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

Mary White: Senator Bacik said that private property has an elevated role in the Constitution.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)

Mary White: The Senator did well.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)

Mary White: Yes, call a general election.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)

Mary White: I wish to speak this morning about the lack of balance in the running of our country. We have a four man economic council running the country and I do not believe that any one of them has any commercial experience whatsoever.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)

Mary White: It is very much to do with it. Has any one of them ever created a job or ever tried to start up a business? I am raising the issue. The Minister for Finance had better not dare increase the VAT rate on the hospitality sector up to 13%. This morning I was at a meeting in the Dundrum town centre, where there are 40 restaurants creating employment and giving jobs to the people there. If...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)

Mary White: They speak of 0.4%. They should stop speaking through their hats.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)

Mary White: He got back in time.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)

Mary White: If one talks to people one hears they are not improving.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)

Mary White: In social welfare, from people losing their jobs.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)

Mary White: I have spent 12 years in the Seanad. I am a full-time Senator; I am on the job seven days a week helping people around the country. I felt very diminished by what had happened in recent months, but I have been re-energised and I am moving forward. I raise a very important issue. On the front page of the Irish Independent today there is a picture of Gay Byrne with his friend, Bertie...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)

Mary White: We have had Second Stage and it was supported on all sides. This is Fianna Fáil policy and the Bill was seconded by Senator Crown. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan, said that while he did not normally agree with Fianna Fáil policy, he was glad this one was put forward. It had the support of practically all Senators but due to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)

Mary White: It is in government with the DUP.

Seanad: Issues Facing Small and Medium Enterprises in Rural Towns: Motion (8 Oct 2013)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State and thank her for attending. All of us here, on both sides of the Chamber, are very pleased that the people voted "No" to the abolition of the Seanad. Fianna Fáil supports the excellent motion in the names of Senators Denis Landy and John Whelan which is at the core of many of our problems. I thank them for tabling the motion. Deputy Barry Cowen...

Seanad: Issues Facing Small and Medium Enterprises in Rural Towns: Motion (8 Oct 2013)

Mary White: I feel passionately the need to maintain the town centres and bring them back to life and in the city to maintain neighbourhood centres. That there should be houses everywhere is boring. For example, in Mount Merrion, Dublin South, a lovely range of small shops is available to the people. At my conference, independent shopkeepers will be invited to speak as well as individuals from larger...

Seanad: Issues Facing Small and Medium Enterprises in Rural Towns: Motion (8 Oct 2013)

Mary White: That does not sound very convincing and 300 town councillors are effectively losing their jobs. We must repopulate the high streets, town centres and neighbourhood centres as community hubs, with more housing, education, arts, entertainment, business office space, health and leisure, and some shops. I am on the same wavelength as my two colleagues and totally support them, but I see the...