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Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Mary White: My nephew is a buyer there.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Mary White: I do, it is about the Parental Leave Bill 2013. I call on the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, to update us on the progress made on that legislation. The Leader is attentively listening and writing down what I am saying, which is great. I first introduced the Bill in July 2013 as part of a series of innovative initiatives contained in a Fianna Fáil policy paper promoting...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Mary White: Yes. I also propose an amendment to the Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005 to see adopting parents entitled to adoptive leave, if they so wish. I ask my fellow Senators to support the amendment. Adoption is just as life changing as having a biological child and this must be recognised. I am quite patient and I will wait to see if the Leader can get the Minister to respond. I will not...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Mary White: Hear,hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Mary White: Drones are seriously destructive.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Mary White: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Mary White: Go raibh míle maith agat.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2014)

Mary White: I thank the Minister of State very much for attending today. It is always a pleasure to listen to her. I compliment my colleagues who introduced the Bill. I would like to address directly the issue of out-of-town retail areas and superstores, such as Lidl and Aldi, which are incentivising shoppers to shop out of town, in many cases with free car parking that is often on land on which rates...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2014)

Mary White: -----very sheltered whereas it is very different in the private sector. For example, when I got involved in starting up Lir Chocolates my passion was to create employment, given that the national unemployment rate was 17% at that time. The people in retail work morning, noon and night and if the shop is not open they are still on the job. For example, Tesco employs 15,000 people all over...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2014)

Mary White: Local authorities cannot rely on retailers to increase the rates. The rates on small shops which are endeavouring to keep going are exorbitant. One of those who was with me this morning has an outstanding rates bill for €60,000. Her bank went out of business and fled the country and now she is trying to negotiate with a new bank. She is a very good business person but consumer...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2014)

Mary White: I apologise. There does not appear to be any logic to what is going on in this country at the moment. I do not know from where we will get the brains to sort out the country. I am not optimistic at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Civic Forum for Northern Ireland: SDLP (16 Jan 2014)

Mary White: I am delighted to see our three guests. When we discussed the Haass-O'Sullivan draft report, I spoke briefly in support of the reconvening of the civic forum. The Assembly voted in April 2013 to recall it. In 2011, the First Minister in response to a question about the civic forum said: There was no widespread desire for a return to the structure of the size and expense of the civic forum...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Effects of Violence: Justice for the Forgotten (16 Jan 2014)

Mary White: I will be brief. I am humbled by Ms Margaret Urwin's continuous drive to get justice for the forgotten. What she has done on her own is awesome. I thank her very much for that. I concur with my colleague, Deputy Frank Feighan, that it would be appropriate, and this is not a criticism of the commemoration of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings, that we would put pressure on the Government in this...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Mary White: Does the Senator have three jobs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Mary White: I thank the witnesses for attending. In this area of health, progress has been made. Health is more positive than many areas. As Mr. McDonnell said, there must be a key driver of all issues and the opportunities for more co-operation. I am interested in current arrangements for cancer care in the north west. Ms Nic Aongusa referred to this but perhaps she can repeat the point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Mary White: What is the current situation? The current need for people from Sligo or Donegal to travel to Galway is very controversial. What is the current position regarding somebody in Donegal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Mary White: Is it correct that when that is up and running in 2016, it will treat 500,000 patients, 10% of whom will be from the Republic?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Mary White: From listening to what we have heard today, is it not correct to say that two political drivers are needed; one in the North and one in the South to drive through the common sense issues raised by Alasdair McDonnell, MP? He is on the spot and he knows. We need the drivers to be in place. With all due respect, reports and meetings between the Secretary General and his counterpart mean...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Mary White: Gabh mo leithscéal-----