Results 2,281-2,300 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)
Mary White: I will leave my comments on the Ryan report until statements this afternoon. When the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Barry Andrews, launches his report, we should all be advised of the date of the launch. Last week I said all Members of this House, on all sides, should work together across the political divide to make sure the 21 recommendations in this...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)
Mary White: If we wait until we come back at the end of September to pick this issue up again, we are half asleep. We will not keep momentum on this issue if we wait until September to talk about it. It is the most critical social issue facing the country at the moment. Our country is traumatised by this issue. I was very pleased with the Taoiseach's response last night after the Cabinet meeting, and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)
Mary White: Last week I was shocked that the new president of the GAA, who is a Pioneer, said he did not have a problem with Guinness sponsoring sports.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)
Mary White: I call for the abolition of all sports sponsorship to protect human life because alcohol is major contributor to deaths by suicide. In two weeks' time, the Oireachtas sub-committee on suicide will launch its report on suicide.
- Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)
Mary White: She is being nasty now.
- Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)
Mary White: Senator Healy Eames should apologise to the Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews, because she inferred something negative â that he might be so busy attending the Galway races.
- Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)
Mary White: Excuse me.
- Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)
Mary White: I spoke every day on the Order of Business since this report came out.
- Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)
Mary White: I do not accept the appallingly derogatory words of Senator Healy Eames that the Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews, is overwhelmed with his brief.
- Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)
Mary White: How does the Senator know he is overwhelmed?
- Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)
Mary White: When a person gets up to speak on this serious issue they should not engage in criticising the Minister of State with responsibility for children, Deputy Barry Andrews, by saying he might be at the races in Galway. I do not know why she said that.
- Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)
Mary White: She did say that.
- Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)
Mary White: She did. She always changes her mind about what she said.
- Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)
Mary White: The Senator should apologise. Members of the Opposition should know that the Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews, sits at Cabinet. That is a serious position and all his colleagues can hear what he has to say. It is a very senior position.
- Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)
Mary White: The Senator should stop wasting time.
- Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)
Mary White: She is taking from her talent to get diverted so easily.
- Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)
Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Finneran, to the House.
- Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)
Mary White: Over the period 1936 to 1970, a total of 170,000 children and young people entered the gates of the 50 industrial and reformatory schools. Just think about it. The Ryan report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse in Industrial and Reformatory Schools was described last week by the New York Times as the "map of an Irish hell". The Ryan report calmly describes the systematic torture...
- Seanad: Monageer Report: Motion (27 May 2009)
Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State and would like to bring him up to date. For the past week we in the Chamber have been constantly discussing the Ryan commission inquiry into child abuse. The bottom line is that our country does not value children's lives. The Ryan commission highlighted that tens of thousands of defenceless children were abused, physically, emotionally and sexually under...
- Seanad: Monageer Report: Motion (27 May 2009)
Mary White: I must be.