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Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Mary White: I second the amendment proposed by Senator Mooney that the HSE make funding available for the Orkambi-kalydeco drug for cystic fibrosis which has improved the quality of life of many patients who have received it. Carol Brill is a young woman with a devastating and rare genetic disease called Usher syndrome. This causes the simultaneous gradual deterioration of hearing and sight. Although...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Mary White: I will finish up by saying that when Carol spoke last year at the Joint Committee on Health and Children she said:Those of us with deafblindness are not invisible. I ask committee members in earnest to positively consider our request to have deafblindness recognised as a unique disability. Please open the doors that will allow us to live and fully participate in this beautiful world...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Mary White: And Senator Moloney.

Seanad: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (28 Jan 2016)

Mary White: I move amendment No. 1:In page 9, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following:“(5) The Minister will commission a report within 3 months of the act becoming operational outlining how the Credit Guarantee Scheme can help make it easier for businesses that owe money to banks exiting the Irish SME market to refinance those debts with domestic institutions.”. The original...

Seanad: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (28 Jan 2016)

Mary White: I move amendment No. 2:In page 9, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following:“(5) (a) The Minister shall work with his colleague in the Department of Finance to facilitate a role for state promotional financial institutions such as the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland in the scheme in order to enhance the provision of credit to SMEs directly. (b) The Minister shall be...

Seanad: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (28 Jan 2016)

Mary White: Fianna Fáil welcomes the Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015, which vindicates its criticism that the credit guarantee scheme was not providing for sufficient lending to viable small and medium enterprises, SMEs, which under normal lending criteria are unable to obtain new or additional facilities from their banks. The scheme was supposed to facilitate this by providing banks with a...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (20 Jan 2016)

Mary White: Over many nights, I saw the Minister of State visiting sites of extreme flooding. He was on the job quickly, for which I congratulate and thank him.

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (20 Jan 2016)

Mary White: It gave hope to local people who were devastated by what happened. One cannot imagine how awful it has been for them unless one walks in their shoes. For many, their homes will never be the same again. I will draw on the Minister of State's point about climate change. Globally, 2014 was the warmest year since records started. December 2015 was the wettest month ever recorded in Ireland....

Seanad: Innovation 2020: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

Mary White: That was a super presentation and I congratulate the Minister of State on it. I am totally supportive of all that he said. I would like to highlight the area of education for innovation. The Minister of State said:Innovation is completely dependent on knowledge and skilled people, and we have significant competitive advantage in our people. With one of the youngest populations in Europe...

Seanad: Innovation 2020: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

Mary White: Yes, certainly.

Seanad: Innovation 2020: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

Mary White: Chocolate is an aphrodisiac.

Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)

Mary White: Our issue is with the implementation, for God's sake.

Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)

Mary White: Let us wait and see on that.

Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)

Mary White: About what is Senator O'Donnell talking? She should declare her political allegiance.

Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)

Mary White: The Government parties are five years in office. For God's sake will-----

Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)

Mary White: The Senator is not bad at that himself.

Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)

Mary White: I am delighted to welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Nash, to the Seanad again. This morning I attended a senior citizens residents' association meeting where I live and a key issue for the people attending related to charges, including property tax and water charges. These are two unfair taxes on people who are not well off. This reminds me of Mrs. Thatcher's poll tax debacle and it...

Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)

Mary White: The Irish Water utility has been an unmitigated disaster for the Fine Gael-Labour Party Government. Fianna Fáil believes in a clear, new policy for the future. First will be the abolition of water charges but we will provide an alternative. The botched implementation of the water charges regime by the Government has shaken public trust in the quango that is Irish Water. This is...

Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)

Mary White: Fianna Fáil proposes a major capital investment programme - over a period of 13 years dating from 2015 - to meet the ideal targets. This programme will be funded via the strategic investment fund, private bond issues, European Investment Bank-----

Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)

Mary White: -----and complemented by general taxation. The total cost for the abolition of Irish Water will amount to €216 million. Savings in wages will ensure this will be made up within five years and will bring an end to the throwing of good money after bad. In regard to the total cost of Irish Water in 2015, the set-up cost was €172 million, water meters cost €540 million,...