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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: Hear, hear. Good idea.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Phil Prendergast, MEP. (13 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: Hear, hear.

Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: I also thank Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell and Independent Senators for raising this issue, as it is a good idea to debate it. The Bill is a practical and sensible solution for two reasons. First, it ensures an upfront boost for the taxpayer and will generate additional moneys throughout the duration of the licence and, second, it creates a framework which allows the State to receive the...

Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: Senator Leyden is not allowed to make those types of comments from the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. It is great to meet all of them. I have watched the programme when I get to do so and it is fantastic. There are so many issues I would like to discuss that I do not know where to start. On the parenting issue, I agree with the previous speakers. The parenting issue is important. We do not only need more education for children in this area...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: I apologise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: I am not a member of this committee but I am passionate about this issue and that is the reason I attended. It is important to make it easy to get healthy food and the Chairman spoke about that in terms of here in the Dáil. One has to make a serious effort in many environments in Ireland to get healthy food. If one is at a match, one cannot possibly get fruit along the way. We must...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: I have lost a lot of weight over the years. One factor, a really abstract one, that I believe is really important is hope. It is important to keep hope in one's soul. I have brilliant parents who instilled in me a sense of hope. I actually never experienced many of the difficulties that arise. Once one gets into the right headspace, it is like a train coming if one keeps focused. A...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: It is an eating disorder.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: I raise the issue raised today by the Chief Justice, Ms Susan Denham, with regard to the Supreme Court. I know constitutional change through a referendum is required to effect any change to the courts system. However, it is an issue that needs to be examined, as justice delayed is justice denied. The Supreme Court acts like a kitchen sink in that all appeals go through it. Some kind of...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (20 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: I second the motion. I welcome the Bill, which we have been calling for since 2009. I am glad we have been consistent in this regard and that we are acting on the matter now that we are in government. This is an eminently sensible Bill which will reduce liability and offer peace of mind by obliging medical practitioners to hold professional indemnity insurance. This should have been the...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (20 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: I join with Senator Barrett in commenting on Senator Burke's excellent Bill, which had unanimous support in the House yesterday. It caters for a problem that is not extremely frequent but it nevertheless changes a loophole, which should be encouraged. I agree with all the comments regarding who is in charge. We do not know exactly what has happened but I encourage the Minister to allow the...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: That is scaremongering.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: With his runners on.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: Or the Cathaoirleach.

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 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...