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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Mary White: As far as I can observe, they are all sitting in a very demure fashion. I do not know why they are not jumping up and down about the failure of the Minister for Finance to force the banks to release money to companies to create employment.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Mary White: Excellent.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Mary White: Senator Healy Eames was able to criticise the Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Mary White: I enjoyed every cigarette I ever smoked.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Mary White: Nancy Pelosi, the most senior woman politician in the United States, gave a speech in Trinity College last night, the theme of which was "e pluribus unum", which means "out of many, one". That is one of chief seals of the United States stemming from the diversity of the different states that came together to work as a whole and to form a wonderful country. She said that society needs more...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Mary White: My potential Bill in the Seanad was supported by Senator Quinn who felt that if he could participate in this House as a politician, why would other people in society not do so also. The situation is like when people had to give up their jobs when they got married. It is total and utter discrimination. I call for an active and vibrant discussion and plead with Members on the Opposition to...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Mary White: Or new finance available for companies.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Mary White: He should be proud of his age.

Seanad: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (14 Mar 2012)

Mary White: I concur with everything Senator Coghlan said. Fianna Fáil is a pro-EU party and is 100% supportive of the fiscal treaty and the Government's position on it. I am a convinced europhile. As a tiny country on the periphery of Europe and at the edge of the Atlantic with a population of 4.5 million, it is critical for our continued economic development that we fully participate in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Mary White: A Minister must come in.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Mary White: We wanted to debate a report on the Government's action plan.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Mary White: We have spoken a number of times about the disrespect shown for this House. I ask my Fine Gael colleagues to personally ask the Taoiseach to respect his party members in the Seanad by coming to address the House which is part of the Oireachtas under the 1937 Constitution. It diminishes the status of this Chamber that the leader of the Government has not come here. To be honest, if we were...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Mary White: -----but I am amazed that she did not come to this House. Why did she not come to meet us? The Dáil and the Seanad run the country. As such, I was very disappointed. Some of her entourage visited-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Mary White: The issue I wish to raise is one I have raised a number of times, the lack of finance and liquidity in the economy. Each time I raise it the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation dismisses it. It has gone too far, for too long. Does he understand business? Personally, I like him, as he has integrity. However, does he really understand what is happening?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Mary White: The Miniser is listening to the bankers. Mark Fielding of ISME, Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association, said this week that in the last three months half of the people who had looked for finance from the banks had been refused. One cannot run a business or a company-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Mary White: How many times have I asked? Why are Members not pleading with the Minister? When we were in government, we put pressure on our Ministers at parliamentary party meetings to talk up and let us know what was happening.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Mary White: I am not satisfied. I want to know what role the Minister, Deputy Hogan, had in the decision to put enterprise boards under the mandate of local authorities.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Mary White: I thought the Minister, Deputy Bruton, was the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Mary White: We need transparency. People are queueing up to leave the country because they do not have-----