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Seanad: Business of Seanad (26 Jul 2011)

Mary White: The Minister has not come to the House.

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Mary White: I will speak about amendment No. 88 in group 19 which deals with the national postcode system. I propose that we not support the area postcode system decided on by the former Minister with responsibility for communications in the previous Government, Eamon Ryan. As noted, Fine Gael and the Labour Party supported a distinctly more unambiguous postcode system in their recent manifestos. For...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Mary White: This morning in the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland I had the pleasure of attending the launch of the Irish Exporters Association's list of the top 250 exporters in the Republic and the top 50 in the North. We are privileged to have the global brands here. The top one, Johnson & Johnson, had exports worth €8.5 billion. Microsoft had exports worth €8 billion, and we have Google...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Mary White: Yesterday I drew attention to the dire straits of the 600 Irish suppliers to Superquinn and the overnight takeover of Superquinn by Musgrave. I am delighted to say that Musgrave will make a fund of €10 million available to the Irish suppliers, particularly the people who do not have credit insurance if the company to which they are selling goes out of business. The big companies I named...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Mary White: The Bank of Ireland and AIB have worked in some way with Musgrave in providing the €10 million fund but I want them to cough up the other 35% of the approximately €50 million owed to those Irish suppliers. It is about time the screws were put on them, so to speak. I want to move an amendment to the Order of Business. I want to know the reason the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Mary White: Senator Cáit Keane is more impressed with the reality of the Seanad than her perception-----

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Mary White: Are the Fine Gael Senators not mortified that the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, who is responsible for dealing with the biggest issue facing this country, namely, getting our 400,000 people back to work-----

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Mary White: -----did not respect this House of the Oireachtas? How dare he?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Mary White: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that the Minister, Deputy Bruton, should return from Donegal and come into this House today to discuss what he intends to do about the indigenous businesses. We have a dynamic exporting sector but what about our domestic economy?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Mary White: You were not able to vote for him the last time for the leadership.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Mary White: I appreciate the Leader's point that the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, will attend the House in September. I have a huge responsibility as Fianna Fáil Seanad spokesperson on jobs and enterprise, however, and must insist that the amendment be put.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Mary White: On a point of order, the people who voted against me on this should be embarrassed.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Mary White: This is about jobs, the economy, people doing jobs and small and medium businesses. Those who voted against the amendment should all be ashamed of themselves.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Mary White: All the big shots over here should also be ashamed of themselves.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Mary White: Should we not support business to create employment? I know the difference it makes in people's lives when they get a job.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)

Mary White: On a point of order, Senator Crown was using his mobile telephone.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)

Mary White: We were requested by the Cathaoirleach not to use our telephones.

Seanad: Innovation at the Heart of the Jobs Challenge: Statements (14 Sep 2011)

Mary White: Does the Minister have a script?