Results 2,081-2,100 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I thank the Cathaoirleach for arranging to take on the Adjournment last night the motion on Irish prisoners abroad.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Martin, for coming to the House himself and bringing Members up to date on the tremendous work and how many of the recommendations have been implemented.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Mary White: It is a great result on a matter I raised a year ago and I am most appreciative. I call on the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, to come to the House for a debate and an open discussion on the issue of the quality of life for older people in our country. Yesterday morning I attended the meeting in Westland Row church. One had to be there to really experience the atmosphere....
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I feel personally responsible as a spokesperson for the Government in the Seanad on older people. I want to hear what the Minister has to say about her vision for older people so as to regain their confidence. Sitting in the church yesterday morning felt like when the candlelight masses were held on Wednesday mornings in Leipzig and big cities in the former East Germany calling for the wall...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)
Mary White: And for older people.
- Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Very good.
- Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Muireann Cullen of the Nutrition and Health Foundation this morning and Mrs. Catherine Bent, a representative from the Nutrition and Health Foundation stakeholders. They pointed out that the national task force on obesity, chaired by the eminent Mr. John Treacy, made 93 recommendations but these are not being taken seriously or implemented. I ask the...
- Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Senator Keaveney may be smart but she is not smug.
- Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Senator Keaveney is smart but she is not smug.
- Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Senator Keaveney is far from it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State. The gatherings outside Leinster House remind me of the monster gatherings of Daniel O'Connell, when he called a quarter of a million people to the Hill of Tara. When the Minister of State spoke in Westland Row, it was not personal. The Mental Health Commission Annual Report for 2007 has just been published. It highlighted child and adolescent mental health...
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I am the spokesperson on children in this House. It is my duty and responsibility to spell out what is the situation. The Minister of State, Deputy Andrews, in his capacity in the Cabinet and his ministerial role, should take responsibility and convince his colleagues at the Cabinet table. That is what Deputy Donogh O'Malley was able to do in his dayââ
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Mary White: The Minister of State, Deputy Andrews, is a friend of mine. I was not inferring that. In my documentââ
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I have 31 recommendations in my document on how to reduce the rate of suicide in Ireland and one of them is that the Minister with responsibility for children take responsibility at Cabinetââ
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I have to defend my character on the radar. I spent a year studying this issue. I have 31 recommendations in my document. I spent three months writing it and one of my 31 recommendations is that the Minister with responsibility for children be given a new responsibility to take on theââ
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Mary White: ââoverall implementation, including the delivery of psychiatric services for children. Children should not be treated in adult hospitals.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)
Mary White: Hear, hear.