Results 2,141-2,160 of 4,295 for speaker:Catherine Noone
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: It is a matter that I have decided as Chair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: There is democracy here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: Sorry-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: Sorry-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: I reiterate what I have said many times, that each speaker should be given time to speak. However, at the end of the day, we are trying to hear from witnesses and to discuss matters that are pertinent and important to the committee. We will come back to this issue after we hear from the witnesses and-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: You cannot call a vote.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: There is no question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: Can I have some order? Please, can I have some order in the room?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: You cannot.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: You are not entitled to call a vote on this at this point. That is just not the way things work in committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: Deputy, I am saying that we will revisit this issue later in the day.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: We will decide on this issue later on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: Members may be intent on discussing this issue for another half an hour or an hour but it is simply not possible to do so at this juncture. We have to show witnesses more courtesy. We will return to this issue later on, and that is where it is being left. I am going to suspend the meeting for a couple of minutes to allow witnesses to take their seats. We will then interact with witnesses...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Legal and Services Context: Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute and Ms Leah Hoctor, Center for Reproductive Rights (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: I welcome members and viewers, who may be tuning into our proceedings on Oireachtas television, to the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. We will be holding three separate sessions this afternoon. The first session will address international legal rights and services. Our second session will consider a view of medical law and our third session will look at risks...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Legal and Services Context: Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute and Ms Leah Hoctor, Center for Reproductive Rights (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: I thank Dr. Sedgh. I call Ms Hoctor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Legal and Services Context: Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute and Ms Leah Hoctor, Center for Reproductive Rights (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: Thank you, Ms Hoctor. Is Ms Thomasen going to make a presentation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Legal and Services Context: Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute and Ms Leah Hoctor, Center for Reproductive Rights (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: Fine. We will now move to the lead questioners for today, the first of whom is Senator Ruane, who has ten minutes in total.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Legal and Services Context: Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute and Ms Leah Hoctor, Center for Reproductive Rights (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: I will ask Ms Hoctor to respond first. While I do not want to put witnesses under pressure to answer, I must point out that we are under quite tight time constraints.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Legal and Services Context: Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute and Ms Leah Hoctor, Center for Reproductive Rights (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: We will move on to Dr. Sedgh now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Legal and Services Context: Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute and Ms Leah Hoctor, Center for Reproductive Rights (8 Nov 2017)
Catherine Noone: I call Deputy Kelleher who has ten minutes. Members may contribute twice for five minutes each time.