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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Mary White: I am not a member of this committee but I am honoured to attend this meeting. Mr. McKeever is the chief executive of my nominating body for the Seanad. I congratulate the Irish Exporters Association on the superb job it does on behalf of small, medium and multinational companies. Its membership comprises an extraordinary group of companies. It was a pleasure to hear Dr. Raza's fresh...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Mary White: There were non-financial barriers. There were layers of phoney barriers trying to stop one from selling to the Japanese market. Everybody will be excited about making sales in America. We must get our SMEs to export, and not enough of them are. The IEA wants the existing exporters to grow their exports and new ones to begin exporting. In my experience, Irish SMEs can be reluctant to have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Mary White: I am sceptical about the success of that agreement because the Japanese are protective.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Mary White: My experience is not just that there were high standards. For example, food companies in Ireland operate to a high standard but the Japanese have vague and big regulations. The list is long. I only refer to the food sector. Tesco made us in the UK and it has rigid standards. Its representatives can walk into a company unannounced any minute of the day. Japan has vague regulations and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Mary White: Nobody will want to know a company that does not have high standards.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)

Mary White: It is my pleasure to support my colleague, Senator Feargal Quinn, on his introduction of the subject of shingles in the Seanad today. Having suffered, and still suffering, the remains of it over the past year and a half, I concur with him on the severity of the illness which has been under the radar for so long. In the United States every person over 50 is recommended to get the vaccine...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)

Mary White: It is my pleasure to welcome them. It is a very serious issue in society that people must compulsorily retire at 65 and it is my duty to draw attention to the matter. When there is someone in this Chamber who has been allowed to continue in his work, then it is only my responsibility to draw our attention to it.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Second Stage (10 Jun 2014)

Mary White: Fianna Fáil is generally supportive of this Bill, which is the outcome of tremendous work over the years by various Ministers and civil servants in the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Ireland was a different country when the first Companies Bill was introduced more than 50 years ago. We are far more complex now than we were in the 1960s. We never heard of the word...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2014)

Mary White: It is timely and appropriate that Senators extend our good wishes for a successful outcome to the discussions on the future of Bausch and Lomb in Waterford which are taking place this week under the auspices of the Labour Relations Commission. Our esteemed Leader of the Seanad is more conscious than any of us of the implications of these discussions for the 1,100 employees of the plant and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)

Mary White: I welcome the delegates. Yesterday I was involved in the peace process in Belfast. I returned from Belfast using the airport bus, whose final stop was at the Gresham Hotel. I had a very pleasant journey on the beautiful bus and there was beautiful countryside all the way down. It was very therapeutic but I will never forget the shock I got when I got to O'Connell Street. To me, shopping...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)

Mary White: There are jobs in that printing company.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)

Mary White: It is my pleasure to congratulate the Leader and Senator Cullinane on their efforts to ensure the sustainability of the Bausch & Lomb plant in Waterford. Yesterday, more than 800 employees voted for the conditions proposed by Valeant, the parent company. These include pay cuts and approximately 200 redundancies. It is also my pleasure to compliment the members of the Technical...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)

Mary White: Of course it does.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)

Mary White: Members of the Seanad can be appointed to the Cabinet.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)

Mary White: Senators Kelly and Landy are available.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)

Mary White: There is a boys' club in here.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)

Mary White: He is thinking about being the next Taoiseach.