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Seanad: Improving the Quality of Early Years Education: Statements (21 Jan 2015)

Mary White: I congratulate the Minister on the delivery of her brief in education and please God it will all work out for the best. In addressing the issue of economic and equality goals and early childhood care and education, I believe and all the evidence shows that the benefits of early childhood care and education accrue disproportionately to those children who are economically disadvantaged. As...

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey. The Fianna Fáil Party's position on Irish Water from day 1 has been vindicated. The Government has introduced ten U-turns since charges came into effect on 1 October 2014. The Government is making up water policy as it goes along as shown by the fact that this legislation was removed bizarrely from Deputies' post boxes only two days...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Mary White: I was not able to attend myself but yesterday the Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection heard senior people in the ESRI speak about the cost of child care prohibiting parents, in particular single parents, from getting back to work. I am hosting a public forum on child care challenges on 13 February in Sandyford community centre. The whole issue of child care is still under the...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Mary White: We started free child care.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Mary White: Yes and to facilitate that, the cost of child care must be reduced.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Mary White: He certainly is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Entrepreneurship and Related Issues: Irish Exporters Association (27 Jan 2015)

Mary White: I thank Ms Byrne for that. One could hear a pin drop in the room when she was speaking. I know Mr. Hugh Kelly from his oration at the Irish Exporters award gala dinner. He is an excellent public speaker. I thank them both; it was really fantastic. My colleagues and I are looking forward to working with them both and also with Mr. Simon McKeever. When Connie Doody and I started Lir...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Mary White: I wish to raise the issue, which I raised already last week, of the CSO survey on income and living conditions. I was surprised that it did not make the radio or the newspapers at the weekend. The survey has confirmed that child poverty has been rising sharply during the economic downturn. This means that many children in the country are living in consistent poverty, meaning they are...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (28 Jan 2015)

Mary White: It is a sad occasion when we are talking about John but I specifically thank Ms Kathleen Carty for her hospitality and empathy when we went to visit her on John's death. I will never forget her kindness and warmth to me. The nicest thing I can say about John is that he was never too busy to stand and speak to a person. In this quite fractious environment, people can be edgy and under...

Seanad: Possible Sale of Aer Lingus: Statements (28 Jan 2015)

Mary White: It is a national issue. It is very serious-----

Seanad: Possible Sale of Aer Lingus: Statements (28 Jan 2015)

Mary White: On a point of order, this is the most important national decision.

Seanad: Possible Sale of Aer Lingus: Statements (28 Jan 2015)

Mary White: I am democratically elected. The Acting Chair cannot do this. On a point of order, it is the most serious national decision being made in this country.

Seanad: Possible Sale of Aer Lingus: Statements (28 Jan 2015)

Mary White: I want to put on the record that I am totally opposed to this decision. Our Government is not to make this decision.

Seanad: Possible Sale of Aer Lingus: Statements (28 Jan 2015)

Mary White: I am appalled at what is happening here today. I am a democratically elected person and I am speaking on behalf of the citizens of Dublin to say that Aer Lingus should not be sold.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Mary White: The Survey on Income and Living Conditions in Ireland is a household survey covering a broad range of issues in respect of income and living conditions produced by the Central Statistics Office. One of the key findings of the latest survey, published last week, was that enforced deprivation was experienced by 30.5% of the population in 2013, up from 26.9% in 2012. Enforced deprivation is...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Mary White: Hear hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Mary White: We should talk about job losses.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Mary White: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

Mary White: It is my pleasure to welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, to the House. It is nearly eight years since the High Court first ruled that the Irish State was in breach of its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights because it did not have a mechanism to legally recognise the preferred gender of transgender individuals. I am happy to see the Government moving...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

Mary White: I can speak on it then.