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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)

Mary White: -----if she was waiting for years to adopt a baby? How would she like to feel it herself?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)

Mary White: Action is required.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)

Mary White: I do not play politics. People are suffering.

Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (14 Nov 2013)

Mary White: Go raibh míle maith agat. I welcome the Minister of State here this morning and thank her for representing the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. She has a mega portfolio. I congratulate her on the energy and passion she has shown for her wide range of responsibilities. In late 2012 the Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton, announced his intention to proceed with legislation to...

Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (14 Nov 2013)

Mary White: And the Central Bank.

Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (14 Nov 2013)

Mary White: Such fees are often very high.

Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (14 Nov 2013)

Mary White: What about Royal and Sun Alliance? It has brought unwelcome attention to Ireland again.

Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (14 Nov 2013)

Mary White: The fact is that RSA is an English company, not an Irish company.

Seanad: Report on Grocery Goods Sector: Motion (20 Nov 2013)

Mary White: It is a pleasure to welcome the Minister of State to the House. The report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, "Report on the Grocery Goods Sector - Increasing Equity and Transparency in Producer-Processor-Retailer Relationships", is based on extensive hearings by the committee on the draft statutory code published by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and...

Seanad: Report on Grocery Goods Sector: Motion (20 Nov 2013)

Mary White: The multiples will be represented at the forum on revitalising retail that I am hosting. Ms Breda Cahill, whom I mentioned earlier, will be at the forum as a small independent retailer. Damien O'Reilly of DIT's school of retail and services management will also be there. The establishment of Lir Chocolates was an eye-opening experience for me. This is very important, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Report on Grocery Goods Sector: Motion (20 Nov 2013)

Mary White: Other than my colleague, Senator Mary Ann O'Brien, very few people in this Chamber are involved in the export trade or deal with retailers. We are familiar with the legacy of what Senator Quinn has done for Ireland and Irish companies. If anybody else has such experience they can talk up, but I do not think there is.

Seanad: Report on Grocery Goods Sector: Motion (20 Nov 2013)

Mary White: I apologise to the Minister of State for having to leave the Chamber now. My colleague, Senator Ó Domhnaill, will be here shortly. I have spoken to the Minister of State privately about these matters. He has said he will get back to me about my query.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Challenges in Urban Belfast: Discussion (21 Nov 2013)

Mary White: I thank the three delegates for coming. It is not long since a particular Moderator of the Presbyterian Church thought all of us down here had horns or that we were all chancers. I will not mention his name. It says a great deal that the delegates are here today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Challenges in Urban Belfast: Discussion (21 Nov 2013)

Mary White: Thank you, Reverend Hamilton. I agree with Deputy Martin Ferris that the Loyalist side needs political leadership. In the past there was stronger leadership on the Loyalist side, but it did not grow. I have never been more impressed by a picture in The Irish Times than I am by the picture of the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Mairtín Ó Muilleoir, carrying out his civic duty, standing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Ex-Prisoners and Conflict Transformation: Discussion with Community Foundation for Northern Ireland (21 Nov 2013)

Mary White: I wish to follow up on the issue raised by Ms Gildernew. She raised the issue previously of adoption for women who have been in prison and we do not seem to have followed up on it. Why can we not take it up and do something about it? Martina Anderson can be an MEP but she cannot adopt a child. For God’s sake. I am sure you remember, Chairman, that we had such a discussion a year...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Ex-Prisoners and Conflict Transformation: Discussion with Community Foundation for Northern Ireland (21 Nov 2013)

Mary White: What do you think we should do, Chairman? What action can we take on the issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (21 Nov 2013)

Mary White: We have been active on this project. Both Governments have committed to going ahead with it. It is in their hands. There is a small Unionist group that does not want it to go ahead, however. We are going back to the same old thing again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (21 Nov 2013)

Mary White: I am not disagreeing with the Deputy. It is up to our Government and the Executive in the North to prevent this EU funding from being stopped, however. That is the key to it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (21 Nov 2013)

Mary White: Senator Jim D’Arcy has been fighting for this relentlessly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (21 Nov 2013)

Mary White: It is a serious matter.