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- Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)
Mary White: -----and complemented by general taxation. The total cost for the abolition of Irish Water will amount to €216 million. Savings in wages will ensure this will be made up within five years and will bring an end to the throwing of good money after bad. In regard to the total cost of Irish Water in 2015, the set-up cost was €172 million, water meters cost €540 million,...
- Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)
Mary White: What about Shakespeare? The Senator is an authority.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)
Mary White: What about Shakespeare. The Senator is an authority on Shakespeare.
- Seanad: Flooding: Statements (20 Jan 2016)
Mary White: Over many nights, I saw the Minister of State visiting sites of extreme flooding. He was on the job quickly, for which I congratulate and thank him.
- Seanad: Flooding: Statements (20 Jan 2016)
Mary White: It gave hope to local people who were devastated by what happened. One cannot imagine how awful it has been for them unless one walks in their shoes. For many, their homes will never be the same again. I will draw on the Minister of State's point about climate change. Globally, 2014 was the warmest year since records started. December 2015 was the wettest month ever recorded in Ireland....
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)
Mary White: I second the amendment proposed by Senator Mooney that the HSE make funding available for the Orkambi-kalydeco drug for cystic fibrosis which has improved the quality of life of many patients who have received it. Carol Brill is a young woman with a devastating and rare genetic disease called Usher syndrome. This causes the simultaneous gradual deterioration of hearing and sight. Although...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)
Mary White: I will finish up by saying that when Carol spoke last year at the Joint Committee on Health and Children she said:Those of us with deafblindness are not invisible. I ask committee members in earnest to positively consider our request to have deafblindness recognised as a unique disability. Please open the doors that will allow us to live and fully participate in this beautiful world...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)
Mary White: And Senator Moloney.
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (28 Jan 2016)
Mary White: I move amendment No. 1:In page 9, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following:“(5) The Minister will commission a report within 3 months of the act becoming operational outlining how the Credit Guarantee Scheme can help make it easier for businesses that owe money to banks exiting the Irish SME market to refinance those debts with domestic institutions.”. The original...
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (28 Jan 2016)
Mary White: I move amendment No. 2:In page 9, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following:“(5) (a) The Minister shall work with his colleague in the Department of Finance to facilitate a role for state promotional financial institutions such as the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland in the scheme in order to enhance the provision of credit to SMEs directly. (b) The Minister shall be...
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (28 Jan 2016)
Mary White: Fianna Fáil welcomes the Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015, which vindicates its criticism that the credit guarantee scheme was not providing for sufficient lending to viable small and medium enterprises, SMEs, which under normal lending criteria are unable to obtain new or additional facilities from their banks. The scheme was supposed to facilitate this by providing banks with a...
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (2 Feb 2016)
Mary White: Could the Leas-Chathaoirleach repeat that, please?
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (2 Feb 2016)
Mary White: I am sorry, but I cannot hear the Leas-Chathaoirleach. Say it again.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (2 Feb 2016)
Mary White: Last week, I raised the serious issue of Ms Carol Brill, who has Usher syndrome. I am sorry, Senator Bacik, but can you-----
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (2 Feb 2016)
Mary White: Do not try to stop me. I rang the Taoiseach to let him know what was happening here today.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (2 Feb 2016)
Mary White: I am making my point. It is a democracy.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (2 Feb 2016)
Mary White: That sounds good, but I was informed-----
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (2 Feb 2016)
Mary White: Excuse me, but can I-----
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (2 Feb 2016)
Mary White: Would the Leas-Chathaoirleach please listen to me?
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (2 Feb 2016)
Mary White: I got a call from Mr. Adrian McLaughlin in the Minister of State's office. He told me that the Minister of State, Deputy English, would not be able to take my Commencement Matter and had two of his own. I am putting exactly what happened on the record. The Government cannot muster up a Minister in its last days to discuss the matter of a lady who has Usher syndrome and has fallen between...