Results 301-320 of 4,295 for speaker:Catherine Noone

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)

Catherine Noone: Metaphorically.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Catherine Noone: Would it be possible to discuss with the Minister for Finance the levels of tax that people pay? The British Government has introduced personal tax statements to make the tax system more transparent and understandable. There is a perception that, if not for the banking crisis, our country would not be in difficulty. However, there is a deficit. People need to be made more aware of how the...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Catherine Noone: Hitting the most vulnerable is an appalling move by AIB.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Catherine Noone: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Catherine Noone: That is not the point. They are not public representatives.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Mar 2012)

Catherine Noone: I welcome the Minister of State. As a Government we must ensure we explain clearly to taxpayers where their taxes are actually going. This move has recently been introduced in Britain; no doubt the Minister of State has heard of it. In the UK people will be issued with personal statements detailing exactly how their taxes are being spent. This is a simple idea although it may be complex...

Seanad: Clotting Factor Concentrates and Other Biological Products Bill 2012: Second and Subsequent Stages (21 Mar 2012)

Catherine Noone: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Catherine Noone: I was saddened, although that is not strong enough a word, to hear there is a worrying trend among retailers who are letting workers go without proper provision being made for them. I refer in particular to Game, the computer retailer which has its head offices in the UK but which has a certain number of retail outlets in Ireland, many in this constituency and in Dublin in general. It is...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Catherine Noone: Deputy Phil Hogan is the Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Catherine Noone: I do not like to be defensive but I find it difficult to take Fianna Fáil politicians accusing the Government of incompetence behind closed doors in the context of recent weeks.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Catherine Noone: I was going to bring up a completely different issue concerning health, but I had to speak on this matter also. I agree with other Senators who said that the message needs to go out that services are going to be curtailed in local communities.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Catherine Noone: Will the Leader convey to the powers that be that we need to tell the public that services will be curtailed and expenditure may need to be cut.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Catherine Noone: We also need to raise revenue, however.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Catherine Noone: They are like a group of dogs.

Seanad: Privacy Bill 2012: Second Stage (28 Mar 2012)

Catherine Noone: I thank the Senator and Senator Norris for tabling the Bill. I welcome the Minister to the House and congratulate him on his work. As there is much to be considered in the Bill I do not want to repeat what other speakers have said. As Senator Conway has said, Twitter and Facebook make the area much more difficult to regulate. I welcome the Minister's reference to the potential for in...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Catherine Noone: It is because he is out of the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Catherine Noone: Do not be so disrespectful.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Catherine Noone: There is a perception in this country that because it rains so much we should not pay for water. Most of us here know it costs a fortune to treat water. The idea we should not pay for it is somewhat last century. I welcome the establishment of the water authority and that we will have water metering. I am perplexed by the Opposition. There are all sorts of rumours and leaks - pardon the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Catherine Noone: Fianna Fáil set us well up over the past 14 years. Water metering should have been attended to before now. I welcome it and look forward to hearing more positive comments on it. This week is cloud computing week and each day there will be a focus on particular aspects of cloud computing, such as how it can make the public sector more efficient and how the non-profit sector uses cloud...

Seanad: Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (23 Apr 2012)

Catherine Noone: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and congratulate him on his recent appointment. It is good to see him. As the Minister, Deputy Shatter, said previously, the stability treaty is simple in nature. It is straightforward in principle. It is a short document relative to previous treaties and is written in a language that is far more straightforward than previous treaties. In...