Results 601-620 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Nov 2004)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Report of National Advisory Committee on Drugs: Statements (Resumed). (3 Nov 2004)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Noel Ahern, to the House and I wish him every success in his continued work in his Department. On page 26 of the report of the National Advisory Committee on Drugs, I read of a three source study of opiate or heroin use in Dublin. This study was carried out between 2000 and 2003. Three...

Seanad: Report of National Advisory Committee on Drugs: Statements (Resumed). (3 Nov 2004)

Mary White: Yes.

Seanad: Competitiveness and Consumer Protection Policy: Statements. (10 Nov 2004)

Mary White: What about the smoking ban? The Senator is being mean-minded.

Seanad: Competitiveness and Consumer Protection Policy: Statements. (10 Nov 2004)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Competitiveness and Consumer Protection Policy: Statements. (10 Nov 2004)

Mary White: That is true.

Seanad: Competitiveness and Consumer Protection Policy: Statements. (10 Nov 2004)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen, to the House and I wish him luck. He has a tremendous reputation in Leinster House and in County Clare. I am aware that everybody in Clare is crazy about him. Even Senator Ryan stated that it is about time he was awarded an elevated position. I may be accused of exaggeration but the Minister's speech is probably the best I have heard delivered...

Seanad: Competitiveness and Consumer Protection Policy: Statements. (10 Nov 2004)

Mary White: There is a new Minister who wishes to implement these documents.

Seanad: Competitiveness and Consumer Protection Policy: Statements. (10 Nov 2004)

Mary White: I know what I am talking about.

Seanad: Competitiveness and Consumer Protection Policy: Statements. (10 Nov 2004)

Mary White: Much of the Irish economy remains characterised by low levels of productivity, relative to advanced economies. According to the annual competitiveness report, people employed in Ireland produce an average 16% less for each hour worked than their US counterparts. This productivity gap is particularly evident in those sectors of the Irish economy less exposed to international competition such...

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2004)

Mary White: Even better.

Seanad: Public Private Partnerships: Statements. (17 Nov 2004)

Mary White: That is correct.

Seanad: Public Private Partnerships: Statements (Resumed). (17 Nov 2004)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Senator Ryan's observations on the flow of traffic at the Westlink toll bridge are not correct. The extra toll booths and laneways have improved the flow of traffic but a problem persists at the Lucan exit south of the toll bridge. The congestion on this exit road blocks one of the extra routes. The flow of traffic has been improved by the...

Seanad: Public Private Partnerships: Statements (Resumed). (17 Nov 2004)

Mary White: It probably would. There is a full size engine room with simulators for all ship types from high-tech to basic. There is also a survival training facility with a 5 m deep pool, diving tank, hoist, life raft and a helicopter underwater evacuation trainer. Total darkness, high waves and hurricane-like winds can be generated within the pool giving total reality to emergency and rescue...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Nov 2004)

Mary White: I call for a debate in the House on child care as a matter of urgency. It is the most significant issue for the 18 to 44 year old cohort of people having children. Child benefit is the Government's primary fiscal instrument to deal with child care but the payment is only €32 per week. The Government thinks it is doing something about child care but it costs €88 per week for the cheapest...

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Nov 2004)

Mary White: Second only to my involvement in the peace process and the conference on Tuesday to which Senator Henry referred, child care is the issue about which I am most concerned. The Government must address it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Nov 2004)

Mary White: I do not care what the Opposition thinks. While I have already had a meeting with the Minister for Finance and those colleagues with whom I drew up a document on the matter, we must continue to work on the Government over the next two or three years to ensure it has a vision for the children of the future.

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Nov 2004)

Mary White: Yes.