Results 101-120 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Mary White: Exactly.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Mary White: I thought it was agreed earlier that Senators could not read their speeches.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Mary White: We will get our own back.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Mary White: Do not say that again.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Mary White: I will take the Senator on.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Mary White: I worked in the public sector which Senator Phelan has never done.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Mary White: I have dealt with public servants all my life. The Senator does not know what he is talking about.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Mary White: I have been there. I am a practitioner.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Mary White: The Senator is taking what I said out of context.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Mary White: That was the reaction to the legislation when introduced by Eithne Fitzgerald.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Mary White: I trust public servants and the Government. The Senator is distrusful.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Mary White: I am not cynical. If the Senator is cynical at 24, God help him.
- Seanad: Personal Explanation by Member. (6 Mar 2003)
Mary White: Any Member of this House who reads carefully the text of what I said rather than relying on second or third hand versions of it will clearly see that I was paying Senator Ross a compliment, Oxford and Cambridge being seats of learning and world renowned for hundreds of years for debate, erudition and learning. I intended to compliment Senator Ross. There was no malice in what I said and I...
- Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Mar 2003)
Mary White: I am delighted the Minister is here again because I thoroughly enjoy the sessions when he is in the House. He is a politician whom I did not know heretofore, but he is a pragmatic man and I congratulate him on having the courage and conviction to push through this dual mandate aspect of the Bill. It is easy for me to talk about this matter because I am not a county councillor. When we...
- Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Mar 2003)
Mary White: I do not dispute that, but I am talking about overall participation.
- Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Mar 2003)
Mary White: I have not been lost for words since the day I learnt to speak.
- Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Mar 2003)
Mary White: I see the abolition of the dual mandate as an opportunityâ
- Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Mar 2003)
Mary White: The Oireachtas is a man's club. I see the abolition of the dual mandate as an opportunity for women to go forward for election. It is unnatural that women comprise only 13% of the Members of the Oireachtas, particularly in view of the fact that they comprise more than 50% of the population. It is most undemocratic that there is such a low level of participation by women.