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- Seanad: Flood Relief (5 Oct 2011)
Mary White: I am pleased to see the Minister here this evening. I know she is a woman of action and that she will do a superb job in her Ministry. I received a plea last week from Galway county councillor, Malachy Noone, on behalf of two of his constituents, Martin and Bernie Canniffe of Claregalway. During the winter of 2009 their house was flooded and they had to leave their home. They are still...
- Seanad: Flood Relief (5 Oct 2011)
Mary White: That is a satisfactory answer. I am pleased we will have a result in a few weeks.
- Seanad: Missing Children Hotline: Motion (12 Oct 2011)
Mary White: I formally object. It is up to the Chair to regulate the time allowed.
- Seanad: Missing Children Hotline: Motion (12 Oct 2011)
Mary White: My colleague, Senator Paschal Mooney, and I know the Minister, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, better than most others in the House. As she knows, I believe in her and know that she will prioritise the issue of the establishment of a hotline for missing children. Former Senator Maria Corrigan and the then Senator Frances Fitzgerald spoke passionately about this issue last year. It had been...
- Seanad: Human Trafficking and Prostitution: Motion (12 Oct 2011)
Mary White: I am delighted to welcome the Minister of State. I am confident that whatever happens, at the end of the day she will take the right decision. I assure my colleagues that I firmly support the campaign to end sex trafficking in Ireland. I thank the Independent Senators for bringing this issue to the House again. We discussed it previously in the last Seanad and had a good debate on it. I...
- Seanad: Human Trafficking and Prostitution: Motion (12 Oct 2011)
Mary White: I am giving my honest opinion. It is too hasty to say over one day's debate that we should criminalise the purchase of sex. That legislation would be totally wrong. We need a national debate with the people in Ireland, not just in here. We cannot be overwhelmed by the success of the Swedish model because there are many reports stating that the evidence of that model is not quite correct....
- Seanad: Human Trafficking and Prostitution: Motion (12 Oct 2011)
Mary White: Ruhama has done excellent work but this matter has not hit the public radar or the concerns of the Irish people.
- Seanad: Human Trafficking and Prostitution: Motion (12 Oct 2011)
Mary White: It absolutely has not. I appreciate that the Minister of State has agreed to put a timeframe on this and I accept that. It is important to support our Independent colleagues and there should be a timeframe. I know that the Independent Senators, as well as Ruhama and other groups, have the best of intentions but we must look at the other side of the issue. Why are men out there daily, from...
- Seanad: Garda Investigations (12 Oct 2011)
Mary White: This matter relates to the reform of legislation relating to inquests involving Northern Ireland residents who die in the Republic of Ireland, particularly in the light of the request of the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Northern Irish Human Rights Commission on 5 May for an inquest, under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, into the murder of Mr. Denis Donaldson in...
- Seanad: Garda Investigations (12 Oct 2011)
Mary White: I thank the Minister of State. Mr. Donaldson was an Irish citizen but there are different standards for Irish citizens in the two jurisdictions on this island. An inquest into anyone killed in the North - in circumstances where state agencies may have direct or indirect knowledge or involvement - must be compliant with Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights. This is not...
- Seanad: Garda Investigations (12 Oct 2011)
Mary White: Dr. Maurice Manning, president of the Irish Human Rights Commission, stated, in respect of this issue, that there is an urgent need to reform the law on inquests in this jurisdiction.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)
Mary White: It is sold out.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2011)
Mary White: The Senator should get her own party to do something about this.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2011)
Mary White: The Senator has a different attitude. She is rolling over constantly-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2011)
Mary White: ----- as leader of the Labour Party in the Seanad.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2011)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2011)
Mary White: Every day my colleagues from County Louth, Senators Jim D'Arcy and Brennan, cross a beautiful bridge, which is an architectural pleasure and a delight to observe, particularly in the evening.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2011)
Mary White: It is my pleasure to support Senator D'Arcy's proposal to call the bridge after the former President, Ms Mary McAleese. She had the courage to reach out across the political divide when it was unpopular to talk to the UDA and the UVF. I met Mr. Gerry Adams at a dinner in Ãras an Uachtaráin during her Presidency. She had the courage to be sociable and entertain Gerry Adams in the Ãras....