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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill: Briefing (26 Nov 2015)

Mary White: It is a long way in the future, 17 December.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill: Briefing (26 Nov 2015)

Mary White: For God's sake, it is no wonder the country is in this state.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Nov 2015)

Mary White: I want to raise a question and look for answers from the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton. On 20 October, the Enterprise Ireland chief executive, Ms Julie Sinnamon, presented her annual report for 2014.She advised us that indigenous companies now employ 180,000 people, comprising 156,000 full-time and 23,000 part-time employees. The total expenditure of...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Nov 2015)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2015)

Mary White: I was not free to attend the House yesterday but I wish to have on the record my abhorrence at the disgusting behaviour by the Daesh group in Paris on Friday evening. Hopefully East and West, the United States and Russia, can work together and put their power struggles behind them to try and bring about a resolution to this most serious issue in the Middle East. I welcome yesterday's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

Mary White: It gives me great pleasure to support Deputy Anne Ferris's Bill on the abolition of a mandatory retirement age. I introduced an Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill in the Seanad in 2012 on behalf of Fianna Fáil, which had the same objective. I brought that Bill to Second Stage but did not push it to a vote in case the Government chose not to support it. However, the former Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

Mary White: I do not propose to make a speech. It is important to point out that I introduced legislation in 2012 with the same objective as the Bill we are discussing today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

Mary White: May I give the meeting my-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

Mary White: No. I am passionate about this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

Mary White: I held a public meeting six or seven years ago on ageing and ageism. One of the most dramatic moments at my public meeting was a woman, not unlike Ms Gallagher, stating that she had to retire upon her marriage. She cried. She was approaching 65 years of age and had to retire again. I congratulate Ms Gallagher on her statement at this meeting. I am not allowed to state my reasons but I...

Seanad: Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (12 Nov 2015)

Mary White: I thank the Minister of State for his attendance. I wish to raise two issues which are dear to my heart. First, the capital gains tax relief regime is not competitive with the UK. The extension of capital gains tax relief is restricted to the first €1 million of gains. By contrast, the UK has a simpler, clearer and more attractive relief which applies a flat 10% rate to...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2015)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2015)

Mary White: I want to comment on the Finance Bill 2015. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation states constantly that he wants Ireland to be the global centre for start-ups, but I do not think he has spoken to the Department of Finance. He keeps saying these lovely words but in reality Ireland has not delivered for start-ups. In fact, the Finance Bill which has been delivered by officials in...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2015)

Mary White: I have many points to make about inheritance tax. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has let himself be rolled over by the people in the Department of Finance. They do not have a clue what it is like to do business and are suspicious of every business person. The Finance Bill is a disgrace as far as potential start-ups are concerned.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

Mary White: It gives me great pleasure to support Senator Barrett's points. I will be hosting a public meeting on climate change - under the title "Climate Change Crunch Time" - next week in the Goat Bar & Grill in Dundrum. The implications of climate change and the warming of the atmosphere, in addition to the potential trouble we are walking into, are only beginning to dawn on people. We are...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Mary White: I wish to express my sympathies to the families in the Traveller community of those who died tragically early on Saturday morning: Thomas and Sylvia Connors, their children, Jim, Christy and Mary, who was aged just six months, William Lynch, his partner Tara Gilbert, their children, Jodie and Kelsey, and William's brother, Jimmy. Tara was also pregnant with the couple's third child. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Mary White: That is not correct. The Senator has got it wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Mary White: Does Senator Coghlan rely on the papers for opinion?

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Mary White: That is nasty. Senator Kelly is jealous because Senator Leyden has a sense of humour.