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Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Mary White: AIB should do it themselves.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Mary White: Yesterday morning I was coming to Leinster House via a different route and at a different hour from usual. I was coming through Dún Laoghaire at 9 a.m. and saw a queue along the main street. I asked why it was there at that hour and when I proceeded further I noticed it was a queue for the social welfare office. People in Dún Laoghaire were queuing up for the dole. This really struck...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Mary White: Prompt payment is a huge issue. There is no doubt there is an economic and financial crisis and there are many impacts locally. Behind the headlines hundreds of companies are being deprived of prompt payment by major companies and in many cases by State and semi-State companies. I have received information from ISME that suppliers are waiting on average 68 days to get payment for the goods...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Mary White: In November, at his instigation, Gordon Brown promised that state and semi-state companies in the UK would pay their invoices within ten days. I am a woman of action——

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Mary White: ——and if I were Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment I would demand that companies, including State and semi-State companies, pay their suppliers on time. According to anecdotal evidence, State companies are re-invoicing companies after approximately 30 or 40 days, which creates another delay. That is a hidden crime.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Mary White: This is what can be achieved.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Mary White: Pay their debts.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2009)

Mary White: It is ridiculous.

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2009)

Mary White: I empathise with the Senators who have put forward this amendment. There is an anomaly there if a single person can adopt. I know a single lady who has adopted a baby from the Caribbean. If two people of the same sex are living together why can one not adopt the child of the other? I congratulate Senator Norris on his courage in speaking out alone. It was a lonely station. Some of the...

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2009)

Mary White: We were trampled for 800 years and we are not going to isolate anybody.

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2009)

Mary White: In the course of my studies on suicide and self-harm I saw the report of the Gay and Lesbian Association to the effect that people who have sexual problems have a higher propensity to die by suicide which is unforgivable. Will the Minister of State say why, if single people can adopt, one partner in a cohabiting couple cannot adopt the child of the other? We will not resolve the issue in...

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Mar 2009)

Mary White: That is adequate.

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Mar 2009)

Mary White: I agree with Senator Bacik that the Minister of State should consider removing section 32 on Report Stage because the wording in section 34(b)(v)(II) in respect of "ethnic, religious and cultural background" provides adequate coverage.

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Mar 2009)

Mary White: This is a most important Bill. I refer to the delay involved. It would be beneficial if the duration of the process was shortened. Two and a half or three years can be like a lifetime. I will present my document on suicide prevention to the Sub-Committee on the High Level of Suicide in Irish Society at 3 p.m. today. The HSE moves very slowly. The Minister of State should consider a...

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (11 Mar 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (11 Mar 2009)

Mary White: No, it is not.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (11 Mar 2009)

Mary White: The Senator has won it on her reputation.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (11 Mar 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Mary White: Regarding the reform of the Senate, it is awkward that committees are held at the same time as the Order of Business. We need reform on that, but I would like to draw the attention of Members to a meeting we had this week with the Minister for Health and Children and Professor Drumm. I have been lobbying at these quarterly meetings for the vacant positions of suicide prevention officers to...