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Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (2 Dec 2003)

Mary White: While I am not trying to be awkward, I wish to draw attention to a problem. I do not know how a woman can work and breastfeed at the same time. It is an impossibility and would be very detrimental to the mother's health. I breastfed my daughter for seven and a half months and I do not know how a woman could work and breastfeed. Figures produced by La Lèche League show that Ireland has the...

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (2 Dec 2003)

Mary White: Why are we at the bottom of the breastfeeding league in Europe? I accept what Senator Henry said. What is Senator Terry's opinion?

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (2 Dec 2003)

Mary White: I apologise.

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (2 Dec 2003)

Mary White: Why?

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (2 Dec 2003)

Mary White: While I agree with Senator Terry, I do not know how a mother can work and breastfeed. The breastfeeding would be a disaster. I do not know how it can be done.

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (2 Dec 2003)

Mary White: I do not know how it can be done.

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (2 Dec 2003)

Mary White: I accept the extension to six months for breastfeeding breaks. I view this in the context of future extensions to maternity leave, but I am still mystified about the other matter.

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (2 Dec 2003)

Mary White: I do not wish to put a dampener on this again but we may be leaving ourselves open to challenge. I am an employer and I breastfed my daughter for seven and a half months. I accept all one needs is a chair but I am concerned about the conditions. If an employee brought a baby to work, I could imagine them saying that it is not an adequate place for their baby to be kept. I am being realistic....

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (2 Dec 2003)

Mary White: Anything could happen. Semi-State bodies are the best for providing crèches for babies. The semi-State sector has set the pace in providing crèches adjacent to workplaces but I am thinking of the average company.

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (2 Dec 2003)

Mary White: It is a man's club.

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (2 Dec 2003)

Mary White: I thank the Minister and his officials for listening so attentively today and for the vision for the women of the next generation shown in the Chamber. As I said, I feel very strongly that mothers should not have to work and breastfeed. I maintain my position that, if they are breastfeeding for six months, they are entitled to be at home. Regarding the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission,...

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (2 Dec 2003)

Mary White: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for listening to us. I congratulate Senator Cox on her impressive attention to the detail of the amendments to the Bill. I also thank Senators Tuffy, Terry and Henry for an excellent evening. I have been waiting a long time to say what I did.

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (2 Dec 2003)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: Mr. Begg.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: Do not spoil it now, say no more.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: I wish to share my time with Senator Daly.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Malley and officials of the Department of Finance to the House. I had the experience today, for the first time, of sitting in the Dáil Chamber during the Budget Statement. I had always found budget day a very serious affair but there was a buzz of excitement in the Dáil today, because the Minister for Finance had steered the Irish economy through a...

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: It was an exciting occasion – we were moving forward, having steered through the turbulent waters off Cape Horn.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: I am being embarrassed in the presence of my husband, who is in the Visitors Gallery. Yesterday, the New York Times—

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: The Dow Jones industrial average, yesterday, was at its highest in 18 months and the indications are that all sections of the American economy are beginning to grow again. Managers are ordering and, as Dr. Dan McLaughlin said recently in Sligo, in an address to members of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party, as soon as American companies began to build up their inventory control, all...