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Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Mary White: Her father was in a Fianna Fáil cumann. She might come back to Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Mary White: Members should not be wasting time in this way.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Mary White: I think he is good.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Mary White: Yes.

Seanad: Smarter Travel: Statements (27 Sep 2012)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State and congratulate him on his excellent speech. There is no doubt there has been a tremendous improvement. With the opening of the new motorway from Dublin to Belfast, it now takes approximately an hour and 40 minutes to get to Belfast. It takes less than three hours to drive from Dublin to Cork. It is obvious to everyone how the quality of life has improved...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: I compliment the Minister. She is a colleague and friend and I knew that she would do a good job and she knows that I have complete faith in her. She sat on a committee with former Minister and Deputy, Mrs. Mary O'Rourke, and with our former Seanad colleague, Maria Corrigan, who did great work. I also acknowledge the work done by the late Brian Lenihan. It was the Fianna Fáil Party that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: I refer to page 11 of Mr. O'Brien’s pre-budget submission. I have spoken many times about it in the Seanad. I would like to hear Mr. O'Brien's view of the banks' policy on lending to Irish companies? I have formed the impression that the Minister is not hearing what companies are stating, which is that the banks are not giving out money. The British are looking at a proposal for a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: The troika has been stating our social welfare benefits are too high. We have a crisis in employment, the level of which In the first six months had been decreasing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: I draw attention to that fact in order that there is an appreciation of from where I am coming. There has been a decrease in the numbers in employment. We have a crisis. Some 40,000 people are emigrating every year, which breaks down to 800 people leaving the country every week. It is much easier to keep a person in a job than to create a new one. I would like the delegates to outline...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: Let me interrupt Mr. O'Brien at this point. I know that when Connie Doody and I started Lir Chocolates, we received IR£5,000 from the Bank of Ireland in Dundrum. Ours was a new high risk company. Even Mr. John Trethowan agrees that banks are only giving money to safe customers. The Small Firms Association, SFA, is not talking loudly enough about this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: The SFA should speak louder about the lack of credit available to small companies, particularly those which will create new jobs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: Yes, but we need to speak bluntly about this issue, as we need to make something happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: That is not a fair comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: It was an aberration.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: We need to accept that, but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: It is important-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: Yes, exactly. The other issue is the black economy in the construction sector

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: What can we do about the black economy in the construction sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: The black economy in the construction sector is destroying legitimate business.