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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

Mary White: It is absolutely appalling.

Seanad: Report by Commission of Investigation into Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin: Statements (Resumed) (9 Dec 2009)

Mary White: The findings of the commission of investigation into the handling by church and State authorities of allegations and suspicions of child abuse against clerics of the Catholic archdiocese of Dublin were met with revulsion and horror. The Murphy report spelt out that "a systemic, calculated perversion of power and trust was visited on helpless and innocent children in the archdiocese over a 30...

Seanad: Farming and Agrifood Sector: Statements (9 Dec 2009)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State. The agrifood sector plays a key role in the economy. Its high export value gives it the potential to contribute significantly to sustainable economic renewal. It accounts for approximately 10% of the size of the economy and 66% of our indigenous exports. Last year it exported food and drink worth €8.2 billion to 170 markets around the world. Global food...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Mary White: It is about employment.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Mary White: Exactly. Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Mary White: I support the call by Senators Mullen and Callely for an urgent debate on health provisions and services for older people. On the island of Ireland there are 1 million people over the age of 60 years. The collective ageing of the population is one of the great triumphs of our era. Most of us can look forward to being reasonably healthy in our old age. Older people are an enormous good for...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Mary White: The Leader should tell the Minister Senator Ross wants him here.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Mary White: That is ridiculous.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Mary White: On behalf of my husband who is from County Leitrim, I sympathise with the family of Garda McLoughlin from Feena. How frequently in recent months have we heard disparaging remarks about people working in the public service, as if they had a cushy ride? Gardaí place their lives at stake - this is an example and a tragedy for the man in question. People should be more careful in showing...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Mary White: It is an excellent partnership. It is also opportune to congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy John Maloney, on receiving €47 million in the budget for the Vision for Change programme. I have called a number of times for him to attend a discussion on suicide. This is a serious issue for many people who are unemployed who have never suffered from mental illness and those who feel...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2009)

Mary White: I call for a debate on the issue of ageism, which I have raised before. I would like the Members of the House to go to the GPO. We have had a lot of truck about the relocation of the Abbey Theatre to the GPO in honour of the 1916 centenary. As a child and a teenager, every time we came to Dublin my father brought me to Cúchulainn's statute at the front of the GPO to read the Proclamation...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2009)

Mary White: I got it into the programme for Government in June 2007 that a person would have control over his retirement date.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2009)

Mary White: We should deliver on that.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Mary White: I concur with Senator Ó Brolcháin that Members on both sides are talented and come to the House with their own expertise and professionalism. This has been obvious to me in my time in the House. My expertise and experience have been gained in the business sector. I started a company during the horrendous recession of the 1980s and was able to observe the physical, emotional and social...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Mary White: Where was he from?