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Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Catherine Byrne: Yes, Deputy, you have the floor.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I did not say you were finished.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Catherine Byrne: Excuse me, Deputy Coppinger, please, you had your turn. If you want to speak you can come back in when I take your name. There is no problem. We are speaking on amendment No. 21.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Catherine Byrne: Deputy Ruth Coppinger cannot make comments like that in the Chamber.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Catherine Byrne: Deputy Ruth Coppinger has the floor.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Catherine Byrne: If the Deputy wants to come back in later, he can. Deputy Ruth Coppinger has the floor.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Catherine Byrne: Will the Deputy, please, speak to the amendments?

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Catherine Byrne: If Deputy Ó Cuív wishes to come back in, he may, but the Minister is on his feet.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Catherine Byrne: The Minister to continue, with interruption.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Catherine Byrne: Will the Deputy, please, allow the Minister to speak?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (2 Jul 2015)

Catherine Byrne: 155. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug detoxification beds that are available in the Dublin area and nationally which are specifically for pregnant women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26741/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (2 Jul 2015)

Catherine Byrne: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals that have been made by the Coombe Maternity Hospital in Dublin 8 to detoxification and treatment centres for pregnant women who have a drug or alcohol dependency in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26742/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (2 Jul 2015)

Catherine Byrne: 157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies who have been referred for treatment for withdrawal from drug or alcohol dependency from the Coombe Maternity Hospital in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26743/15]

One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jul 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I thank Sinn Féin members for tabling this Private Members' motion. It is never easy to introduce reform or to change a system that has been in place for a long time. However, from the outset, the Government and the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, have been committed to reforming the social welfare system. The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton,...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Catherine Byrne: Amendment No. 21 is consequential on amendment No. 20. Amendments Nos. 20 and 21 may be discussed together.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Catherine Byrne: Amendments Nos. 22 and 25 are related and may be discussed together.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Catherine Byrne: Amendments Nos. 13 to 15, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pre-Pregnancy Folic Acid Supplementation: Discussion (25 Jun 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I thank Professor Turner for his presentation. Senator Crown summed it up earlier when he said that some people make long statements but in his short statement, Professor Turner was direct and enlightening. I have young teenagers who some day may become pregnant. Unplanned pregnancy is a major issue, as not everybody plans when she will have a baby; it just happens. Can we identify the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pre-Pregnancy Folic Acid Supplementation: Discussion (25 Jun 2015)

Catherine Byrne: We have good primary care centres across the country and GP practices, where there are television sets. My own GP surgery's waiting room shows health promotion videos which cover issues such as obesity and the like. This could provide an opportunity to put a campaign together on this issue. People attend GP practices for many reasons, including younger people who may have children in the...

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Catherine Byrne: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Bill, which is a step in the right direction. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Nash, for his work on it. Over the past four years, the Government has worked hard to steer this country through a very difficult economic crisis. I believe we are finally seeing light at the end of that tunnel. More than 100,000 new jobs have been...