Results 421-440 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (4 Feb 2004)

Mary White: Allow the other Senators to conclude the matter under discussion.

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (4 Feb 2004)

Mary White: I had the honour of being appointed by the Minister for Agriculture and Food, Deputy Walsh, to the board of Bord Bia. I wish to make it clear that in my position as a Senator, I will continue to raise the issue of the equality of women and the democratic deficit for women in the Oireachtas. Female representation in the Houses is at just 17% whereas women now comprise 50% of the workforce. The...

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (4 Feb 2004)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (4 Feb 2004)

Mary White: I would like to put on record that it was the Minister for Agriculture and Food, Deputy Joe Walsh, who had the vision initially to set up Bord Bia. As a participant in the small food industry in Ireland, this cohesion and concept for a consolidated and indigenous food industry was an excellent idea. The Minister had the initiative and vision to see this was necessary. I congratulate him on...

Seanad: Third Interim Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements. (4 Feb 2004)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Second Stage. (4 Feb 2004)

Mary White: We agreed earlier to change the order and that Senator Tuffy would speak next.

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Second Stage. (4 Feb 2004)

Mary White: It is clear from the Minister of State's previous contributions in the House that he has empathy with this subject. I wish to draw the Minister's attention to a survey on equality in the home which was carried out in Northern Ireland in 2002. It examined gender roles and involved 1,800 adults. The general conclusion of the survey was that there are more women participating in the paid labour...

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Second Stage. (4 Feb 2004)

Mary White: I want the Minister to hear my contribution.

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Second Stage. (4 Feb 2004)

Mary White: I want him to listen to me.

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Second Stage. (4 Feb 2004)

Mary White: I am making my point to the Minister of State.

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Second Stage. (4 Feb 2004)

Mary White: To clarify, I am not criticising the Minister. I would just like him to hear what I am saying. On a survey of 100 households in the North and the attitudes of men and women to participation in the workforce, the general consensus was that people in society now agree that women fully deserve to participate in the workforce, of which half are women, not only for economic independence but for...

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Second Stage. (4 Feb 2004)

Mary White: I apologise. One of the Deputies, who is a gentleman — when I meet him in the corridor we engage in a friendly "Hello" but I will have to ask him to account for himself on the next occasion — explaining the reason there were so few women in Irish politics and why there was not a woman on the Council of Europe, said that the notion of going off alone to these meetings for a woman would be...

Seanad: Electronic Voting: Statements. (11 Feb 2004)

Mary White: No way. That is rubbish.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (11 Feb 2004)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Browne. I am pleased to welcome the Civil Registration Bill 2003 to the Seanad. The Bill provides a new legislative framework for civil registration, supports and enables the modernisation of the civil registration service and facilitates the decentralisation of the General Register Office to Roscommon. This topic is not as emotive and is not getting...

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Feb 2004)

Mary White: Some weeks ago I asked the Leader to arrange for a debate on human rights, as it is a key priority of the Government's EU Presidency. Yesterday evening the O'Brien family, which has 13 children, was moved as it was accused of parking illegally on a site in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. We need a debate on Travellers. Their life expectancy is ten to 12 years lower than the national average and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Feb 2004)

Mary White: I remind Members that I asked for a debate on human rights as soon as possible. It is my pleasure to let Senator Norris know that the Vice-President of Colombia has been invited to the Committee on Foreign Affairs to talk about human rights in Colombia.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Feb 2004)

Mary White: Senator Norris is a member of that committee.

Seanad: European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Feb 2004)

Mary White: There is no fear of that.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2004)

Mary White: Twice already I have called for an urgent debate on human rights at home and abroad. Today it was reported in The Irish Times that the Colombian Government had tried to segregate Niall Connolly from his two colleagues in La Modelo Prison and move him to a state penitentiary notorious for violence. Intervention by our ambassador to Mexico and Colombia, Art Agnew, and his staff was able to stop...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2004)

Mary White: ——that this is another instance of the Colombian Government pressurising the judge to postpone the verdict further until after the United Nations human rights report on Colombia.