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- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (9 Oct 2012)
Mary White: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (9 Oct 2012)
Mary White: I have a serious problem with the Leader's response to my question.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (9 Oct 2012)
Mary White: It is a point of order. The Leader did not respond to the matter I raised.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (9 Oct 2012)
Mary White: He said the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, would be coming in and would address the issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (9 Oct 2012)
Mary White: This is serious.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (9 Oct 2012)
Mary White: My point is being treated frivolously. I want to know where the ¤3.5 billion this year went and I want transparency.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (9 Oct 2012)
Mary White: Was it just given in overdrafts? That is a very serious issue.
- Seanad: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Statements (9 Oct 2012)
Mary White: I thank the Minister of State for his wide-ranging presentation and wish him continued success with his portfolio on small and medium business. As we have said here many times, SMEs are major contributors to the economy in Ireland and employment. The importance of these firms cannot be underestimated. Of the 195,000 SMEs in Ireland that involve just over 850,000 people, 90% employ fewer...
- Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)
Mary White: It is my pleasure to welcome the former Senator, now Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, to the House. He will be diligent in his new position. Having sat beside me during the term of the previous Government, I know he is a dedicated politician. Owing to the Whip system I will have to vote with my colleagues. I had the privilege of serving with the Minister for Health, Deputy James...
- Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)
Mary White: I would like to raise another issue with the Minister of State. I am concerned about the proposed ¤65 million cut to disability and home help services. Senator Conway has left but he is au fait with the massive inefficiencies of the service. I will follow the matter myself and track it. I want to ensure that every person who needs help receives it and we all have a moral responsibility...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)
Mary White: As Fianna Fáil spokesperson on jobs, enterprise and innovation, it is my pleasure to announce this morning that the economic viability of the village of Moneygall is guaranteed after I put my firepower as a Senator behind the campaign for appropriate signage for that village. In June I was fascinated to meet Mr. Henry Healy, President Obama's cousin. On driving down there when I arrived at...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)
Mary White: I am delighted that Fáilte Ireland and the National Roads Authority have supported my initiative. This is about jobs. As my colleagues know, 99% of the time when I speak here, I talk about jobs and employment. My motive in establishing Lir Chocolates in the 1980s was to create employment. There was an issue about the requirement for 50,000 visitors in order to qualify for a sign....
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)
Mary White: The Seanad has great power - all we need to do is believe in ourselves that we have power to achieve things.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)
Mary White: We have access to the powers that be in the country.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)
Mary White: The banks did.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)
Mary White: Ancestral village.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland-US Economic Relations: Discussion with American Chamber of Commerce Ireland (16 Oct 2012)
Mary White: I welcome the delegation and congratulate Mr. Joseph Quinlan on his excellent report and for pointing out the two-way economic relationship between Ireland and the USA that most, perhaps 99% of, Irish people are unaware of. The 12.5% corporation tax rate is the cornerstone, as was said, but we are an English speaking country and Governments of whatever hue are in support of multinational...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland-US Economic Relations: Discussion with American Chamber of Commerce Ireland (16 Oct 2012)
Mary White: That is a very hard issue to deal with. My personal opinion is that we should be taxing higher pay, although that may not be my party's view. The cuts are so devastating that it might be fairer to tax people on higher incomes. That is where I come from. Is that really a matter of life and death?
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)
Mary White: Let us get real and relevant regulation.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)
Mary White: It took a woman, Ms Fiona Muldoon, in the lions' den of the bankers' conference yesterday to spell out to the bankers how incompetent they are in dealing with the crisis in mortgage lending. She also drew an analogy between the treatment by the banks of their customers who are small and medium sized business owners and those who have mortgage difficulties, pointing out that the treatment of...