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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Catherine Noone: Yes.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electronic Cigarettes (24 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: The Minister of State, Deputy McGrath, has seen the debate. I know it is an issue close to his heart, pardon the pun. In light of international studies that have found that smokers who use e-cigarettes tend to smoke less and have increased attempts to quit, what research is being conducted here to test the effectiveness of e-cigarettes in helping Irish smokers quit the habit? The Minister...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electronic Cigarettes (24 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: I know the Minister of State did not draft it but I find the response somewhat unsatisfactory. For some time there has been talk that there is not enough evidence in this regard but our nearest neighbours have plenty of evidence to make a policy decision on this issue. I understand these other methods are good and I am personally in favour of the idea of group behavioural therapy,...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Qualifications Recognition (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly. In light of the issue regarding recruitment and retention of doctors, I wish to ask the Minister for Health to consider amending section 49 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, which currently limits access of trainee specialists to those who have graduated within the EU or completed a period of internship within a restricted list of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Qualifications Recognition (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: I do not think I have ever had such a satisfactory answer to a question I have asked as a Commencement matter. The fact that the Minister, Deputy Harris, has decided to amend the Medical Practitioners Act and the fact that the amendment is in train is great. I will be very happy to communicate that. I was at the Irish Medical Organisation conference the weekend before last and it was one...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: Alternative facts.

Seanad: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: I welcome the Minister and her officials to the House. I thank her for her ongoing work in this area. I will be brief. I support the Bill in full but I wish to raise just a couple of points. Ireland has come a long way in a relatively short period of time in childcare. It is in the relatively recent past that the first Minister for Children and Youth Affairs was appointed. This showed a...

Seanad: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Northern Ireland and 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: I thank Senator Daly. Senators Boyhan and Craughwell are sharing time, and each has four minutes.

Seanad: Northern Ireland and 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: The Senator has brought the interruptions upon himself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: I might hand over to one of my colleagues because I have to attend the Chamber to take a Commencement matter at 10.30 a.m. and would be too rushed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: If it is not full of sugar, rather it is full of chemicals.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: I apologise for having to go. I had to raise a Commencement matter in the Seanad. My question is for the Irish Heart Foundation. I have had much communication with Kathryn Reilly and I think she is an excellent employee. She does much work in this area. We all know marketing is a problem. I understand why we are discussing it as an issue. What will we do? It is like the discussion we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: I will be as brief as I can. My question is specifically for Parents Plus but might be addressed by all the witnesses. The witnesses mentioned pester power. I do not know about others but when I go into a garage on an odd occasion, if I get something sugary, staff will ask if another is wanted because it will only be 20 cent dearer. They pester people, which is very frustrating. On the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: The stigma point is very important. I have often raised points in the Seanad and I have heard different Senators, and one in particular, saying "for God's sake, they are just fat". Much of the time parents are trying their best but they are busy, so by the time they realise it is an issue, the people concerned could be moving into the emotional side. If one comes down heavily on a child at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: To interject, we should have a public health (obesity) Bill. The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill was really unpopular but we need something in this area very similar to it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: I think so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: That is the crux of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: I indicated earlier. I thank the witnesses for coming before us today and telling the stories because that is what makes it feel real. I have lived it myself so I know what this is about. It is not just about having bad parents. I had great parents. Sometimes it gets to a point where it is a case of this being an issue. As I mentioned in the previous session, we do not want to give them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Noone: We need to face up to the fact that there is a lifestyle issue here. We are well down a very unhealthy and catastrophic road where young people will die before their parents. I have been talking about this until I am blue in the face and I believe that we, as a Government and society, are not doing enough. Every time I suggest some measure, and I think it is going to have to come from so...