Results 681-700 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Statements. (22 Feb 2005)
Mary White: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)
Mary White: The Senators should sit together.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)
Mary White: I call to the attention of the Seanad the handwritten note of surrender of Padraig Pearse from Easter 1916 which is on display in the James Adam showrooms on St. Stephen's Green. The sale of the note will take place in May and the guide price is approximately â¬40,000 to â¬60,000. The note is a document of priceless historical value written at the time of the birth of the State. In the...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)
Mary White: A year ago, I requested on the Order of Business the purchase by the State of Lissadell House, which was an opportunity I thought in my innocence it could not miss. I recommend colleagues to visit the Adam showrooms today to look at the letter. It will be a deeply emotional experience. I would like to see the State buy the letter and display it in our wonderful museums rather than allow it to...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)
Mary White: It is very cheap.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)
Mary White: I second the motion and reserve the right to speak later.
- Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)
Mary White: The Minister is welcome. I want to address the challenges facing indigenous Irish firms. My colleagues have spoken about the great success of the economy. However, since Senators Cummins and Phelan both raised the issue of closures, I want to make a few key points. Indigenous companies in Ireland, particularly those in the manufacturing and internationally traded sectors, now face challenges...
- Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)
Mary White: The Senator has not talked seriously aboutââ
- Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)
Mary White: What is needed are high-value, knowledge-intensive activities that can support high-value jobs and relatively high wage rates. The companies that provide such jobs are intensely market-focused and innovative, providing new and proprietary products and services at premium rates. The challenge for indigenous companies, both established and emerging, is to transform themselves sufficiently...
- Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)
Mary White: You had no clue what you were talking about.
- Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)
Mary White: Neither of you had a clue what you were talking about.
- Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)
Mary White: One would think that people were closing down their businesses deliberately.
- Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)
Mary White: You know what I am talking about. You must not understand these issues.
- Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)
Mary White: We have to wake up to the fact that technology companies will outsource certain aspects of their business. Companies must make the strategic decisions to engage in marketing and research and development in order to survive. We will require high-skilled immigrants, probably with PhDs. International investors are no longer looking at whether we have the infrastructure in place. When the IDA was...
- Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)
Mary White: I was speaking in a general sense.
- Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)
Mary White: They were talking about theââ
- Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)
Mary White: I am sorry. The motion has been tabled because a number of indigenous industries have not survived. They have not been able to switch markets, their products have gone out of date and they will have to develop new products. The State agencies for which the Minister is now responsible are sincerely focused on indigenous industry. It is much more difficult to develop indigenous industry than it...
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)
Mary White: He is obsessed with Deputy Sexton.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)
Mary White: Senator Bannon is being ridiculous.