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Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2013)

Mary White: I would like to follow up on what my colleagues have said about the Magdalen laundries and the ladies who were incarcerated in these gulags. I have to say our reputation has been sullied once more. Holy Ireland used to be known around the world as a holier-than-thou Catholic country, but it has become totally clear that the human rights of women and children were denied and that sexual...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2013)

Mary White: -----UN committee against torture in Brussels that a small number of the women in Magdalen laundries were there because they were forced by the State. He should be brought in here-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2013)

Mary White: -----to accept that 2,146 human beings were put into Magdalen laundries by the State.

Seanad: Garda Resources: Motion (6 Feb 2013)

Mary White: The Fianna Fáil Party has supported six of the Bills that the Minister has introduced in the Seanad and cannot be accused, as we were earlier, of being opportunistic. If the Government is doing good work then my party will support the Minister. As I have said before, he is one of the hardest working Ministers with responsibility for the justice portfolio that we have ever had in this...

Seanad: Garda Resources: Motion (6 Feb 2013)

Mary White: We support the Minister when he does a good job. My party always supports the Minister when he does a good job. There has not been a proper study of the Garda since 1970. I want an independent study carried out on its resources and needs. We have heard that the patrol cars are old. Something is seriously wrong with it.

Seanad: Garda Resources: Motion (6 Feb 2013)

Mary White: The gardaí are excellent there.

Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Mary White: That is unfair.

Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Mary White: I am shocked at what the Minister said. I regard the Minister very highly but that was wrong. We are lucky to have this young man in the Seanad. What the Minister said was unfair.

Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Mary White: The Minister is digging up the past.

Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Mary White: They are at it already.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

Mary White: I wish to respond, among other matters, to the recent review of the Government's Action Plan for Jobs launched last Friday by the Taoiseach; the Tánaiste, Deputy Eamon Gilmore; and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton. What is clear from the launch is that the Government is more concerned with PR tactics than creating jobs. Last night, instead of creating...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

Mary White: It is leaving the 850 State employees devastated and putting their financial future and that of their families on the line. The manner in which it was done was absolutely shocking.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

Mary White: It would have caused a national uproar had it been a private company or, above all, a multidnational. According to the general secretary of the Irish Bank Officials Association, Mr. Larry Broderick, there is real fear among the former employees who were formerly employees of Anglo Irish Bank, that they will be overlooked completely or, at best, disregarded as collateral damage. The Minister...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

Mary White: Yes. I ask that the Taoiseach come to the House. In 2010, 69,000 people emigrated from Ireland. In 2011, 81,000 people emigrated, while 87,000 emigrated last year.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

Mary White: The former IBRC employees will add to these sad statistics. The European Central Bank is no better than many Departments. It has caused mayhem with its restrictive policies across Spain, Greece, Portugal and Cyprus, adding to the alarming unemployment rate. After a year of discussions with the ECB in Frankfurt, it appears they have fallen through as we scramble to make a deal. Last night...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

Mary White: It is the kind of night I never believed I would experience again. It was on that night that Anglo Irish Bank should have been liquidated. We, as citizens of a sovereign, proud, independent state, have been treated despicably in the past year by the European Central Bank. We will never forget this. To add to our humiliation by it, some know-all or person wanting to cause trouble in...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Feb 2013)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State and wish him continued success with his most interesting portfolio. Fianna Fáil established Science Foundation Ireland in 2003. It was initially headed up by Dr. Bill Harris, a visionary dedicated to driving much-needed scientific progress and innovation in Ireland. I wish to focus on the importance of innovation in the context of indigenous companies and...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Mary White: The Aviva Stadium is a work of art.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Mary White: The previous Government was responsible for the construction of the super motorway on which the Senator travels home.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Mary White: Action is needed, not reports and talk.