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Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mary White: I seek one minute, if my colleagues will bear with me.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mary White: My final sentence is that to consolidate the peace process, a conclusion must be brought to many families regarding what happened to their loved ones who were killed, in cases in which open verdicts were declared.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mary White: As I stated, this report is available for Members to read this morning in the Oireachtas Library and will be left there.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mary White: It was semantics from the Labour Party.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear, instead of knocking it.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2009)

Mary White: The reputation of this nation among Irish people and people throughout the world was defiled when the Ryan report was published in May of this year. The report stated that at least 30,000 children who were under the care of the State in industrial and reform schools were sexually, emotionally or physically abused. Our Constitution was drawn up in 1937, at a time when children were seen and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2009)

Mary White: After Dublin South. It is in the second league.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Mary White: I do not know if my colleagues think the way I do. Many serious topics have been raised and I am totally frustrated with Members calling for debates on these issues because I find debates in the Seanad farcical. The only time we have robust speeches is on the Order of Business. For God's sake, will someone try to provide for some form of interactive discussion? We must talk about the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Mary White: I am making a serious point. Our reputations are gained as Senators, the Members of the Lower House can look after themselves. My reputation as a politician has been seriously sullied in the last few weeks and I want to see some response. Let us energise this Chamber and not just have debates where the Minister comes in and reads a script. Senator Ross called for a debate on semi-State...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Mary White: This is not just about the Government, it is also about the trade unions. Will the multinationals stay here when labour costs are so high? We must wake up.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Mary White: Fine Gael Members have a cheek to criticise our Leader, Senator Cassidy.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Mary White: How dare they be so puerile and critical when their own leader has caused six members of the media to come to the House to observe what we do? They are very welcome. We rarely have visitors.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Mary White: I am a policy-driven Senator and I can stand over my record. I produced a document in 2006 on suicide in the new Ireland. I commend the Irish Examiner on publishing the tremendous article on suicide written by Fiachra O Cionnaith. He said it was reported by the national office of suicide prevention that 1.7% of all deaths every year are due to suicide. This means one death in every 59 is...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Mary White: There are more deaths by suicide every year than by road accident. I call on the Government parties to galvanise themselves to deliver the goods and to be proactive in delivering a proper policy on prevention of suicide in Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Mary White: Nothing was done about them.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2009)

Mary White: Yesterday, the 3Ts (Turn the Tide of Suicide) and Console launched a 24-hour helpline to help reduce the rate of suicide in Ireland. At the launch, the chairman of 3Ts, Mr. Noel Smyth, said suicide is a scourge in Ireland. Ireland has the fourth highest youth suicide rate in the EU. I congratulate Console and 3Ts for having a 24-hour helpline. Unfortunately, the HSE has utterly failed to...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Oct 2009)

Mary White: I am glad to join with my colleagues in honouring Senator Tony Kett. My first meeting with Tony took place in the Central Remedial Clinic when I was canvassing during my first campaign for election to the Seanad. He painstakingly explained all the election's intricacies to me because as a novice candidate, it was a complicated process, particularly as I had only made up my mind to stand...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Mary White: On reflection, listening to Senator Ormonde speak of looking at people's attitudes to work, it is not so long ago that people had a job for life in the Civil Service, the bank, Guinness or some institution, but society, industry and the economy no longer work like that. We are living in a globalised economy where industries move at a whim. It is important to put on record that from 1986 to...