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Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Mary White: Senator Cummins is perfect.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2011)

Mary White: I urgently request the presence in the Seanad before the end of this session of the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. The state of the economy and the crisis in the number of unemployed people are most serious issues and I am disappointed that the Minister, Deputy Bruton, has not yet appeared in this House. I plead with the Leader to make endeavours in this regard. While it was...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2011)

Mary White: We are a very forgetful people.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2011)

Mary White: Finally, Mick Wallace and Luke 'Ming' Flanagan-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2011)

Mary White: ----- should be suspended from Leinster House.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2011)

Mary White: I accept what the Cathaoirleach is saying. I am ashamed of my life that men in the Oireachtas would speak like that about another lady.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2011)

Mary White: While there are only two ladies in the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party out of a total of 31 members, I must say they are all very gallant.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2011)

Mary White: However, the likes of Luke Flanagan has been rude to me about my company.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2011)

Mary White: He can say what he likes. I believe they both should be suspended.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2011)

Mary White: Excuse me. This gives a bad example to children in schools nationwide and for men to refer to a colleague with such a derogatory term constitutes a bad example.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Mary White: The Senator did not get the Queen to visit.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Mary White: I express my shock at some of the remarks made about the latest Cloyne report, that we should not speak about it in the House and that we should delay a debate on it in order to have time to read it. As the House will be sitting next Tuesday afternoon, I do not see why we cannot debate it then. This is an urgent national issue. Child abuse is a most cruel act that also affects the victims'...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Mary White: I am quite shocked that humour was brought into the discussion and also that it was suggested we should postpone a debate on the report. Everybody can read it tonight, as we all have received a copy, or have we become so anaesthetised? We have received four reports; are we no longer shocked by them?

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Mary White: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: A Vision for Change: Statements (Resumed) (14 Jul 2011)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. I am confident she is an inspirational lady and, if I can be flaithúlach, she is charismatic. My 40 year old daughter, my only child, always said that Deputy Lynch, during her time as a Deputy, was the most charismatic person on television. That is the greatest compliment I could give her. My husband concurs. He saw Deputy Lynch on...

Seanad: A Vision for Change: Statements (Resumed) (14 Jul 2011)

Mary White: There are so few ladies here, we really have to stick together. I want to put on the record some points about the document I produced in 2008 concerning what we can do about suicide in the new Ireland. It is still very much an issue that is taboo, no matter what we say. I prepared my document as a lay person. I held public meetings in the city here and spoke to parents and family members...

Seanad: A Vision for Change: Statements (Resumed) (14 Jul 2011)

Mary White: I would much prefer to be in Government.

Seanad: A Vision for Change: Statements (Resumed) (14 Jul 2011)

Mary White: Smart.