Results 121-140 of 4,295 for speaker:Catherine Noone
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Catherine Noone: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me in. I was watching on the monitor. I want to raise briefly the contraceptive scheme spoken about by the Minister. I anticipate there will be something in the budget on it. I hope the scheme will be universal and will include all methods of contraception. In my opinion, it will not be sufficient to allow only the contraceptive pill; long acting...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Catherine Noone: Is the Senator having a conversation?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Catherine Noone: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Catherine Noone: We could pay all of the councillors in the country with that amount.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Catherine Noone: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)
Catherine Noone: I join other speakers in welcoming the Attorney General's decision on the Stardust tragedy. It is a huge day for the families that have campaigned for many years. It is to be hoped the inquest will go some way to addressing the issues on which they have been seeking answers. I also join my colleagues who raised questions about childcare workers. When I attended the briefing this morning,...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)
Catherine Noone: That is my view too.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)
Catherine Noone: He will be well able to respond.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)
Catherine Noone: The Senator is over time.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)
Catherine Noone: The Senator says that every day.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (26 Sep 2019)
Catherine Noone: It is not being circulated. We will seek to arrange that it is.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (26 Sep 2019)
Catherine Noone: The Minister of State is here in good faith at our request so I ask the Senator to stick to the debate.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (26 Sep 2019)
Catherine Noone: I am trying to chair this debate effectively.
- Seanad: Relationships and Sexuality Education: Statements (25 Sep 2019)
Catherine Noone: When the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution sat, there was a lot of discussion on the highlight issues but the ancillary recommendations were fundamental. In order to prevent unwanted pregnancies, there is a huge role for sex education. I said at the time that we needed to drag sex education into the 21st century and this is a very serious effort to do that. The...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)
Catherine Noone: They will not take their seats.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: I thank our guests for their presentations and for appearing before us to deal with this issue. I do not want to be repetitive. Both speakers and the Chairman have indicated that the scenes in the programme were horrific. It is safe to say that what was viewed would be every parent's worst nightmare. My sister, who has had a child in a crèche for a number of years, heard me speaking...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: My next question relates to whether Tusla has considered making it compulsory for CCTV to be installed in crèches. I would never compare children to animals because they are clearly a million times more important. I am only making a comparison for illustrative purposes. There are incidents involving the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine whereby very intensive CCTV footage...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: Sure. I knew that the general data protection regulation, GDPR, would be mentioned in response to that question but, clearly, we cannot have a situation where the latter prevents us protecting citizens.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: I feel very strongly about that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Catherine Noone: That is true.