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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Cancer Screening Programmes (29 Sep 2015)

Mary White: -----that a woman who has availed of free BreastCheck for two years cannot follow up when she is over the age of 64 to continue in the same institution.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Cancer Screening Programmes (29 Sep 2015)

Mary White: It is typically Irish.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Mary White: I raised the issue of inheritance tax in the Seanad a number of months ago and have had many conversations with people who are affected by the tax in the Dublin Rathdown constituency in which I live. Many residents have expressed anger at the current penal inheritance tax regime and have shown grave concern at the manner in which grieving families are being treated as a result.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Mary White: On 25 August there was standing room only at a public meeting I organised in Mount Merrion community centre entitled, "Cut the Inheritance Tax", where attendees asked for an urgent review of the tax. Ireland has one of the harshest inheritance tax regimes in the world, with Dubliners in particular heavily penalised by the tax. In 2014 Revenue collected €168.3 million inheritance tax...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Mary White: I call on the Minister, Deputy Noonan, to address this issue immediately. This tax is wrong. It is unfair and it has already been abolished in numerous countries, such as Austria, Norway and Sweden, as it is deemed to be double taxation. Ireland needs to follow suit urgently.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Mary White: On a point of information to Senator Keane, the inheritance tax threshold was €521,000-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Mary White: I just want to say it should be brought back to what it was in 2008. It is €225,000 now.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Mary White: They did; they treated us desperately.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Mary White: He brought in the 30% quota.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Mary White: That has all been done already.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Mary White: We had nothing to do with it.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2015)

Mary White: Last week, the Irish Tax Institute published its pre-budget submission in which it drew attention to the fact that Ireland is not advancing up the global rankings on entrepreneurship. Many Irish business leaders have expressed concern about the unfair tax treatment of entrepreneurs. Despite the stellar work of Enterprise Ireland under the leadership of Ms Julie Sinnamon in getting people to...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2015)

Mary White: Yes, a very important question. The Oireachtas joint committee recommended that the Government, in the forthcoming budget, remove the discrimination in the tax system faced by self-employed entrepreneurs by introducing a tax credit for the self-employed which would be equivalent to the PAYE tax credit, and by introducing social welfare supports, because despite paying PRSI, entrepreneurs...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2015)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2015)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2015)

Mary White: That is plagiarised from yesterday.

Seanad: European Council Decisions: Motions (1 Oct 2015)

Mary White: Everyone in Europe is overwhelmed by the migration crisis and European political leaders are trying to come together to make the correct decisions on the matter. I am afraid the European Union has been caught up again in a terrible bureaucracy and its leaders have failed to come together and solve problems. I am very proud of the role being played by the LE Niamh, LE Samuel Beckettand LE...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Second Stage (6 Oct 2015)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister here this evening. I will refer to key points in her speech which I fully support. The Minister said that the House will agree that the provisions of this Bill are a significant step forward in targeting those that abuse children as well as offering some further protection of victims of sexual offences. She said the Bill will substantially strengthen our law, to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Postal Codes (8 Oct 2015)

Mary White: The Minister of State is very welcome. I sincerely wish her every success in the forthcoming general election. I appreciate her friendship and the warmth she has shown throughout the years since I got to know her. My question is to the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. I ask him to clarify whether it is possible for constituents to appeal their Eircode when it is...