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

Mary White: The Minister of State is doing grand.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2011)

Mary White: I have spoken privately to the Leader of the Seanad, Senator Maurice Cummins, about how anxious I and all my colleagues on this side of the House are to get the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, to come to the House. The most serious crisis in our country is the provision of jobs for the 450,000 people who are unemployed. I inquired last week about how we...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2011)

Mary White: Hear, hear. We must have courage.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2011)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2011)

Mary White: We should get the Minister to attend the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2011)

Mary White: Given that the two days we are to sit next week are the last two before the recess, I plead with the Leader, Senator Maurice Cummins, to invite the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, and the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, to the Seanad next week. The Minister of State at the Department of Arts,...

Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (20 Jul 2011)

Mary White: Has the Minister a copy of his speech?

Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (20 Jul 2011)

Mary White: I congratulate the Minister on his eloquent presentation. He is a hands-on Minister. Many of his decisions must be political decisions, and not left to Departments. The biggest issue facing the agri-food sector is financing across the industry in the next 12 months.

Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (20 Jul 2011)

Mary White: I must set my question in context.

Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (20 Jul 2011)

Mary White: It is fine to talk about pathways to growth, but we need financing. It is not available for small and medium sized companies and they will not be able to meet the potential demand.

Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (20 Jul 2011)

Mary White: The most important issue in the industry, and the whole economy, is the financing of small and medium sized businesses. The Government is not dealing with that issue. There are fine plans but nothing is happening on the ground. I agree with the Minister that the growth in our population creates potential for growth. We must get adequate management training-----

Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (20 Jul 2011)

Mary White: -----for a new group of people who can manage these companies. The standard of management is not sufficient to meet world demand and to innovate. There is a lack of management skills and crisis funding in the agri-food industry at present.

Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (20 Jul 2011)

Mary White: It is more than that.

Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (20 Jul 2011)

Mary White: It is part of the Minister's job.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2011)

Mary White: I urge the Leader to listen attentively to what I have to say this morning.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2011)

Mary White: I am seriously concerned at the failure of the Government to uphold its commitment in the programme for Government to provide transparency in all its engagements and everything it does. This morning, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, is meeting the media to discuss the half-yearly report from IDA Ireland. This is happening in the midst of the scandal...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2011)

Mary White: I am demanding that he come to the House. I am appalled at his lack of emotional intelligence and his lack of feeling for the Members of this House. The Seanad is a democratic branch of the Oireachtas, but the Minister is treating us with disrespect. He is meeting journalists to discuss IDA Ireland's job creation efforts, with he had nothing to do with.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2011)

Mary White: Senator Bacik lectures us non-stop.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2011)

Mary White: Senator Coghlan was too rigid in the Chair.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2011)

Mary White: This was about financing the fishing and food industries.