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Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: How is Senator Hopkins's bank account?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: With regard to the sugar tax, which I welcome, it is my understanding that the approximately €50 million per annum which it is estimated will be generated from this tax will not be ring-fenced, which I do not understand. As I have stated on numerous occasions, one in four Irish children and one in three adults are now deemed to be either overweight or obese. I do not propose to...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: People who are obese are fat but obesity is still an illness and we must treat it as such. Obesity is at odds with any other disease when it comes to how we treat it. It is that type of attitude that highlights the difficulty in treating this area. I find it incomprehensible that the Department of Finance does not intend to ring-fence moneys accruing from the sugar tax. Clearly, it is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: I thank the witnesses for attending. I believe a few things are happening this morning, hence the low attendance. That is a real pity because the presentations were very helpful. However, everyone will have been circulated with the presentations by the Chairman. Reference was made to stakeholders by both witnesses but in particular by Professor O'Neill. Does he get the impression that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: Do we need to get children involved in this process? It strikes me that it is one area where children are ahead of adults, not least in their exposure because they are interested in things adults have moved on from. Do we need to get them involved in informing companies and policymakers of what is on their radar and what is important to them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: I have two more questions. They are not too long. I thank Professor O'Neill for his responses. It is easy to say that we need to educate parents. Parents are concerned but they are busy. In many families both parents are working, and with the best will in the world, they may not be able to allocate time to it or it may be something that is difficult for them to educate themselves on....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: We do not need studies to know that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: We have all heard about children attempting to swipe or click books. Another issue I wish to raise is childhood obesity, an area in which I do a lot of work. We spoke about the importance of getting stakeholders on board when it comes to Internet safety, and the same applies here. Food companies must buy into the process if we are to succeed in reducing the sugar content of foods,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: I have already apologised to my colleague for asking so many questions but we are the only two here at the moment. What is the delegates' view on the prospect of including a life skills class in the school curriculum, including for the very youngest pupils, which would encompass everything outside of the ordinary curriculum? This would be in addition to the need to have PE as a curriculum...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: Specific expertise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: One does not need to be a child for it to matter; one hears many such stories about adults.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: The Chairman may have some questions, but I would like to ask one more if we have time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: Another interesting aspect, on which I did some work a few months ago, is that it is more positive on Snapchat, Instagram and sometimes Facebook than we may think. Twitter is rarely positive. There was a study carried out of young people in the United Kingdom. To follow on from a point made by Deputy Anne Rabbitte made about mental health, it is not a crime for someone to only post photos...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: Parental education obviously comes into it. I remember that when my parents were younger, I would say such a one had bought a bottle of whatever. This may have even continued when I was in college. I remember that my mother would say she hoped I would not be too impressed by it. Simple things like children feeling they can communicate with their parents probably also extend to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: I have a number of comments. Several years ago, I think it must have been shortly after the publication of the Law Reform Commission's report in 2016, I did a release myself in the area of revenge porn. The Garda does not seem to be very well protected in this area, though protected is probably the wrong word, and it does not have the tools it needs to prosecute people. This is a very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: I welcome viewers who may be watching our proceedings on Oireachtas television to this meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. I wish to raise a number of issues about the workings of this committee, in particular a couple of difficulties that have become apparent as we have gone through our public sessions. I want this to be a committee at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: I can take it now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: I anticipate that it will only take the Deputy a couple of minutes to clarify his position.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: I thank the Deputy. Senator Buttimer has indicated. I am not going to open this up to a debate by the whole committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)

Catherine Noone: Yes.