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Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)

Catherine Noone: At the weekend it was identified as something at which women are particularly poor.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: I want to raise the recent revelations about major price discrepancies in a number of clothing chains located in Ireland and the UK. It has been shown that retailers like H&M, Topshop, Topman, Monsoon, Warehouse, Zara and River Island charge up to 60% more in their Irish outlets than in their UK outlets. This is bordering on the criminal. It seems that the Irish consumer is getting a...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: Next week, I will release the findings of a report based on research I have been doing on whether our public bodies are doing enough to support Irish producers and Irish jobs. It is an extensive report, which examines the number of Irish goods and services being used by State-funded bodies such as Departments, local authorities, and State agencies. I contacted 162 institutions, 75% of which...

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: Certainly.

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: Today, we have seen another case of alleged cyberbullying, with 28 students being suspended from their school as a result of this alleged activity. This sends a strong message to students, parents and society at large about the seriousness of some of these issues. Last week, I delivered a speech to the European economic and social committee in Brussels in which I proposed the idea that...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Consumer Protection (12 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: I thank the Minister for attending to address this matter and to hear my concerns. I wish to ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation whether plans are in place to provide stronger legislation to prevent multinational retailers inflating their Irish prices in comparison to their UK prices. It is my belief that the price discrepancies are fundamentally unfair and poor corporate...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Consumer Protection (12 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Many of the points he makes are well considered. I am perhaps showing my age when I assure him that price comparisons between the UK and Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s were not on my radar at the time. I will contact the National Consumer Agency to ask that it increase its efforts to improve public awareness of price differentials. If it has...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Consumer Protection (12 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: I assure the Minister of State it is not a reference to the kind of shift he has in mind.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: I welcome moves by the Minister for Finance to deal with bankers' pay. Bank officials are essentially public sector workers and it is only right that their pay should be reduced. It is not the big headline pay we should be thinking of but there are numerous bankers on ¤100,000 plus who can easily take a hit in their wages. No loss making business could possibly justify such huge...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: Unfortunately, they are not lending at present. I congratulate Senator Feargal Quinn on publishing his book, Mind Your Own Business, and support his call for a debate on retailers in small towns who have been so badly let down by the planning authorities in recent years. We have a responsibility because of that careless planning that allowed multinationals in on the outskirts of towns...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An Straitéis 20 Bliain don Gaeilge 2010-30: Statements (14 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: Ba mhaith liom mo chuid ama a roinnt leis an Seanadóir Norris.

Seanad: An Straitéis 20 Bliain don Gaeilge 2010-30: Statements (14 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Tá brón orm, ach caithfidh mé caint as Béarla. As I mentioned privately to the Minister of State, I prepared my speech in English yesterday because I did not feel confident to prepare a speech in Irish. I thought I would be able to have it translated, but I was told that could not be done because it is not a piece of legislation. I find it...

Seanad: An Straitéis 20 Bliain don Gaeilge 2010-30: Statements (14 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: I would probably have been able to put a speech together in Irish if more time had been available to me. I simply did not have the time this week. I was disappointed to learn I could not have it translated for me. I ask the Minister of State to do something about the matter. I am embarrassed to have to speak in English about the Irish language. I am afraid that if I tried to speak in...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: It is important to note that voting will take place between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. tomorrow and not between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. I refer to the Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012. It presents an opportunity to undertake innovative reform of our commercial rates system. A levy on multiples was introduced in April 2012 in Northern Ireland, which has become known colloquially as the "Tesco tax"....

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: I join other speakers in paying tribute to Jimmy Walsh. I am a new Member of the House but since I became a Member he has been extremely encouraging. As another speaker said, he always gave a little advice and I took it on board. I join others in suggesting that he write a book. There is often talk about this but I hope he undertakes that project. We would all benefit from it. Humour is...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)

Catherine Noone: That is a plug for the Senator's book. With regard to the child care issue, I agree with Senator Keane's comments. It would be regressive of this country to move in a direction in which we did not consider the social and lifestyle aspects that are so important to working. It goes without saying that people work for money. However, there is a much wider issue involved with people working...