Results 441-460 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2004)
Mary White: It is very important for everyone in this House that three Irish citizens be treated in accordance with their human rights.
- Seanad: Industrial Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (25 Feb 2004)
Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ahern, who has responsibility for trade and commerce, and his departmental officials. Ireland is a role model for countries in Europe and worldwide for its successful partnership between employees, unions and employers. This partnership has been one of the drivers of the Celtic tiger. I am most supportive of trade unions. In the mid-1970s I was...
- Seanad: Dormant Accounts: Motion. (25 Feb 2004)
Mary White: I hope they will.
- Seanad: European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Feb 2004)
Mary White: He was called back.
- Seanad: Aer Lingus Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Mar 2004)
Mary White: I would like to share my time with Senator Mansergh.
- Seanad: Aer Lingus Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Mar 2004)
Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State and the officials. I wish the Minister of State every success in the forthcoming European election. I am privileged to know Aer Lingus from many different angles, first as a young person coming to the city in the 1960s, as a customer and as a supplier. When I came to Dublin in 1962, the Aer Lingus air hostess was an icon for young Irish women, in the way that...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2004)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2004)
Mary White: That is true.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2004)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)
Mary White: Snobbery.
- Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)
Mary White: The Senator should apologise.
- Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)
Mary White: It was very rude.
- Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)
Mary White: I welcome the Minister. I will speak from my own personal experience having been a member of State boards and a chairwoman of a board. I am not boasting but I was appointed to six boards byââ
- Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)
Mary White: Yes, six boards. I was appointed originally by former Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, then by former Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds, then the current Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin, and the Minister for Agriculture and Food, Deputy Walsh. I have done my best. I have done better on some than others.
- Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)
Mary White: I was on the Higher Education Authority, the boards of the National Museum of Ireland and the National College of Art and Design, Bord Bia and chairwoman of Gaisce, the President's Award.
- Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)
Mary White: My proudest achievement is as chairwomen of Gaisce, the President's Award, for which, Senator Ross should be pleased to know, I received no stipend for three years, no travelling expenses and no gift of any kind. I was asked by President McAleese to try to get Gaisce, the President's Award, into Northern Ireland. I achieved this, not on my own, but shoulder to shoulder with the Departments of...
- Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)
Mary White: It was a pleasure to do so. I apologise for saying that as I do not like to boast. I was brought up to be humble. As we know the workforce currently comprises nearly 49% of women. In the early 1990s, the Government decided there should be a 40-60 ratio of women to men on State boards. The Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy O'Dea, is vigilant as...
- Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)
Mary White: I am talking about private sector companies. When those boards with no women directors were asked whether they intended to appoint any women in the future a fascinating 30% gave a straight "No".