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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 am only making the point but I got interrupted by the interjection of the Leader of the Seanad. My point is that the Ministers have to do it. I refer to what Alasdair McDonnell, MP, said about the Belfast hospital being able to help the people in the north west. We have to do something about it. We hear about the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement-----

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: It is frustrating.

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: Yes, but what about all the issues Alasdair McDonnell, MP, raised?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion with Commissioner for Victims and Survivors (6 Feb 2014)

Mary White: I thank both delegates for coming. It is an awesome challenge that they must face and I have no words on how difficult it will be. The definition of "victim" was a contentious issue in the Haass report and Ms Stone said it was an issue the main political parties could not resolve. Therefore, she faces a question mark, which it is interesting to know. In her presentation she said, "I was...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)

Mary White: I support Senator John Crown’s Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012 and second his amendment to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)

Mary White: It is a matter of life and death.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)

Mary White: There are no partisan politics at meetings of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement.

Seanad: Parental Leave Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Feb 2014)

Mary White: Yes.

Seanad: Parental Leave Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Feb 2014)

Mary White: Exactly.

Seanad: Parental Leave Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Feb 2014)

Mary White: I will be a little bold and say that if all Labour Party Deputies were as progressive as the Minister of State they would not be in the trouble they are in currently.

Seanad: Parental Leave Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Feb 2014)

Mary White: Did he say that too?

Seanad: Parental Leave Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Feb 2014)

Mary White: I feel a moral responsibility to put on record the Minister of State’s personal achievement in honouring her word that she would come back in early spring and discuss the Bill further. I would also like to congratulate our Leader, Senator Cummins, who did not take the traditional aggressive or antagonistic approach to an Opposition Bill and who saw it as important that fathers would...

Seanad: Parental Leave Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Feb 2014)

Mary White: I move amendment No. 1: In page 19, after line 20, to insert the following new section: “PART II AMENDMENT OF THE ADOPTIVE LEAVE ACT 19954.—(1) Section 2 of the Adoptive Leave Act 1995, as amended by the Adoptive Leave Act 2005, is amended as follows:(a) by deleting the definition of “Employed Adopting Mother” and substituting the following:“...

Seanad: Parental Leave Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Feb 2014)

Mary White: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, line 8, after “CHILD” to insert “, TO AMEND THE ADOPTIVE LEAVE ACT 1995”.Again, I move the amendment, but am willing to withdraw it and return to the issue on Report Stage.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)

Mary White: What about what the Fine Gael did to Mr. Flannery?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)

Mary White: I second that.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)

Mary White: It is my pleasure to be associated with the good wishes to the Irish Diaspora. It is a tragedy for Ireland that so many young people are still emigrating every week. As my party’s spokesperson on employment, it is my pleasure that the company I co-founded and on the board of which I still sit, Lir Chocolates, won first prize for its Tesco Finest Easter egg and second prize for its...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)

Mary White: The reason I started Lir Chocolates was to create employment, which is still my passion. I congratulate the company on creating more jobs in Navan, County Meath. A Chathaoirligh, I am very appreciative of your patience in the past 12 months. This is only the third day since November 2012 on which my health has been restored.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)

Mary White: The Leader deserves them, too.