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- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)
Mary White: I am surprised at the Leader.
- Seanad: Alcohol Consumption: Statements (17 Oct 2012)
Mary White: I wish the Minister of State luck in his responsibility for primary care services. It was interesting to hear about Senator Imelda Henry's personal experience of operating a licensed premises. Senator Sean D. Barrett's views were also interesting. Alcohol consumption is decreasing in Ireland according to CSO figures, but people must be responsible for themselves. I like a glass of wine,...
- Seanad: Alcohol Consumption: Statements (17 Oct 2012)
Mary White: The leader of Fianna Fáil, Deputy Micheál Martin, introduced the ban on smoking in public places, about which there was a hue and cry. The former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern, introduced a code of practice for the display and sale of alcohol which now applies to nearly 2,500 supermarkets in every part of Ireland. Supermarkets no longer display or advertise...
- Seanad: Alcohol Consumption: Statements (17 Oct 2012)
Mary White: A 24-hour hotline has been established for customers to register complaints about breaches. Fianna Fáil put in place a transparent and politically accountable process to check compliance with the code. A national audit of compliance is conducted every year and the independent chairperson, Mr. Padraic White, who happens to be my husband submits annual compliance reports for publication by...
- Seanad: Mortgage Credit (Loans and Bonds) Bill 2012: Second Stage (17 Oct 2012)
Mary White: I commend Senator Barrett on this innovative Bill. This is the kind of proposal we need from Senators on different issues because it is worthwhile having a robust Seanad. The Minister stated: "I note that the comments of the Secretary General of the Department of Finance, Mr. John Moran, and the Director of Credit Institutions and Insurance Supervision... have generated significant...
- Seanad: Mortgage Credit (Loans and Bonds) Bill 2012: Second Stage (17 Oct 2012)
Mary White: They are saying these two public servants are carrying out what the Government wants to do-----
- Seanad: Mortgage Credit (Loans and Bonds) Bill 2012: Second Stage (17 Oct 2012)
Mary White: -----but I cannot see that because both Mr. John Moran and Ms Fiona Muldoon were very critical in their speeches yesterday. They were speaking to a banking audience and they criticised them. They could not have gone any further in what they said about how incompetent they are and how they are not dealing with the financial situation we are in that is dragging our country down not only in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)
Mary White: One should call it as it is.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)
Mary White: One should call it as it is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)
Mary White: I welcome the witnesses. I thank Mr. Hayes for his very comprehensive statement. There is no doubt that Enterprise Ireland has been extraordinarily successful. Between direct and indirect employment, some 300,000 people are employed in companies supported by Enterprise Ireland. That speaks for itself. I had the honour to be on the evaluation committee of the very first Dublin City...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)
Mary White: I will ask questions that will spell out the reasons I query it. Under the current arrangement, Enterprise Ireland comes under the remit of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and the local authorities are under the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. I have a major issue with that. Most of the current enterprise boards have been very successful,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)
Mary White: That is why I said it to Mr. Hayes. I was amazed at the numbers they were talking about.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)
Mary White: It started as a small company.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)
Mary White: Manufacturing companies would not know initially whether they would be able to export.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)
Mary White: I thought there was a prohibition on-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)
Mary White: I hate that word "displacement".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)
Mary White: I agree with Mr. Hayes on that issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)
Mary White: Mr. Hayes says he will not support another if there are ten in the town. Some people can go overboard about displacement. It is an ideological issue. If there is one other company, they are told they cannot go there whereas competition is the spice of life.