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Seanad: Commemoration Planning: Statements (13 Nov 2014)

Mary White: I congratulate the Minister and look forward to working with her in my capacity as a member of the 2016 commemoration committee, which was appointed by the Taoiseach. Last night's event in the GPO, the main site of the Rising, was a very moving experience and it was a great privilege to participate in it. I was born in Dundalk and we Border people are acutely sensitive to this issue. I am...

Seanad: Commemoration Planning: Statements (13 Nov 2014)

Mary White: I cannot. Sometimes I get very hurt. Perhaps I can hold my own on the surface. We need to get more women in here, as they represent half the population. We must lift the spirits of young people so they can be idealistic about their country. When I started Lir Chocolates, I had never heard of profit; I did it to create employment. When I was elected to the Seanad, I did not know I was to...

Seanad: Commemoration Planning: Statements (13 Nov 2014)

Mary White: I am not saying I did not. It is not all about accumulating money; the first priority is the development of potential. One must be passionate about what one is doing.

Seanad: Access to Finance for SMEs: Statements (19 Nov 2014)

Mary White: The Minister of State is very welcome. Is this his first occasion in the Seanad?

Seanad: Access to Finance for SMEs: Statements (19 Nov 2014)

Mary White: He is very welcome and I congratulate him on his appointment. Small and medium-size companies are the lifeblood of the Irish economy, representing 70% of all employment, but the recovery of SMEs is being strangled by a lack of access to credit. They also report that bank fees and charges are rising, and the trend is likely to continue. The decision by Danske Bank to join ACC in winding down...

Seanad: Access to Finance for SMEs: Statements (19 Nov 2014)

Mary White: Does the Senator think they will be successful?

Seanad: Access to Finance for SMEs: Statements (19 Nov 2014)

Mary White: I will hold him to that.

Seanad: Access to Finance for SMEs: Statements (19 Nov 2014)

Mary White: Louth County Council is an exception in this regard.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2014)

Mary White: As acting leader for Fianna Fáil today, I wish to raise the issue of water fluoridation in Ireland. The condition of Irish people's dental health in the 1950s has been summed up by Dr. Joe Mullen, principal dental surgeon at the HSE, as being dreadful and an absolute emergency that needed to be addressed. This is endorsed by Professor Denis O'Mullane, former chief dental officer at the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2014)

Mary White: Yes. This is a very serious national issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2014)

Mary White: The expert body on fluorides and health estimates that without fluoridation, the average five year old could expect to have five or more decayed, filled or missing teeth. Can one imagine the pain of bringing a four year old to the dentist to get teeth removed? The level of fluoride in drinking water in Ireland is set at 0.6 and 0.8 parts per million. Parts per million is equivalent to...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2014)

Mary White: I have more important points to make. During my research into this matter, I discovered that wedding presents of false teeth were given in the 1950s and 1960s because often a bride’s or a groom’s teeth were in such a bad way.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2014)

Mary White: That is a fact.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2014)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The recent Government announcement of the new water charges system marks yet another panicked U-turn and a massive climb down by the Government in its disastrous handling of Irish Water. This latest U-turn underlines the complete mess this coalition Government has made of our vital natural resource. Fianna Fáil believes it is now time to...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2014)

Mary White: I ask Senator Cummins to update us on the Bill I introduced, on behalf of Fianna Fáil, on parental leave, the intention of which was to allow fathers to share the maternity leave granted to women if the mothers of the children so wish. It was received in principle and I would like to know its current status. As we speak, in Buswells Hotel the Irish Migrant Rights Council is launching a...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2014)

Mary White: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2014)

Mary White: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2014)

Mary White: In light of the warm response from the Leader, Senator Maurice Cummins, and the announcement that he will raise the matter with the Minister for Justice and Equality, I will not call a vote on this occasion.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Mary White: I call for a sense of reality in respect of the exuberance on the Government side on the increase in employment. Below the radar, one does not have to read into the detail too far to find that 23% of young people in the State are unemployed. Of those, 57% are long-term unemployed, meaning they have been out of work for over a year. We have a crisis, notwithstanding that the unemployment...