Results 41-60 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)
Mary White: What about Shakespeare? The Senator is an authority.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)
Mary White: What about Shakespeare. The Senator is an authority on Shakespeare.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Mary White: After more than 20 years of global negotiations on climate change, 195 countries agreed an historic deal last Saturday at the Conference of Parties, COP 21, to keep the global temperature rise to below 2° Celsius in order to significantly reduce the risk and impact of climate change. To achieve this, we will have almost eliminate most use of fossil fuels by 2050. Fossil fuels must be...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Mary White: Over time, a cultural change took place and people bought into the decision that people could not smoke in workplaces. We took leadership in the world, and the same is required again. Here in Ireland, we are so full of ourselves that we think we are some big nation. In other people's eyes we are just a little island with 4.5 million people. However, we must take responsibility for...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Mary White: Trade, not war.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)
Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State. Fianna Fáil supports this Bill to address the significant rise in burglary offences witnessed in the past three years. Sadly, the number of burglary offences continues to soar within the State. The CSO recently published figures show a national increase of 8.4%. I wish to speak about the constituency of Dublin Rathdown in which the Stepaside Garda...
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)
Mary White: Nonsense.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)
Mary White: I move amendment No. 29:In page 17, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following:“(3) The Minister shall collect data to review the operation of this offence and report to the Houses of the Oireachtas after this offence has been in effect for two years. In particular the report shall set out—(a) information on the nature and extent of prostitution connected to human...
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)
Mary White: I am right.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)
Mary White: This section of this otherwise superb Bill is a nonsense.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)
Mary White: Senator Bacik is the key driver of it.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)
Mary White: On a point of order, I know people in the Chamber who agree with me but do not want to stand up and speak in public.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)
Mary White: It is right-wing.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)
Mary White: There is no evidence.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)
Mary White: What is wrong with that?
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)
Mary White: Hear, hear.