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Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2015)

Mary White: I move amendment No. 20: In page 6, line 27, to delete “pay.”.” and substitute the following:“pay. (5) Where the Minister declares an order for any increase to the national minimum wage, a sufficient lead-in period should be made available for this new rate to be met in a planned way.”.”.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2015)

Mary White: I move amendment No. 24: In page 8, line 16, after "persons" to insert ", one of whom shall be a person currently managing a small to medium sized enterprise".I wish to discuss the rationale for amendment No. 24. It is imperative that at least one member of the Low Pay Commission should have a precise understanding of the interests and needs of small to medium sized businesses and a strong...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2015)

Mary White: Although I have high regard for the Minister of State’s dedication to his portfolio, I am sorry I have to disagree with him on this. I was privileged to be a member of Bord Bia when I worked full-time with Connie Doody and all our staff in Lír Chocolates. Having the hands-on experience of a start-up food company without a pen or pencil when we started, I was able to contribute...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2015)

Mary White: There is no fear of this Minister of State looking at his laptop.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2015)

Mary White: On behalf of all those in Dublin and Dublin south as well as across Ireland, we extend our sympathies to the families of the six young Irish people who had a brutal death in Berkeley practically 48 hours ago. When I came back from a meeting last night, I saw on Sky News how the timber of the balcony had completely broken. It was a brutal and instant fall and a totally wrong construction....

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2015)

Mary White: In the meeting with David Cameron, let them put the squeeze on.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2015)

Mary White: What does Senator Bacik say about all these cuts?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2015)

Mary White: Good.

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Motion (17 Jun 2015)

Mary White: I second the motion.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (17 Jun 2015)

Mary White: I wish the Minister of State good luck in addressing the scandalous position in which the staff of Clerys find themselves. I am optimistic that he will look after the workers in question extremely well. Senator Cullinane must realise that this is not only an issue of wages but also relates to the disposable income of persons who are in a job. Income can be enhanced by the Government in...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Jun 2015)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State to the Seanad. I note his statement: "Worker and employer stakeholders have played a critical role in assisting Government developing this clear and workable framework and I wish to acknowledge the huge contribution of the representatives of both sides of industry in this regard." The main purpose of this Bill is twofold. The first is to provide for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Mary White: Shame.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Mary White: I wish to address the abolition of the one-parent family payment from yesterday, 1 July, for parents whose youngest child is over seven, by the leader of the so-called Labour Party, Deputy Joan Burton. I am trying to come up with a new name for that party, as it no longer reflects my ideals of what a labour party should be about.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Mary White: Fr. Peter McVerry, in a letter to The Irish Timeslast week, wrote that these cuts "will cause unnecessary hardship for thousands of lone parents and their children, and should be abandoned. [...] My experience over the last few years is that, increasingly, the Department of Social Protection has become hard-hearted and even ruthless, to the dismay of some of its own staff."The crux of this...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Mary White: This represents an increase of 32% in the consistent poverty rate for those families from 2012 to 2013. Another person whom I revere very much, Professor Kathleen Lynch, professor of equality studies in UCD, compared the situation to welfare cuts in the United States and cited a study describing those US cuts as creating "intractable conflict for poor people trying to care for kids". Could...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Mary White: I was with a woman last Friday who has two children. She is a qualified nurse with degrees in nursing management, yet the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is paying for her food and electricity. She lives in the wealthiest constituency in this country, in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Mary White: It is not reform if no alternatives are created.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Mary White: We introduced the free child care year.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Mary White: Fr. Peter McVerry-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Mary White: Sorry for interrupting, on a point of order.