Results 1,261-1,280 of 4,295 for speaker:Catherine Noone
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Television Licence Fee (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: Thank you, a Leas-Chathaoirligh; it was really distracting. In a world where we no longer watch television in a conventional way - many watch it on mobile devices, etc., are not watching it as much and not just watching the national broadcaster - we really need to look at this issue. The television licence does not make much sense to me, but we need a national broadcaster. We should not,...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Television Licence Fee (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: It is great for regulating one's thyroid.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Television Licence Fee (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: I should have pointed out that what I am suggesting would avoid the evasion issue entirely because the telecommunications companies would collect the fee on behalf of the Government. Therefore, for a start one would be dealing with 20 organisations or however many telecommunications companies there are, rather than individuals. It is a very positive part of my suggestion. I agree entirely...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Television Licence Fee (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: Areas without broadband.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Television Licence Fee (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: Therefore, we are in agreement.
- Seanad: Mandatory Reporting: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: I welcome the Minister to the House; it is always great to see her here. I congratulate her and her officials on all the work they do, especially in this area. As the Minister and Senator Freeman have said, it is a very significant milestone in child protection in Ireland. Two decades have passed since mandatory reporting was first suggested and it is difficult to understand why it took...
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: If ever there was a sign of new politics, this is it.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: I need a little bit more.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: I will take some of someone's time. I am sure everyone will not speak for eight minutes. Arguably, we should have more contributors. I welcome the Minister of State and am sorry to hear that Joe is unwell. Hopefully, he will make a speedy recovery. She should leave whenever she needs to. We can chat about this again in any case. I thank her for her speech. It highlights how much...
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: -----but this is such an important and, pardon my sad pun, such a massive issue. It must be emphasised that childhood obesity has consequences not only for the physical health of the individual concerned but also for his or her emotional and psychological well-being, vitality and life. It is all well and good to say such a person is fat and should just eat well, but it is not that simple....
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: No fry zones have already been introduced in Wicklow. It is a nanny state type of measure. One wonders about the potential efficacy of it but a belt and braces approach is needed on this issue.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: I am apparently the queen nanny of Ireland.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: Yes. I have the award to prove it.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: Statistics show, especially in America, that if a child's school is near a big outlet or a big chipper it has an impact in terms of this issue. Small chippers in Ireland target children with deals to get them to go to them with the small amount of money they have and spend it. Be it said that this is a nanny state approach or otherwise, a policy where, ideally, chippers are not located near...
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: I often sit where the Acting Chairman is sitting, and I would not necessarily highlight by how much I let people run over. However, I thank the Acting Chairman.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: The Acting Chairman is also using some of their time, so I thank him very much.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: Of course it does.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: What I was trying to say was that one cannot out-train a bad diet.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Catherine Noone: Up Mayo.