Results 4,121-4,140 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)
Mary White: Go raibh míle maith agat. I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for giving me the opportunity to once again raise the issue of the Russian adoption crisis in Seanad Éireann. The Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald has three weeks to fulfil her own words from her initiative, Putting Children First. She has three weeks to make a clear and courageous decision to save stranded children in Russia...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)
Mary White: Well done.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mary White: I welcome the Minister. I wish to place my cards on the table by congratulating him on the initiative he has taken in the context of including quotas for women in the legislation. Ministers and politicians in general usually only have one or two opportunities during their lifetime to carve their names in stone. The Minister will be remembered for the initiative to which I refer. I am of...
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mary White: The position of women would have remained the same if this proposed change to the law had not been introduced.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mary White: The Bill furthers the Government's agenda of centralising power and decision making at national level. Legislation to provide for real reform of local government would facilitate greater devolution of powers to local communities. The Local Government Reform Bill 2013 creates a democratic deficit at the heart of the Irish political system, bestows more power on unelected officials and...
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mary White: The Minister is lucky to have any good friend.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mary White: It depends on the county manager. The fees for development and creating employment-----
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mary White: I know about the different county managers.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mary White: I know that some innovative county managers understand that unfair commercial rates cannot be imposed on companies that employ people.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mary White: I do not disagree with that.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mary White: It is a great county.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mary White: The Minister is manipulating the truth.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mary White: They are under the power of the bureaucratic manager.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Mary White: I agree with the Minister on that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2013)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2013)
Mary White: Senator Darragh O'Brien did not do that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2013)
Mary White: Senator Paul Coghlan is inferring that he said that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2013)
Mary White: Transparency and integrity.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2013)
Mary White: Hear, hear.