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Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Mary White: An urgent discussion is required, as is a statement from the Minister of State with responsibility for science and technology on future directions if research and development are not being performed.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Mary White: Yesterday I had the privilege of meeting members of the Irish Thalidomide Association who attended the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children. Some of us remember first-hand the tragedy that struck those innocent victims within the womb when their mothers unwittingly took the drug, thalidomide, for morning sickness in the early 1960s. It was a drug that was wholly untested yet...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Report of Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children: Statements (24 Feb 2010)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State and compliment him for the fine speech he made this afternoon on this most important issue. On 16 February, the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children issued its final report. The discussions of the joint committee took place against the backdrop of the numerous reports that have highlighted the lack of constitutional provision for...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Mary White: I ask the Leader for a debate on the decision of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to present a budget of €7.6 million for 2010. The authority intends to levy the broadcasting sector, radio and television stations, to raise the finance needed by it. The only way radio and television stations can raise income is by way of advertising which decreased by approximately 30% last year and...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Mary White: I want to see transparency and scrutiny of this levy being imposed on radio and television stations.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Mary White: That is Fine Gael policy.

Seanad: Job Creation: Statements (Resumed). (3 Mar 2010)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State. The single biggest challenge facing Ireland in 2010 is to create jobs and reduce unemployment. Urgent action is required to improve our competitiveness in order to support job creation and export growth. Speaking on 14 January at the launch of a report, Ireland's Competitive Challenge — Creating a Better Future, Dr. Don Thornhill, chairman of the National...

Seanad: Thalidomide Compensation Scheme (10 Mar 2010)

Mary White: I ask the Minister for Health and Children to support thalidomide survivors in their demands for acknowledgement, apology and disclosure of documents, and their demands for a health care package that properly addresses their unique health care needs now and in the future.

Seanad: Thalidomide Compensation Scheme (10 Mar 2010)

Mary White: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. Recently I had the privilege of meeting members of the Irish Thalidomide Association who appeared before the Joint Committee on Health and Children. Most of us can remember firsthand the tragedy that struck those innocent victims within the womb when their mothers, unwittingly, took as a relief from morning sickness, in the early 1960s, a drug...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Mental Health: Statements. (23 Mar 2010)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State and wish him continued success in his mission to improve mental health services and achieve a reduction of the stigma attached to depression and mental illness. I will focus on older people and mental health. Depression is the most common mental health disorder in later life, affecting between 10% and 15% of people aged 65 years and over. Older people...

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Mar 2010)

Mary White: The Minister of State, Deputy Connick-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Mary White: Garret FitzGerald's greatest contribution to Ireland was the Anglo-Irish Agreement.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Mary White: The Anglo-Irish Agreement marked the commencement of the peace process and was a tremendous achievement. However, I do not think he was the greatest Taoiseach. He would have been a brilliant professor of economics in a university and was a man of integrity. I will forever recognise his contribution to the Anglo-Irish Agreement. The Minister of State, Deputy Connick, single-handedly drove...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Mary White: The two most urgent issues are employment and public sector reform. I call on the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Deputy O'Keeffe, to come to House within the next two or three weeks to spell out his strategy for maintaining jobs and the creation of employment. The Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, should address the crying need for public sector reform. The go-slow is an...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear. All those in Fine Gael who supported Deputy Kenny should go, too.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Mary White: It is in the title - Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation.