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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Mary White: It is the hardest neck I ever came across. It is callous and cold. I do not how Senator Bacik, for whom I have the highest regard, has the stomach to take this. Deputy Stagg, the Labour Party Whip, should be embarrassed when he states in his e-mail that he knows, as well as we all do, that the Tánaiste said she would impose these cuts only when there was a Scandinavian style child...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Mary White: I would say they are embarrassed because I know that they are genuine.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Mary White: Child care is too expensive in Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Mary White: It is another intellectual approach we have this morning.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Mary White: On a point of order, does the Senator have a problem with children who may have to sell the property up front to pay the tax? This is extreme communism.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Mary White: It is extreme communism.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Mary White: I wish to raise a point of order. Senator Aideen Hayden should let constituents in Dún Laoghaire know her position on inheritance tax.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Mary White: She should let them know her position. It is the wealthiest constituency in the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Mary White: Do not.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Mary White: Change it anyway.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Mary White: It is a comprehensive response.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Mary White: That was afterwards, simply for the optics.

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Mary White: I will take the liberty of reading a letter from The Irish Times of 26 June from Fr. Peter McVerry. I am appalled. My siblings and I were reared in a Labour Party family but my father and mother, if alive today, could not identify with what is going on in the Labour Party. The trappings of power has gone to the head of all the elected Members here. Absolute power corrupts absolutely....

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Mary White: It is not bashing.