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Seanad: Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Statements (31 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: The Senator has made her point.

Seanad: Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Statements (31 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: I can allow the Minister to speak for as long as he wishes but I cannot allow conversation in the Seanad. Perhaps the conversation could be taken outside. I join in the tributes paid to the Minister, Deputy Noonan, and I acknowledge his tireless work on behalf of Ireland at home and abroad in terms of regaining our financial sovereignty and reputation abroad. I hope there will not be an...

Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: Through the Chair, please. Senator Davitt, without interruption.

Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: Senator Ó Clochartaigh, without interruption please.

Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: Senator Ó Clochartaigh, without interruption.

Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: I ask the Senator to speak through the Chair. He should be allowed to conclude without interruption.

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: I commend Senator Ivana Bacik and the other Labour Senators for their work in this area. There are numerous complex reasons, as other speakers have alluded to, as to why a gender pay gap exists, not only in Ireland but all over the world. One reason is that women are, in some cases, paid a lower hourly wage than men. Another is that a significant portion of women may not return to work...

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: It is no harm to mention it. I just read it a few minutes ago. He proposes a situation where maternity and paternity leave could be shared and parental leave could be taken, moving more towards Scandinavian countries in this regard. That would be very welcome. I thank Senator Bacik for her work in this area. There is clearly much work to be done in Ireland when it comes to the gender pay...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Food Drink Ireland and Meat Industry Ireland (18 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: I am a Dublin-based representative but I am from Mayo originally and am keenly aware of the difficulties this will present for the agricultural business in the State. Senator O'Reilly has touched on my question. I am interested in knowing what work is being done and what progress is being made in seeking other markets for agricultural products and how realistic the prospect of an increase is...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: I wish to highlight a very interesting voluntary project conducted in Kilkenny, where communities are connected with people abroad of Irish descent who are interested in genealogy tourism. Last year, 22 genealogy tourists came to Kilkenny as a direct result of one person in the locality taking a simple and painless saliva test, which in some cases costs as little as €50. In the...

Seanad: Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016: Order for Second Stage (17 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Seanad: Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: I will try and be as brief as possible to accommodate colleagues. I welcome the Minister and her officials to the House. It is clear from her speech that the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 is detailed and complicated. I thank the Minister and her officials for their careful and detailed work on it. The Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 will give adopted persons,...

Seanad: Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: If it is agreeable to the Senators, I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that we extend the time available to this Bill until 2.45 p.m.

Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (17 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: The focus in this report is on children who were unaccompanied by their mothers in mother and baby homes and county homes. As such, it is an issue that must be treated as sensitively as possible. As Senator Murnane O'Connor said, the people involved deserve respect and dignity. The commission was originally set up to inquire into the conditions in mother and baby homes and county homes in...

Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (17 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: I will speak before the Minister in order to clarify the position. It has changed again.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (17 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: I am sorry. I do not mean to cut across the Minister. Could I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that the House will suspend for a sos until 5.15 p.m., once the Minister concludes, and No. 3 will be taken then. Following that we will take No. 4, statements on childhood obesity, on the conclusion of No. 3 and No. 5, Private Members' business, will be taken on the conclusion of...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (17 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: The order was changed.

Seanad: Childhood Obesity: Statements (17 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: I thank the Chairman. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, to the House. I have had many conversations with her on this issue. I have long been a voice on the issue of obesity, in particular childhood obesity, not least because of personal experience. The prevalence of obesity has rocketed in Ireland in recent times, with 61% of...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: I wish to raise the issue of air pollution, particularly in the context of what Ireland is doing to incentivise the use of electric cars. I also formally second Senator Ó Ríordáin's amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Catherine Noone: I am sorry. I did not mean to steal Senator Norris's thunder.