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Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Mary White: ——for the sake of the real companies doing business in this country — not the people in the banks who can sit at their desks and make quick bucks, but the people who are slaving away in manufacturing and services, selling goods abroad. As Dr. Whitaker said on 19 September, we need to prioritise competitiveness.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Mary White: He got plenty already.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)

Mary White: It is opportune to spell out the fact that the beauty of this model is that it avoids paying taxpayers' money up front. The scheme should, in fact, earn substantial moneys for taxpayers. Clarification in this regard would be enlightening.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)

Mary White: There is the question of unemployment.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Mary White: My nominating body to the Seanad is the Irish Exporters Association. As co-founder of a company in Navan, County Meath that employs 150 people I wish to remind my colleagues that this week, I twice have stated in the House that a debate on Ireland's competitiveness is needed. I am sorry to disagree with Senator Callely. I believe he has not been watching what is happening on the radar.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Mary White: Our growth in recent years has not been in the export-led productive sector. It has been in the construction sector and in public services. I pleaded with the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan on this issue last night. I will repeat for the third time this week in the Seanad what Dr. Whitaker stated in his speech celebrating the 50th anniversary of the programme he produced in...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Mary White: I have to hand the Forfás annual report for 2007, which deals with competitiveness. I seek both an urgent debate on this issue and to have cross-party support in calling on the Government to make it its priority. A strategic approach should be taken and the task of Members is to improve Irish competitiveness. I could name many facets this morning in which we are not competitive. Our...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Mary White: That is an exaggeration.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Mary White: We need a debate on competitiveness once a week.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Mary White: I would like the Leader to ask the Minister for Health and Children to come to the Seanad as a matter of urgency for a debate on how the HSE will address the issues of suicide and self-harm. Today's Irish Examiner publishes the results of a survey of people between the ages of 15 and 19, which was conducted by the newspaper in conjunction with RTE. Half of those surveyed said that they know...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Mary White: ——will act as a trigger, leading people to harm themselves and die from suicide. I refer in particular to financial worries.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2008)

Mary White: If the Senators on the other side were balanced, they would be over here.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2008)

Mary White: We set them up.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Mary White: I ask the Leader, Senator Cassidy, to invite the Minister for children, Deputy Barry Andrews, to the House to bring us up to date on the strategy for child care in Ireland. There is no doubt we have made great progress in that regard. Our former Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, appointed an Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. There is a commitment in Towards 2016 to make...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Mary White: The poor availability of child care facilities is hurting the careers of Irish women.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Mary White: A typical Irish family with two children under two spends 29.2% of its income on child care.