Results 281-300 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Bill 2003 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (4 Jul 2003)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (4 Jul 2003)
Mary White: My experience of attending community or official meetings in Northern Ireland is that people are just offered tea whereas here people feel they must produce alcohol at meetings. I am not being a spoilsport but we have to get away from the culture of foisting drink on people when a cup of tea is just as good. I am delighted with the Bill and I thank the Minister. Whenever I get bad service...
- Seanad: Death of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy. (7 Oct 2003)
Mary White: Louth won the All-Ireland in 1957.
- Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (Resumed). (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State. Approximately 29,500 young people born after 1930 were committed by the courts to industrial and reformatory schools. In addition, a significant number, which cannot be accurately quantified by the Department of Education and Science, were committed by parents. Such committals were made because the parents were poor and could not afford to nourish their...
- Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (Resumed). (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: I am very sorry. Another reference was made yesterday â I will not mention the Senator in question â to a deal of "madness". How can one speak of a deal of madness? I fully support the Taoiseach and the apology he made. I also support Deputy Woods, who spearheaded the deal in the presence of officials from the Department of Finance and the Minister, Deputy McCreevy. Justice is being done...
- Seanad: Benchmarking: Motion. (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: He went to Maynooth.
- Seanad: Benchmarking: Motion. (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: When I heard the leader of Fine GaeI say the Government should not pay the subsequent stages of the benchmarking agreement until after the verification process I felt sorry for him because his action was that of a kamikaze pilot.
- Seanad: Benchmarking: Motion. (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: I hate to say this because I have got to know Fine Gael Members well and I enjoy their company.
- Seanad: Benchmarking: Motion. (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: I cannot understand a political party which is willing to renege on a deal in the partnership process. Whether the deal is a good one or not is a separate matter. If one reneges on a deal, no one will have faith in one again.
- Seanad: Benchmarking: Motion. (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: I have not heard anyone in this House say what they would give in return for benchmarking.
- Seanad: Benchmarking: Motion. (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: Why did Fine Gael not say this in the beginning? If Fine Gael had declared from the beginning that they would not accept the first part of the benchmarking agreement, I would have understood their point of view and accepted that they acted out of political integrity rather than expediency and in order to create a niche of support. If they are to exclude 50,000 public servants from their...
- Seanad: Benchmarking: Motion. (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: If they had forsaken the increase in salary at the outset, I would have understood them. Dr. Howard Dean in the United States is the only Democrat candidate with credibility because he opposed the war in Iraq from the beginning.
- Seanad: Benchmarking: Motion. (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: I thinkâ
- Seanad: Benchmarking: Motion. (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: âthat Senator Ross was too extreme in his judgment of what Senator Brady said. Since 1987, partnership has been one of the keystones of the Celtic tiger. I accept that our low rate of corporate tax has attracted multinational companies to Ireland but a series of strikes in the public sector would project a negative image of Ireland among multinational companies. Senator Ross's views are too...
- Seanad: Benchmarking: Motion. (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: I spent three days in hospital a fortnight ago and I was humbled by the hard working nurses and doctors I met there. I also admire the work of teachers. My sister is a deputy school principal. A teacher must concentrate on her work from the moment she goes into the classroom. She cannot take a telephone call, for example, but must be constantly on the alert. I do not accept the superior...
- Seanad: Benchmarking: Motion. (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: I wish to make one important point.
- Seanad: Benchmarking: Motion. (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: Fine Gael slipped up. They did not move in time.
- Seanad: Benchmarking: Motion. (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: That was not expedient.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Oct 2003)
Mary White: I support the calls for a debate on Iraq and I suggest a separate debate on Palestine as these are enormously different issues. The debate on Iraq could deal with the demeaning of the United Nations by the United States Government. I came back from the United States on Monday but while there I attended a function at which George Bush senior spoke. During the function he said he supported his...
- Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)
Mary White: It was the same with the DART.