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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Mary White: He was Secretary General.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Mary White: The majority of my colleagues here in the Chamber would not be aware of the 71,000 hidden child carers who are looking after alcohol dependent parents. This is the fifth National Carer's Week. It is estimated there are 71,000 children who have a reverse role in that they are looking after their parents. They are actually being the parents of the alcohol-addicted parents. They must feed...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Mary White: Not if we have anything to do with it.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Mary White: My specific point concerned the 71,000 hidden child carers looking after alcohol-dependent parents.

Seanad: Fair Deal Nursing Home Scheme: Statements (16 Jun 2011)

Mary White: It is my pleasure to welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, to the House. Having participated with her on the former Committee on Health and Children, I know she will efficiently address the issues that need to be resolved. I also know how passionate and genuine she is in dealing with people in need, including those who may have been forgotten. The new fair deal scheme was...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2011)

Mary White: On Monday, 28, it will be 48 years since John F. Kennedy addressed the Dáil. I was not in the Dáil personally but I had the pleasure of seeing him and I followed his career assiduously for the rest of his life. His assassination at the end of 1963 was a tragedy for us in Ireland. President Kennedy emphasised the interdependence of nations and pointed out that no nation, whether large or...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2011)

Mary White: It is more serious than that. My argument was that since 1937 some 12 reports have been produced on reforming the Seanad and in 1979 some 500,000 Irish people supported the seventh amendment to the Constitution to expand the university mandate beyond NUI and TCD. Successive Governments ignored their decision, however.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2011)

Mary White: It is more important. A vote was taken at the end of the debate. The 120 people in attendance were discerning followers of history. The majority called for reform of the Seanad rather than its abolition. I ask the Leader to pass that message on to the Taoiseach, who impulsively sought cheap political gain without telling my colleagues. I ask the Leader to tell the Taoiseach that when the...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2011)

Mary White: -----it should be about Seanad reform.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2011)

Mary White: I said "all parties".

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2011)

Mary White: John Boyle O'Reilly was a democrat.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Mary White: The Minister of State, Deputy McGinley, stated the Taoiseach would like this Seanad to be the most efficient and effective ever. The European Council is meeting today and tomorrow and unless we have financial statesmanship we will all be in trouble. Speaking yesterday at the awards ceremony of my nominating body, the Irish Exporters Association Limited, Peter Sutherland, who received the...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Mary White: I want the terms of our loans from the European Central Bank changed. Greece, Ireland and Portugal are being treated as Germany was treated when reparations were imposed on it after the First World War. Bondholders must face up the reality that they have to cut their losses and the terms of repayments should not be two or thee years. The interest rate on our loans must also be...

Seanad: Food Safety Standards: Statements. (5 Jul 2011)

Mary White: It was such a pleasure to listen to the Minister of State speaking passionately about his great love for the agrifood industry. His speech was fantastic. I agree more people are realising the importance of the agrifood industry, our largest indigenous industry. We have had mega-successes in multinational exports, so the agrifood sector provides a wonderful opportunity. I wish the Minister...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Jul 2011)

Mary White: I apologise but I could not hear the Senator. Did he state it is not about patient safety?

Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Jul 2011)

Mary White: I wish to make a few brief points on this issue. First, I note my formal disappointment regarding the absence today of the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, who is at the centre of the storm in respect of the health service. Having served on the previous Joint Committee on Health and Children with Deputy Reilly, I have stated previously my belief that he would be an outstanding Minister...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Jul 2011)

Mary White: I have a problem in this regard. I listened with pleasure to all my colleagues today and each contribution was outstanding. While Senator Crown undoubtedly is a professional in this field, I include all my colleagues and went across the floor to compliment one of my Fine Gael colleagues on his contribution this morning. I also wish to note this is the third time I have been elected to this...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Jul 2011)

Mary White: ----- and a gigantic problem now exists. In fact, we now have a monster. I state this with no disrespect to those who work there, because just as is the case with politicians, in each group within society some people do their best and work for their country while others bring the rest into disrepute. However, I am embarrassed by this debate and it is like being in a banana republic to be...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Jul 2011)

Mary White: My point is about the media creating this idea that the country is finished. The country is not finished but the public sector needs to get its act together. We need the leadership, courage and guts to deal with the issues.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Mary White: That is not true.