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- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2012)
Mary White: Do we really cherish all of our children equally? I want the Fine Gael and Labour Government to get its head together and be a good example to the country of efficiency and competency.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2012)
Mary White: This is Tea Party stuff.
- Seanad: Suicide Prevention: Statements (12 Jan 2012)
Mary White: I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, on her valiant efforts to keep social inequality on the Government's radar. As she is aware, in 2008 I published What We Can Do About Suicide In The New Ireland. It is available for download on my website. Much of the focus is on suicide and mental health problems caused by unemployment. It is important we keep cool heads at this...
- Seanad: Suicide Prevention: Statements (12 Jan 2012)
Mary White: I want to draw attention to figures on self-harm. Over 40% of the 12,000 who turned up in the accident and emergency departments after self-harming had alcohol in their system. If a person is feeling depressed or vulnerable, or has problems, as Senator Zappone stated, such as sexual orientation problems, or is worried about losing his or her job or whatever, and if the person drinks...
- Seanad: Suicide Prevention: Statements (12 Jan 2012)
Mary White: I was drawing attention to the cuts in the programme for DEIS schools, particularly in west Tallaght. If a person is well-off and his or her child has emotional problems, the person can pay for the medical or counselling help but if one does not have the money, one does not get it. Even in this issue of self-harm, those who are less well-off have not got the resources to help their children...
- Seanad: Suicide Prevention: Statements (12 Jan 2012)
Mary White: It is a difficult environment.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)
Mary White: We must have a referendum.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)
Mary White: The Senator should be a professor in a university.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)
Mary White: I would like to be an advocate for older people who are patients in public nursing homes. The issue does not hit the radar as much because older people do not have as strong a voice as those who are young and fit. In recent months the HSE announced that it would cut 550 beds in public nursing homes. Fear and consternation ran through the families and staff of public nursing homes. I...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)
Mary White: It is a current, serious, political national issue that the people who are in public nursing homes face. In the national service plan 2012, launched on Monday, one of the key items was the closure of 555 beds. However, if one has the patience to go through the document - the colleagues who know me well know I am an attention to detail person - its depths state the decision to close the unit...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)
Mary White: The Minister, Deputy Reilly, met the residents and staff of Crooksling. He said he would like to think outside the box to resolve the decision of the HSE to close 555 beds. As a business person I understand there have to be efficiencies and improved costs. The staff in Crooksling know it has to be run efficiently. I would like the HSE to work with the Minister to resolve the issue as fast...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)
Mary White: Senator Crown does not take his Seanad salary.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: The Irish food and drink industry is our largest indigenous industry. It is also Ireland's largest employer and employs thousands of people. Last year, exports from that sector increased by â¬1 billion to â¬8.5 billion, of which the dairy industry contributed â¬2.66 billion. I call on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Coveney, to arrange an investigation into the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: This is a serious issue for the women of Ireland.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: I call on the Minister to investigate and ascertain the reason that democracy in the recent elections to the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: Eileen Calnan of west Cork was seriously discriminated against.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: I call on the Minister to have an investigation into the matter.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: I was not allowed to mention Eileen Calnan's name. This is discrimination as a Kerry man has been mentioned.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: The Senator is codding himself.