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Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Mary White: The Senator should get her priorities right.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Mary White: Excuse me, madam. The former Minister, Mr. Joe Walsh, prevented foot and mouth disease from entering the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Mary White: We are constantly harangued on the Opposition side by Members on the Government side about the bad decisions Fianna Fáil made. I joined Fianna Fáil because the people in it, from Lemass on, were pragmatic doers. In 2001, the then Minister for Agriculture and Food, Joe Walsh, single-handedly prevented foot and mouth disease from spreading in Ireland. Every morning he held crisis...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Mary White: I have heard Senators call for meetings.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Mary White: We need the Minister to lead from the front and deal with the crisis in agriculture. On Sunday, I had the pleasure of going to Moneygall, outside which the sign I achieved in getting erected said it was the ancestral home of President Obama. It was put up last week. All the animals in the field beside the sign ran towards us because they thought they were going to be fed. They were...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Mary White: We can say whatever we like about people.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Mary White: They are attacking our party.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Apr 2013)

Mary White: I wish to share my time with Senator Darragh O'Brien.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Apr 2013)

Mary White: The Minister stated that tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in Ireland. Each year, more than 5,200 Irish people die prematurely from diseases caused by tobacco use. A total of 700,000 Europeans die annually from tobacco-related illnesses. The Minister reminded us that tobacco is one of the most addictive drugs. I gave up smoking cigarettes 30 years ago. Like 99% of...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Mary White: At the very successful Fianna Fáil Ard-Fheis on Friday and Saturday evening, the leader of the party, Deputy Micheál Martin said: Fifteen years ago Fianna Fáil negotiated and secured overwhelming public endorsement of a new departure North and South. ... What we are seeing today is an alarming disengagement by the British and Irish Governments, who act as if peace can be taken...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Mary White: I want the Taoiseach to engage with his colleagues in the North. The Minister for Finance and Personnel in the North, Mr. Sammy Wilson, MP, is withholding the final funding for this beautiful bridge. The EU has agreed to contribute €18 million if the project goes ahead, with €3 million more being given by the Minister, Mr. Wilson, as the North's contribution. This beautiful...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Mary White: I recently watched Mr. Sammy Wilson on "Stormont Today". He likes to raise hackles and emotional divisions in the North continuously-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Mary White: I am asking him to give the final small amount of money to build this beautiful new infrastructure, North and South.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Mary White: Good.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (8 May 2013)

Mary White: I am honoured to be here today. The Commissioner was previously a Fianna Fáil Minister, appointed by Taoiseach Charles Haughey, who had the vision to see that she would be an iconic politician as a woman. I am proud of and inspired by the Commissioner. The elephant in the room is that despite all the positive results and economic development for Ireland when we joined the EEC, at the...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2013)

Mary White: I apologise but I must leave to attend the committee on the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. My colleagues who were Members of the previous Seanad will know that as a policy-driven Senator I drew up a policy paper on a new approach to child care. I held public meetings in the city and got the opinions of parents and grandparents who figure prominently in the care of small...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Narrow Water Bridge: Discussion (16 May 2013)

Mary White: I welcome the witnesses from both sides of the lough to this meeting. It is a great example for everyone to see them here today, working together for the good of their community. I wrote a letter about the bridge to various newspapers on April 10. I said that it was clear that the communities on both sides of Carlingford Lough are excited about the golden opportunities the Narrow Water...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Narrow Water Bridge: Discussion (16 May 2013)

Mary White: What about the Minister with responsibility for finance in the North?