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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (10 Mar 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I thank Professor Murray for his presentation. We met the other day in room A in Leinster House and I thought his presentation there was excellent as well. In 1997, I visited Canada and toured there with a choir. Our main stay was in British Columbia, and we were taken aback by the fact that in most places we sang people were poor and had drinking problems. One of the biggest problems...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Mar 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this very important Bill. I am 100% behind the referendum because it is all about equality and we cannot and should not measure equality. We are either equal or we are not, and that is basically it. This referendum will ask the Irish people to consider whether Article 41 of the Constitution should be amended so as to allow couples to marry without...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I agree with Senator Burke and Deputy Ó Caoláin. I still have neighbours, families and friends crossing the Border or going to England to get cheaper drugs, or coming back from Spain with drugs they cannot even buy in this country without a prescription. That needs to be addressed quickly. I heard Senator Crown speak before about generic drugs, but why are patients less willing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: (Resumed) Alcohol Research Group (12 Mar 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I apologise for not being here for part of the meeting. I had to go to my office to meet somebody. I have read the research group's document and I listened to Dr. Holmes's contribution on the monitor in my office. I have three or four questions. This committee receives many documents. This is very much an evidence-based document. I have to say it is one of the most interesting documents...

Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Mar 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this motion tabled by members of the Opposition. I want to begin by acknowledging how privileged I am to be one of the 166 Members of this House, elected by people of Dublin South Central, working as a legislator with a single goal in mind, namely, to make this little country of ours a better place to live in, now and into the...

Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Mar 2015)

Catherine Byrne: -----and carry it back to her family in a plastic container with water that is not always suitable for drinking. This girl and her family know the true value of water. It is precious and gives life, but only if it is clean. Here in our little country, most of us are privileged to turn on the tap in our kitchens and fill our glass with clean purified water. We do not even think of the...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I will be brief. This concerns a case I am dealing with to which the Minister of State may be able to respond. In concerns a couple where one partner died owing money to the Department of Social Protection and the remaining partner, who is dying, is repaying it through the old age pension. I was told by the Department that when that person dies the payment will still continue through the...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I did so and that was the response I got.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Catherine Byrne: That was the reply I got back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Drug Addiction and Recovery Models: Discussion (26 Mar 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the deputation for the presentation. I compliment a former colleague and Deputy, Mr. Pat Carey. Any time he had to deal with this issue as a Minister of State, he always made clear the role of addiction in families. The same applies to the previous Minister of State with responsibility in this area, Deputy Alex White. I will set out where I am going with this. We should have a...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Development Projects (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I am grateful to the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this issue and I thank the Minister of State for being present. The VEC halls on Clogher Road in Crumlin and in Inchicore are among the education and sports facilities that were introduced when some of us were members of Dublin City Council, DCC. A condition of their introduction was that they had to open their doors in the...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Development Projects (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for his clear response. I also thank him because I know he understands what this community needs and what these halls mean to the community. I must also stress that the reaction has been felt strongly on the ground locally. In some ways it has also been fuelled by many negative things, which were not related to this. There are concerns and it is important to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Prices (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Byrne: 109. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the 24 April 2015 deadline for those over 34 years of age to take out private health insurance before a higher premium is applied; the way this will work in the context of universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13510/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Irish Language Education: Discussion (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I love to hear people speaking in their native tongue, that is, in Irish. Unfortunately I am not one of them. I have not got an ounce of Irish. I will explain why later. This debate is about the love of the language. The language that is spoken in the home is the language people mostly tune into, especially when they are young. I am always amazed at the cultural mix of people in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Irish Language Education: Discussion (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I would like to speak again, if that is all right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Irish Language Education: Discussion (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I just want to make a final comment on what was said. I do not agree at all with children being excluded because their parents are not active in Irish. That is a very bland statement to make. We need to encourage children to learn Irish. It should not be their fault if their parents cannot speak it. A parent not doing a certain thing should not be part of any toss in any school to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Irish Language Education: Discussion (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Byrne: It is not factually incorrect. I disagree with Deputy Ó Cuív because that is not what was said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Irish Language Education: Discussion (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Byrne: What was said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Irish Language Education: Discussion (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Byrne: By Ms Ní Ghréacháin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Irish Language Education: Discussion (1 Apr 2015)

Catherine Byrne: Ms Ní Ghréacháin said that people would be excluded if their family was not active in Irish. How could Ms Ní Ghréacháin make a statement like that?