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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)
Mary White: Yes, it desperately needs to be.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)
Mary White: I am fascinated by this discussion, which is very close to my own heart because I know it is the small and medium indigenous companies that will provide the employment opportunities for our young people. I had the honour of being an adjudicator for the Ernst & Young entrepreneur of the year competition, which I was delighted to do. The transition year students in a school in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)
Mary White: I was born in Dundalk. It is a good place with many entrepreneurs.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)
Mary White: Yesterday the CSO launched its quarterly national household survey for the second quarter, covering April to June 2012. The results show the continuation of a lack of growth in the economy and in employment. Up to June 2012, unemployment increased by 4,000. The unemployment rate of 14.8% has remained constant for the last few months. The actual figure for the number unemployed is 308,500....
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)
Mary White: I have no doubt the Minister is a brilliant academic. He is highly educated and a University of Oxford graduate but I want to see passion in him as regards bringing down this unemployment rate. If 40,000 people per year are emigrating, the figure could be 22%. As a person who created a company during the last recession in the 1980s, I know what unemployment does to people. I recommend...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)
Mary White: That is not correct. That is a cynical view of human nature. It is an outrageous remark.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)
Mary White: It is akin to what Mitt Romney said about people who vote for the Democratic Party.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)
Mary White: Say that down in Dublin South-East.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)
Mary White: I am just correcting the Senator. She should not say that about me.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)
Mary White: One cannot create a job unless one is passionate.
- Seanad: Homophobic Bullying: Statements (25 Sep 2012)
Mary White: I am pleased to have the opportunity to join in statements on this important issue. We are all agreed on deploring homophobic bullying, which I regard as despicable behaviour. The same applies to all bullying. We can all endorse the comments made by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, when he declared that homophobic bullying is a moral outrage, a grave violation of human rights and a...
- Seanad: Homophobic Bullying: Statements (25 Sep 2012)
Mary White: I am pleased to have the opportunity to join in statements on this important issue. We are all agreed on deploring homophobic bullying, which I regard as despicable behaviour. The same applies to all bullying. We can all endorse the comments made by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, when he declared that homophobic bullying is a moral outrage, a grave violation of human rights and a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Beverage Exports: Discussion with Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (25 Sep 2012)
Mary White: I welcome the gentlemen and thank Mr. Tobin for his chairman's report and congratulate Mr. Foley on his excellent report on beverage exports from 2000 to 2011. The value of exports by the drinks sector performed very well increasing from €854 million in 2000 to a peak of €1.324 billion in 2007, or 55% over those seven years. From the viewpoint of the direct benefit to the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Exports: Discussion with Irish Exporters Association (25 Sep 2012)
Mary White: I congratulate Mr. Whelan on his perseverance and on the exemplary work he does on behalf of the Irish Exporters Association. The association has retained its iconic members. That speaks for itself. I attend the annual dinner of the IEA and I am over-awed by the members of the association. I empathise with every word of Mr. Coyle's contribution. I could talk for a week on this topic but...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Exports: Discussion with Irish Exporters Association (25 Sep 2012)
Mary White: Yes. We used to question ourselves as to whether we were mad. It requires a person to work 24/7. Ms Connie Doody and I worked 24/7 for 16 years, including Christmas Day and New Year's Day. We worked on Saturdays and Sundays because that was what the business required. People used to ask me how I could get the product on the shelves in the supermarkets. They would complain about the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)
Mary White: The Government parties' pre-election promises on creating employment and the much promoted action plan for jobs are not delivering, leading to disillusionment and a loss of hope among Irish people. The Central Statistic Office, CSO, figures published last week indicated that almost 15% of people are unemployed, including almost 30% of young people in the 20-24 years age group. Almost 60% of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)
Mary White: The Constitution allows it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)
Mary White: The real entrepreneurs come from Dundalk.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)
Mary White: Unemployment will increase in the third and fourth quarter of the year.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)
Mary White: Unemployment will increase in the third and fourth quarter of the year.