Results 3,441-3,460 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2012)
Mary White: Fine Gael did not any objections. They went along with it.
- Seanad: Early Childhood Education (5 Jul 2012)
Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, and compliment him on the great job he is doing as Minister of State with responsibility for horticulture and organic foods. Senator Leyden spoke to the Minister of State today and passed on compliments from Mr. Stephen Cope of Lir Chocolates for the Minister of State's understanding of the food industry. The early childhood care and education...
- Seanad: Early Childhood Education (5 Jul 2012)
Mary White: Exactly.
- Seanad: Early Childhood Education (5 Jul 2012)
Mary White: I intend to bore down deeply into this issue and have made an appointment in Navan to meet Ms Fiona Healy, the Meath County Childcare Committee co-ordinator. Thereafter, I will meet Ms Gráinne Black, the boss-woman in the Athboy child care centre. I intend to pursue this matter and go into greater depth on it to understand precisely what are the issues as what is happening is complicated....
- Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (10 Jul 2012)
Mary White: I thank the Minister of State for a thorough explanation of the Bill. Much work certainly has been done by the Department's officials. I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on the Bill. Under previous governments it is likely a Minister of State with responsibility for labour affairs would have steered the Bill through the House. However, such a distinctive and necessary portfolio...
- Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (10 Jul 2012)
Mary White: The JLCs were established by Mr. Seán Lemass in 1946. His intention was to protect people who did not have access to the traditional system of collective bargaining based on trade union representation. JLCs are independent bodies for determining minimum rates of pay and conditions of work for workers in certain sectors. Each JLC includes a representative of workers or employees in the...
- Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (10 Jul 2012)
Mary White: The Senator is right.
- Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment)(No. 3) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2012)
Mary White: The Minister will remember that at the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation yesterday his own colleague from Kildare, Deputy Lawlor, spoke about having legislation in wording and language that the layperson can understand. The word "desirability" is unnecessary and dilutes the necessity for the system to maintain fair and reasonable rates. I cannot see anything wrong with...
- Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment)(No. 3) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2012)
Mary White: The legislation gives any future Minister carte blanche to terminate at will a registered employment agreement or, more seriously, an employment regulation order simply because he or she considers it appropriate to do so. This is not what was envisaged when the Duffy-Walsh review group suggested changes to the position obtaining at that time because it was conscious of legal difficulties. ...
- Seanad: Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (12 Jul 2012)
Mary White: Before I discuss the Bill, I welcome the announcement on Tuesday of the establishment by Enterprise Ireland of a â¬250,000 competitive feasibility fund aimed at stimulating high potential business start-ups by female entrepreneurs. The fund will be open for applications from Tuesday, 17 July 2012 until 4 September 2012. This initiative is part of a drive by Enterprise Ireland to boost the...
- Seanad: Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (12 Jul 2012)
Mary White: I do not agree with the Minister of State on that point.
- Seanad: Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (12 Jul 2012)
Mary White: The representatives from the troika also stated, "Ireland's unemployment remains very high, and generating growth and jobs on a sustainable basis remains a critical priority." The Minister of State cannot deny the findings of the ISME survey to which I refer which shows the level of dissatisfaction among over 700 SMEs and indicates that "Business costs, jobs and banking issues still evoke...
- Seanad: Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (12 Jul 2012)
Mary White: That is fine. The Minister of State is a true gentleman. The Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton, has indicated that in the initial five year phase of the scheme some â¬10 million in Exchequer funding will be leveraged in order to achieve a total of â¬40 million in additional lending. I understand this money will come from savings made within the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)
Mary White: It would put people out of jobs if we did not have them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)
Mary White: I would like to reiterate my colleagues' appreciation of the presentations, all of which were very pertinent to today's meeting. We have an unemployment rate of 14.8%, almost 60% of which is made up of people who are long-term unemployed, but there is no sense of urgency. It is not on the radar how devastating not having a job is to a human being. I saw that devastation during the 1980s...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)
Mary White: Certainly. I am just finishing my point. Mr. O'Connor mentioned Mr. Ben Bernanke of the Federal Reserve. I was excited when I saw what he had the guts to do, but that is his mandate - to control inflation and create employment. There is a serious deficit within the ECB in that context. Its role should not just be to control inflation but also to find ways to help reduce unemployment....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)
Mary White: I am pleading with the EU-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)
Mary White: There are fantastic proposals and suggestions here but there is no sense of urgency in terms of bringing them to fruition.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)
Mary White: I am simply making the point and letting the gentleman from the EU know my position. We are a great country for producing reports but we need action.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)
Mary White: We are looking for that but it is not there yet.