy David Stanton.

Fourth Report of the Constitutional Convention on the Dáil Electoral System: Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Byrne: I am sorry Deputy, please sit down. You cannot make a point of order.

Fourth Report of the Constitutional Convention on the Dáil Electoral System: Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Byrne: Take your seat, please. The next speaker is Deputy David Stanton.

Fourth Report of the Constitutional Convention on the Dáil Electoral System: Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Byrne: Sorry, Deputy please sit down. You have had your time. It is now Deputy Stanton's time.

Fourth Report of the Constitutional Convention on the Dáil Electoral System: Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Byrne: The Deputy cannot raise a point of order now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Regulation of Cosmetic Surgery: Discussion (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Byrne: I thank our guests for attending. It is sometimes difficult to pose appropriate questions. Every day of the week people are bombarded with images and advertisements via television, radio and the Internet. Regardless of whether we like it, this has become our reality. I recently met a lady who was over 90 years of age. I asked her why she had such lovely skin and she informed me that she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Regulation of Cosmetic Surgery: Discussion (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Byrne: Two issues occurred to me while Mrs. O'Donnell was speaking. By comparison with other European countries, has she any statistics on the number in this country who have had professional cosmetic surgery? I accept she cannot talk about the other scenario but I wonder in that regard. As somebody who was badly burnt when I was aged four and who spent months in Dr. Steevens' Hospital, I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Byrne: My question is really the same. I accept that where someone is diagnosed out of the country, there may be labs that are not up to standard. We had a group in an hour ago who said the same thing about labs and people doing medical work who are not fully qualified. If somebody is diagnosed outside the country, whether through a national lab or a dodgy lab - I do not want to say that but it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Catherine Byrne: If someone goes away and is told he or she has Lyme disease, he or she can have the diagnosis corrected here. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)

Catherine Byrne: It is hard to do this discussion justice at one meeting because there is so much going on. There is a lot going through my head. It is complex, as someone else said. I offer my support to the Intreo office, the idea behind it and the idea that people can sit and talk to someone. I am not referring to someone being behind a screen but a set-up whereby a person can sit in a room and speak...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)

Catherine Byrne: The site has changed hands and will be developed soon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I have young girls who have come out of school and gone to college and one of the things I saw when they were coming through the house with their friends was that they were all at different levels of skills. Some of them were more academic and some had other skills. I saw the connection they had with the teacher in the classroom and the teacher's ability to look at people's different...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Developing a National Strategy for Coeliac Disease: Discussion (15 Jan 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I thank everybody for their presentation. On cross-contamination in hospitals and so on, particularly around a toaster, a friend of mine was in my local hospital last week for an operation and when she asked for a slice of toast a few hours later, she was told that they do not make toast anymore because of health and safety. I do not think it was anything to do with being coeliac, but that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Coping with Challenges of Huntington's Disease: Discussion (15 Jan 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I apologise for not being here for the beginning of the presentation. My queries relates to the 700 people that were mentioned. Senator Colm Burke has already asked a question on research and what the committee can do to pursue the matter. I have only met one person with the disease. She was a very young girl and it was difficult to see the type of life she had. The Senator and I,...