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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Mary White: -----and being disadvantaged further. From my time on the National Economic-----

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Mary White: I just want to finish.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Mary White: The evidence on the ground, from what the National Suicide Research Foundation has told me-----

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Mary White: -----is that the people who are dying from suicide are those who have been left out by the Celtic tiger and cannot get employment.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)

Mary White: I support my colleagues on the role of prisons and people being imprisoned for non-payment of debts. On Monday I visited St. Patrick's Institution, the prison for young boys aged between 15 and 21 years. Up to 60 children, aged between 16 and 17 years, are in prison there. How we re-integrate people who were in prison into society must be debated in the House. Last week, I attended a...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)

Mary White: -----Mr. Willie Connolly. I call for a serious debate on the role of prisons in society. My final point is that St. Patrick's Institution, in which young people are imprisoned, will be moved in two years' time to Lusk. It will be a detention centre at which there will be a real focus on rehabilitation.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Mary White: I draw the attention of Members to a most inspiring protest at the gates of Leinster House yesterday. Twenty children between the ages of four and 11 protested at the failure of the Government to provide them a new school. The existing school in Ballinkillen, County Carlow, is 200 years old next year. Just think about that. Children are being educated in a building that is 200 years old.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Mary White: The sight of the four year olds with their banner was inspiring, and it did not leave my thoughts.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Mary White: They learned that Leinster House is a place where action takes place. People are cynical about politicians and about Leinster House, but these young people are learning a political lesson at four years of age. I was so impressed by that.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Mary White: I saw at first hand the effect that those young people had yesterday.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Mary White: Two compelling presentations were made at yesterday's meeting of the Joint Committee on Health and Children. The first, given by the Ombudsman for Children, has been mentioned by Senator Fitzgerald. In this regard, the Seanad should be recalled when the Minister of State with responsibility for children deals with the report of the Ryan commission. It is not good enough that the House...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Mary White: The Childline helpline received 414,000 calls from children in 2008.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Mary White: Most of those calls came after hours when no social services were available. Providing 24-hour social services for children who are being emotionally and physically abused is a national emergency.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Mary White: That is true.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Mary White: And electricity.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Mary White: I am delighted with the news that the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum will not be built adjacent to the prison in Thornton Hall. The mental health commission, the Irish mental health coalition and many members of the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, including myself, were totally opposed to the building of the hospital beside a prison. One is in prison because of a custodial...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2009)

Mary White: Some time ago, the National Economic and Social Forum produced a draft report which indicated that 10% of children nationally suffer literacy problems. Nobody can fail to be shocked at the reality that one tenth of young people cannot read and write to an adequate standard. The indications are that such children are likely to end up unemployed, living in poverty and possibly even facing...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.