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Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Mary White: I am a constituent of the Minister's. The purpose of this Bill is to ensure that people cannot be discriminated against in the workplace on grounds of age. Over the past 40 years, the Oireachtas has introduced many progressive legislative measures to ensure that people in the workplace are not discriminated against on grounds of gender, race or sexual orientation. We all welcomed those...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Mary White: If so, a few of the Minister's colleagues would have to go.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Mary White: It would not simply be rejected on grounds of fairness but also because some of the most effective politicians are people of maturity. Age is an advantage, not simply in politics but also in employment generally. I hope they will forgive me for doing so but I will cite Senators Quinn and Ó Murchú as proof of the point I wish to make. People should be afforded choice and flexibility in...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Mary White: Particularly with public patients.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Mary White: They cannot treat public patients, however.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Mary White: The Minister is only a young fellow.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Mary White: I thank Senators for their exemplary and eloquent contributions. The sense of bipartisanship in the Chamber during the debate was just fantastic. We are all of the same mind on this matter. Everyone who participated in this debate will be privileged to be part of the drive to bring an end to discrimination whereby older people are obliged to retire at 65. This is the European Year of...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Mary White: We now have the opportunity to make elder culture both cool and exciting. I thank the Minister for his generosity and those of my colleagues who are still present, including Senators Barrett, Daly and Walsh. Senator Mullins made some progress and his human resources, HR, experience was of assistance to him. He listened to proceedings and eventually moved from the anteroom and into the...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Mary White: It was certainly enjoyable. This has been a great occasion. I have been involved with this matter since 2006 and the abolition of mandatory retirement is now an official Fianna Fáil policy.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Mary White: In 2006 I produced a policy paper on a new approach to ageing and ageism. I held public meetings throughout the city and I just could not believe the response of members of the public. Their horror when it came to facing up to retirement was brought to my attention for the first time at that point. Many women who had been obliged to stop working when they got married stated that they were...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Mary White: I propose that we adjourn at this stage.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Mary White: We have had emotional language in the Chamber dealing with the Department of Health. I wish to raise another urgent and scandalous issue. On October 21, Emily O'Reilly, the Ombudsman, decided to exercise her right to make a special report to the Dáil and the Seanad because of an unsatisfactory response from the Department of Health and the Minister. It deserves our urgent consideration...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Nov 2012)

Mary White: The Senator is right.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Mary White: That was not the reason the Senator left.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Mary White: There are many aspects of the budget that remind me of the debacle of the budget introduced by the then Minister for Finance, Mr. John Bruton, when he imposed a tax on children's shoes. The cuts to older people in this budget are of the same order. Each one of us is getting older day by day and there is an increasing number of older people in society. As people get older they will have...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Mary White: The sharp reduction in the income thresholds for the over 70s will cause hardship and further undermine the ability of older people who will lose their medical cards as a result of the immediate health care costs. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister to come to the House. It is a tragedy for older people that the Government did not appoint a dedicated Minister for older people.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Mary White: That is the reason there is nobody to stand up for them. I am aware the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, is a very good Minister but she has four or five portfolios. When Fianna Fáil is back in government, which will be soon-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Mary White: -----we will appoint a Minister for older people.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Mary White: What about going up to see Hillary Clinton?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Mary White: She is an inspirational leader.