Results 2,381-2,400 of 4,295 for speaker:Catherine Noone
- 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.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Catherine Noone: Sorry, we are leaving it at that now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Catherine Noone: I have already addressed that issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Catherine Noone: I thank the Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Catherine Noone: Sorry, listen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Catherine Noone: Excuse me, members. I have allowed a few minutes to clarify an issue for Deputy McGrath.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Catherine Noone: We have witnesses present. I was simply making the point that we need to be more professional in our approach-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Catherine Noone: -----and I hope that members will work with me on that. Before I introduce our witnesses-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Catherine Noone: The members can sit wherever they like.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Catherine Noone: Unless it is a major issue I propose that we just continue. I am not going to move members unless they wish to do so. I note the point made by Deputy Coppinger. Ideally, perhaps members would sit-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Catherine Noone: There is an argument for not sitting with one's back to witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Catherine Noone: I am not getting into that now. People are sitting where they are sitting for today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)
Catherine Noone: Before I introduce our witnesses today, at the request of the broadcasting and recording services, members and visitors in the Public Gallery are requested to ensure that their phones are turned off completely or at least put on airplane mode for the duration of this meeting. I want to reiterate the fact that it causes severe interference. If RTE or other broadcasters try to show clips,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)
Catherine Noone: I thank Professor Arulkumaran for his opening statement. I call Dr. Boylan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)
Catherine Noone: I thank Dr. Boylan for his opening statement. Finally, I call on Dr. Ní Bhuinneáin to make her presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)
Catherine Noone: Senator Mullen's time is up.