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Seanad: An Straitéis 20 Bliain don Gaeilge 2010-30: Statements (14 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: I would probably have been able to put a speech together in Irish if more time had been available to me. I simply did not have the time this week. I was disappointed to learn I could not have it translated for me. I ask the Minister of State to do something about the matter. I am embarrassed to have to speak in English about the Irish language. I am afraid that if I tried to speak in...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: I welcome moves by the Minister for Finance to deal with bankers' pay. Bank officials are essentially public sector workers and it is only right that their pay should be reduced. It is not the big headline pay we should be thinking of but there are numerous bankers on ¤100,000 plus who can easily take a hit in their wages. No loss making business could possibly justify such huge...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: Unfortunately, they are not lending at present. I congratulate Senator Feargal Quinn on publishing his book, Mind Your Own Business, and support his call for a debate on retailers in small towns who have been so badly let down by the planning authorities in recent years. We have a responsibility because of that careless planning that allowed multinationals in on the outskirts of towns...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Consumer Protection (12 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Many of the points he makes are well considered. I am perhaps showing my age when I assure him that price comparisons between the UK and Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s were not on my radar at the time. I will contact the National Consumer Agency to ask that it increase its efforts to improve public awareness of price differentials. If it has...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Consumer Protection (12 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: I assure the Minister of State it is not a reference to the kind of shift he has in mind.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Consumer Protection (12 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: I thank the Minister for attending to address this matter and to hear my concerns. I wish to ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation whether plans are in place to provide stronger legislation to prevent multinational retailers inflating their Irish prices in comparison to their UK prices. It is my belief that the price discrepancies are fundamentally unfair and poor corporate...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: Today, we have seen another case of alleged cyberbullying, with 28 students being suspended from their school as a result of this alleged activity. This sends a strong message to students, parents and society at large about the seriousness of some of these issues. Last week, I delivered a speech to the European economic and social committee in Brussels in which I proposed the idea that...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: Certainly.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: Next week, I will release the findings of a report based on research I have been doing on whether our public bodies are doing enough to support Irish producers and Irish jobs. It is an extensive report, which examines the number of Irish goods and services being used by State-funded bodies such as Departments, local authorities, and State agencies. I contacted 162 institutions, 75% of which...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: I want to raise the recent revelations about major price discrepancies in a number of clothing chains located in Ireland and the UK. It has been shown that retailers like H&M, Topshop, Topman, Monsoon, Warehouse, Zara and River Island charge up to 60% more in their Irish outlets than in their UK outlets. This is bordering on the criminal. It seems that the Irish consumer is getting a...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: At the weekend it was identified as something at which women are particularly poor.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: I am not sure if the Leas-Chathaoirleach is directing those remarks at me.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: I would like first to make one or two comments, which should not amount to a speech, and to then ask a couple of questions. Social entrepreneurship and the whole concept of thinking outside the box is the reason it does not fit inside the box of civil servants and all that they are about. The duplication of function is also an issue because there is a danger that one or two organisations...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: I am interested to know from the panel whether there are some social entrepreneurs working in the area of alcohol misuse. Recently, Mr. Des Bishop has been something of a social entrepreneur with his comedy. The stuff that has come up in that programme, and our image abroad, is no laughing matter. I would be interested to hear any ideas on which those in that area are working. I would...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: Of course, it is all Fianna Fáil's fault, but, seriously, it is something about which one laughs and jokes. I get slagged for being a bore for raising the issue all the time. However, it is a serious issue. We really need to take an urgent approach to the misuse of alcohol and its cost to the country. I hope that, from outside of Government, they might be able to help us with the...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: Or the Cathaoirleach.