Results 2,921-2,940 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)
Mary White: I draw the attention of my colleagues to the fact that we are in the middle of positive ageing week 2011 and highlight once again the age discrimination against older women in the health service. Between the ages of 50 and 65 a woman is called every 24 months for a free mammogram. Over the age of 65 a woman ceases to be called every two years, even though she is seven times more likely to...
- Seanad: Address by President of the Irish Human Rights Commission (28 Sep 2011)
Mary White: I wish to draw attention to the case of Mr. Denis Donaldson. A joint commission report has already been issued by both the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission calling for an inquest under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights into the murder of Mr. Denis Donaldson in County Donegal in 2006. Mr. Donaldson's family have made calls to...
- Seanad: Address by President of the Irish Human Rights Commission (28 Sep 2011)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Company Closures: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)
Mary White: I compliment Senator Maurice Cummins on the empathy he showed this morning based on his own experience of being unemployed. I mentioned previously on numerous occasions the transformation in people that we saw when we started Lir Chocolates in East Wall during the previous recession. Generally speaking a person who is unemployed has no self confidence. It is not just about the money. It...
- Seanad: Company Closures: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)
Mary White: And to be fair.
- Seanad: Company Closures: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)
Mary White: Retail rock stars.
- Seanad: Company Closures: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)
Mary White: That is correct.
- Seanad: Company Closures: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)
Mary White: Fundamentally, I do not agree with the Senator.
- Seanad: Company Closures: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Company Closures: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)
Mary White: That is ridiculous and outdated.
- Seanad: Company Closures: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)
Mary White: TalkTalk is an exception as the Minister has said.
- Seanad: Company Closures: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)
Mary White: That is a different Department.
- Seanad: Sport: Statements (4 Oct 2011)
Mary White: Shame on the Government.
- Seanad: Sport: Statements (4 Oct 2011)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Sport: Statements (4 Oct 2011)
Mary White: I was preparing to speak on the debate.
- Seanad: Sport: Statements (4 Oct 2011)
Mary White: I was delighted to hear Senator Eamonn Coghlan speak. He is one of our most elite athletes and I remember every battle he was in. I was working in the National Building Agency at the time with the Senator's cousin, Pamela Conroy. Two weeks ago, at the annual conference of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Professor Dónal O'Shea of UCD...
- Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)
Mary White: I welcome my friend CaitrÃona Ruane, a former Minister of Education in the Northern Ireland Assembly, and acknowledge her serious contribution to the peace process on this island. I compliment Sinn Féin on its timely tabling of this important motion and I am pleased that my party, Fianna Fáil, is supporting it. The Good Friday Agreement was driven by the Fianna Fáil Party. I was...
- Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)
Mary White: It is insulting to everybody here. We are not worth anything. A technocrat talks about "abolition of the Seanad". We all want reform of the Seanad and have called for it for many years. I am privileged to be on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and on the 1916 commemoration committee. On the latter committee, we will be working with people...
- Seanad: Hospital Accommodation (5 Oct 2011)
Mary White: When does the Minister intend to roll out free breast cancer treatment to women over 65 years?
- Seanad: Hospital Accommodation (5 Oct 2011)
Mary White: It is democracy.