Results 221-240 of 4,295 for speaker:Catherine Noone
- Seanad: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (12 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: We cannot have a conversation at this point. The Minister of State is responding.
- Seanad: Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: Ar 10.30 maidin amárach.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: I want to briefly raise the issue of Spinraza.Many Members of this House have raised the necessity for Spinraza to be provided to children with a very rare genetic disease, spinal muscular atrophy. I am happy to say that today the Health Service Executive, HSE, leadership team has approved the drug. I was quietly confident that it would be approved but I think until it was delivered the...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: Will that be in a by-election?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: I have heard sillier.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: In fairness, Senator Norris is a fair interrupter himself.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: It is for the Minister to respond.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: I will just come in briefly. As a Government representative I do not usually take up time on this Bill. Speaking as a solicitor who would technically be barred from chairing this body-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: -----that jars with me personally. It gets to me in terms of an aspect of this Bill, and I have made no secret of that in the past, but I find the points made are kind of – I do not wish to use the word but I cannot find a better one - "ridiculous".
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: Interview processes apply to all public jobs.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: Hold on a second. Senator Norris was talking about interruptions.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: Interview processes apply to all public jobs. I know plenty of people who have gone for positions where they had no opportunity to be interviewed and would have wanted to be interviewed to point out attributes they have that may not necessarily be apparent to everybody on an interview board.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: That would give them an opportunity to highlight what their personality is like speaking one-on-one, their organisational skills and any other skills that may be deemed relevant to the job depending on the particular judicial appointment. Arguably, the president of any particular court would require skills that another member of the court may not necessarily need or have.With all due...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: I have not. On the point that they are deemed qualified, I am already qualified for any job in any legal firm in this city but it would still want to interview me to see if I would do a good job and explain why I would bring X, Y and Z to a job.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: I can claim I have been a solicitor in several firms in this city. I can also claim many different skills in that area. If I was going to another firm-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: If I was going to another firm, I would be interviewed for that job. I do not see why a member of the Judiciary should object to being interviewed for a job. It might well provide an opportunity for candidates to put across points which in the current system they cannot.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: It is the only time we have spoken on this.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: The president is a slightly different nomination.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: I will not deal with it.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2019)
Catherine Noone: Absolutely not.