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Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Mary White: I thank the Leader of the Seanad, Senator Maurice Cummins, for facilitating this event because it is a major event. Year after year people relentlessly lobby Minsters and political representatives to try to get their issues on the radar in the Oireachtas, but many issues never get on the radar. This is a victory for Seanad Éireann, for my colleague, Senator Mark Daly, and for the...

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Mary White: I am embarrassed, and they should be embarrassed.

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Mary White: Week after week, year after year we raise the matter in this Seanad of having proper study of EU directives. EU directives are brought into this country willy-nilly without major discussion in the Oireachtas and, to our detriment, we have to contend with the consequences of that. Currently, 650 people in Ireland are awaiting heart, lung, liver, kidney and pancreas transplants, one in ten...

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (24 Sep 2013)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State and commend her for the great work she is doing. The aims of the Bill are to speed up the dispute resolution service provided by the PRTB by encouraging mediation and to bring the voluntary and co-operative housing sector under the governance of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004. The Minister of State has indicated that she also intends to deal with tenants...

Seanad: Pathways to Work Strategy: Statements (25 Sep 2013)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister and wish her continued success in her very serious responsibility. Despite the improvement and stabilisation of the economic system in our country, there is a very serious crisis in the number of people unemployed. We seem to be immune to the 13.4% of unemployed people and the increasing number of long-term unemployed. On Saturday, 14 September I attended the Career...

Seanad: Pathways to Work Strategy: Statements (25 Sep 2013)

Mary White: We will be exploring the issue of bad planning. The retail sector employs 350,000 people. It is the biggest employer in the country, but it is in crisis because of the lack of spending by people and the Government. I do not blame the Minister for any of this because I know she is passionate about her brief. She referred to her commercial experience. How many of the four members of the...

Seanad: Pathways to Work Strategy: Statements (25 Sep 2013)

Mary White: I am a fan of the Minister and do not deny that the Tánaiste has compassion. However, the members of the econominc council lack commercial experience. They are running the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)

Mary White: As we are in the midst of Positive Ageing Week I wish to raise the issue of Ireland's growing number of older people. Irish people are living longer and enjoy more years of healthy, active living than previous generations. The world is ageing so fast that most countries are not prepared to support their swelling numbers of elderly people, according to a global study issued yesterday by the...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)

Mary White: That is undemocratic.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)

Mary White: The Taoiseach probably made the decision.

Seanad: County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)

Mary White: It is my pleasure to welcome the Minister of State to the House and to speak to the County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013. Altogether 98% of Irish enterprises are micro or small enterprises. They employ 622,000 people and contribute €10 billion to the Exchequer each year. Micro-enterprises are defined as enterprises with a turnover of under €2 million and fewer...

Seanad: County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)

Mary White: We will see. A public debate and discussion is required about the amount of volunteering time that Irish people do for organisations nationwide. Moreover, such people never get recognition from the Government. It is never put on the radar that so many people give so much of their time free to help their local communities. The Fine Gael-Labour Party Government set itself the task of...

Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)

Mary White: A bureaucratic answer.

Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)

Mary White: I wish to put on record that 250,000 people are employed by the retail sector in Ireland. From my observations and study of the sector, it is the most threatened industry in the country. Online technical developments that are taking place and the use of applications and high tech equipment are slaughtering the retail area, so to speak. People are losing jobs in shops throughout the...

Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)

Mary White: That is what Senator Bacik said.