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Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Catherine Noone: It would be nice to be able to speak without interruption. It is very irritating. I do not need to be patronised and told that it is good for me to be interrupted.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Catherine Noone: As I have been sufficiently interrupted, I should just sit down. In respect of small businesses-----

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Catherine Noone: I am out of time because I was interrupted and now the Cathaoirleach is interrupting me.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Catherine Noone: I am just going to sit down.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Catherine Noone: I did not get much of a chance to say what I wanted to say.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Catherine Noone: They are paid to be absent.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Noone: I join previous speakers in raising the heinous crimes that have occurred in recent days. The mind boggles that children witnessed these crimes. If one thinks of children one knows being in such a situation, it simply beggars belief and I join Senators MacSharry and Mullins in calling for a debate in this House on the issue. The most worrying aspect is people in Ireland are becoming...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Noone: They have been saying that for the past 60 years.

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Second Stage (26 Sep 2012)

Catherine Noone: Like other Senators, I support the Bill. It is a positive and necessary stepping stone that will bring us closer to the ultimate goal of the dissolution of the HSE. The Minister has intended to dissolve the HSE since we came to government. The programme for Government clearly spelled out the intended future of the health service and the continued existence of the HSE was not part of it....

Seanad: School Transport: Statements (26 Sep 2012)

Catherine Noone: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and commend him and his officials for their work. I was interested to note that in recent years Bus Éireann's accounts have shown the cost per student has increased annually. In effect, it costs more to transport fewer children. The cost in 2009 was ¤1,266 per student, in 2010 it cost ¤1,392 per student, and in 2011 the cost was ¤1,526 per...

Seanad: School Transport: Statements (26 Sep 2012)

Catherine Noone: How can they as long as the court case is active?

Seanad: School Transport: Statements (26 Sep 2012)

Catherine Noone: I do not want the Minister of State to do so.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Noone: Today is Arthur's Day. I have no doubt about the economic benefit to pubs around the city and country with its arrival on the scene. It is to be welcomed by Guinness because the brand has been somewhat in decline in recent years so it is positive from that perspective. However, I have serious reservations as to whether we needed another day with an excuse to go drinking. It starts at one...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Noone: She is not in it.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Noone: It is a delusion.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Noone: Jimmy is winning matches.

Seanad: Smarter Travel: Statements (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Noone: On a point of order-----

Seanad: Smarter Travel: Statements (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Noone: I was a member of Dublin City Council when the Dublin bike scheme was introduced. We all acknowledge that it has been a huge success for the city and the city council. As previous speakers have said, the scheme should be spread throughout the country and further in Dublin. There is a significant cost attached to each station but the scheme, once in place, would greatly benefit people in...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Noone: I concur with the comments made by Senator Conway on the report on child benefit. An expert group was commissioned by the Department to make proposals in respect of child benefit that would be cost-effective, improve employment incentives and achieve better poverty outcomes, especially in the area of child poverty. It is astonishing, annoying and typical that the group's report has been...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Catherine Noone: As the report in question has not been published and is not in the public domain, I should probably not refer to it in the House.