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

Mary White: It sounds like November.

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

Mary White: I am still unclear about the matter. I must take this opportunity to refer to a recent report compiled by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy. He has major concerns about how taxpayers' money has been spent on Eircode during the past five years. In 2009 it was estimated that Eircode would cost €18 million over an 18-month period. Based on a review of costs to...

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

Mary White: Cost is very much part of the mess.

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

Mary White: Mr. McCarthy claimed that there is a lack of clarity regarding overall achievements since the implementation of Eircode. He said that there were serious concerns regarding the non-competitive basis on which consultants were engaged and that there were significant delays. This is a very serious matter. Tenders were awarded without going through the proper competitive process. I still want...

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

Mary White: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)

Mary White: On Tuesday, 6 October, Daft.iepublished its latest house prices report, which is an analysis of recent trends in the residential sales market in the third quarter of 2015. The report states house prices in Dublin have risen by on average 41% since 2012. The average price of a house in south County Dublin is a staggering €520,000. By contrast, the average price of a house in Cork...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)

Mary White: -----and to extend the inheritance tax payment period by 12 months.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)

Mary White: I am calling on the Minister to adopt the thresholds and rates I propose in the budget. He should, in particular, keep in mind that people living in Dublin are at a disadvantage in comparison with those living in other parts of Ireland.

Seanad: Horizon 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2015)

Mary White: It is a pleasure to welcome the Minister of State to the House and I wish him every success in the forthcoming general election. The key message is that improving research and development facilities is central to a sustainable economic recovery for Europe. Over the past 20 years, Europe has lagged behind the rest of the world in terms of economic growth. An important means of reversing...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Mary White: I wish to express my sympathies to the families in the Traveller community of those who died tragically early on Saturday morning: Thomas and Sylvia Connors, their children, Jim, Christy and Mary, who was aged just six months, William Lynch, his partner Tara Gilbert, their children, Jodie and Kelsey, and William's brother, Jimmy. Tara was also pregnant with the couple's third child. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Mary White: That is not correct. The Senator has got it wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Mary White: Does Senator Coghlan rely on the papers for opinion?

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Mary White: That is nasty. Senator Kelly is jealous because Senator Leyden has a sense of humour.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (14 Oct 2015)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. We are all aware that climate change poses a serious threat to this island nation across a broad remit of areas ranging from agricultural infrastructure to massive coastal erosion. This Bill does not confront the scale of that threat. It is time the Government got serious about climate change and started to take real action to protect Ireland's...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2015)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2015)

Mary White: I want to comment on the Finance Bill 2015. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation states constantly that he wants Ireland to be the global centre for start-ups, but I do not think he has spoken to the Department of Finance. He keeps saying these lovely words but in reality Ireland has not delivered for start-ups. In fact, the Finance Bill which has been delivered by officials in...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2015)

Mary White: I have many points to make about inheritance tax. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has let himself be rolled over by the people in the Department of Finance. They do not have a clue what it is like to do business and are suspicious of every business person. The Finance Bill is a disgrace as far as potential start-ups are concerned.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

Mary White: It gives me great pleasure to support Senator Barrett's points. I will be hosting a public meeting on climate change - under the title "Climate Change Crunch Time" - next week in the Goat Bar & Grill in Dundrum. The implications of climate change and the warming of the atmosphere, in addition to the potential trouble we are walking into, are only beginning to dawn on people. We are...