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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: Statements (13 Oct 2010)

Mary White: The Leader said this morning the debate could roll over in a month.

Seanad: Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: Statements (13 Oct 2010)

Mary White: It is important for the Members who wish to speak today to know that. It could be far more dramatic speaking on it a month from now.

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities: Motion (13 Oct 2010)

Mary White: I second the motion and reserve the right to speak later.

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities: Motion (13 Oct 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities: Motion (13 Oct 2010)

Mary White: It is my pleasure to welcome the Minister of State. This represents a great move to promote the human rights of people of all ages with a disability, be it intellectual or physical. As the Minister said, people with money are well able to get advocates to represent them. As politicians, we regularly advocate for persons who cannot break through the bureaucracy. The new national advocacy...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Mary White: I thank the Minister of State for his apology, on behalf of the State, that it did not intervene in time to remove the children concerned from such horrendous circumstances. It was so perverse that it was like Nazi Germany's treatment of human beings. In the first instance, the children were failed by their perverted parents and then by incompetent State services when signs that pointed to...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Mary White: With 1 million people over the age of 65 now living on the island of Ireland, there are challenges and opportunities. The fact that we are living much longer is a cause for celebration, a tribute to human progress, better diet, better housing standards and a better standard of living and to the genius of medical science. Older people today - I speak to the Gallery - are more active-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Mary White: Older people today are more active, healthier and have greater ambitions and desires than any previous generation.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Mary White: It is my pleasure to draw the attention of the House to an article in The Irish Times today-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Mary White: ------by Martin Donnellan, retired Assistant Garda Commissioner, entitled "We all too often fail to see the benefits that come with experience". Senator Feeney spoke about 5,000 people being given the choice of optional retirement in the HSE. I once again call for people to have choice and not be forced into retirement at 65 years of age. It is a denial of the human rights of older people...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Mary White: It recommends that the Oireachtas should introduce and pass legislation that will enshrine the rights and entitlements of older people into law in a manner similar to the Older Americans Act of 1965.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)

Mary White: This time last year thousands of people protested outside Leinster against the possibility of reducing State pensions. I speak again in defence of older people and those in receipt of State pensions. The State pension is a fundamental cornerstone of our society on which we should all be able to rely. We all contribute towards this basic lifeline not only through PRSI and income tax but...

Seanad: Overcrowding in Prisons: Statements (3 Nov 2010)

Mary White: It is not the Minister's fault.

Seanad: Overcrowding in Prisons: Statements (3 Nov 2010)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister. The question of prison and our policy on imprisonment is a societal one. It feeds into our view of prison as a primary tool in reforming people or punishing people. It is a societal question because there are financial costs involved. According the Irish Prison Service's annual report, the average annual cost of providing a prison space in 2009 was €77,000 and...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)

Mary White: John Bruton was responsible for imposing a tax on children's shoes when he served as Minister for Finance. He was subsequently demoted.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)

Mary White: A total of 84% of the age cohort from 65 to 74, and a total of 89% of those aged 75 and older, rely on social transfers including the State pension to protect them from the risk of poverty. Any cut to the State contributory pension, for which people have already paid through their PRSI contributions will be resisted by older people. Older people have already taken a 2% effective cut because...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)

Mary White: Very good.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)

Mary White: Keep women at the top.