Results 341-360 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Mar 2015)
Mary White: Go raibh maith agat. As my colleague has already said, Fianna Fáil will support the Bill. I thank the Minister and the officials in his Department for the information provided for this debate. This most reassuring aspect of his speech is the fact that the Department was aware of the situation and had prepared for this potential finding of the court of appeal. However, the whole issue...
- Seanad: Succession (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Mar 2015)
Mary White: Words fail me. I am privileged and honoured to hear Senator Quinn taking this issue where it should be solved, namely, in the Houses of the Oireachtas. I am overwhelmed. If I may be religious, it is pure and true Christianity to help this family in trouble. They have suffered so much. As stated in the explanatory memorandum, the assertion that a person should not be allowed to profit...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: An Action Plan for Jobs 2015: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (10 Mar 2015)
Mary White: It is appropriate to congratulate the Minister on the great achievement in increasing employment levels. There is an inherent problem in terms of attitudes towards foreign direct investment and indigenous industry. We have had considerable success in developing indigenous industry, creating jobs and so on and it should be made clear to the rest of the world that this is as important as...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: An Action Plan for Jobs 2015: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (10 Mar 2015)
Mary White: It will present more challenges.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: An Action Plan for Jobs 2015: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (10 Mar 2015)
Mary White: Very successful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: An Action Plan for Jobs 2015: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (10 Mar 2015)
Mary White: They are there for ages. That is a success of 30 years ago.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: An Action Plan for Jobs 2015: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (10 Mar 2015)
Mary White: There are tax incentives-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: An Action Plan for Jobs 2015: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (10 Mar 2015)
Mary White: I am not saying that, I am just saying to get them to start up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: An Action Plan for Jobs 2015: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (10 Mar 2015)
Mary White: It is easier said than done to make profits like that in the early years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Mary White: Can I mention people's names?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Mary White: It is very sad that Senator Cullinane has such a cynical view of employers. I find it disturbing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Mary White: He has a cynical view of employers, a total lack of understanding of what it is like to be an employer and a cynical view of the human beings who start up businesses. He does not realise that starting up-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Mary White: It is very serious for Ireland to have an elected representative with such a cynical view of job creators. Running a business is not a nine-to-five job. If one is running a business one is working 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It would be a good idea for people to learn what it is like to be an employer. As Ms Callan stated with passion, we have a 9% unemployment rate. That is the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Mary White: I am not referring to anyone. I am talking in general terms about extreme left-wing ideology.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Mar 2015)
Mary White: I set up a business to increase employment, and I am not ashamed to say I never heard of profit. My drive was to create employment. I do not believe our country will go anywhere if we have an extreme position of cynicism. We are talking here today about small and medium-sized Irish companies. That is the reality, and we must face facts. I do not know anybody who wants to be ruthless and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)
Mary White: While I acknowledge that the unemployment rate is declining, I point out to Senator Cáit Keane and others that 1,600 people are emigrating from this country every week. We cannot just accept the public relations spin and gloss over such statistics. Of the 1,600 emigrating every week, 800 are Irish, while the other 800 from abroad.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)
Mary White: According to the CSO figures for last year, 1,600 people were emigrating from Ireland every week, which is a frightening statistic. We need to talk urgently about why so many Irish people are leaving the country, many of whom actually have jobs. Why are they leaving? I would like to have that issue discussed. The culture of austerity and negativity is driving people away. We need people...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)
Mary White: If I may-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)
Mary White: The unemployment figures are coming down because people are emigrating.