Results 821-840 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Immigrant Workers: Motion. (4 May 2005)
Mary White: I apologise. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has drawn to my attention to the rights of immigrant workers in private homes.
- Seanad: Immigrant Workers: Motion. (4 May 2005)
Mary White: Abuses such as unreasonable duties, excessive working hours, no time off, no annual leave and low pay have been alleged. As Senator O'Rourke stated, there must be proactive investigation of these alleged abuses. It is bad enough that such abuses occur in businesses like Gama but they also occur in private residences. Members, including Senator Tuffy, who spoke so well on the topic, have...
- Seanad: Immigrant Workers: Motion. (4 May 2005)
Mary White: It is very important for our image abroad that we do not gain a reputation for exploiting foreign workers because it is impossible to change such a reputation. I join with the Leader in asking the Minister and his Department to be proactive in investigating abuses. I would like to draw the Minister's attention to ICTU's investigation into the alleged abuse of foreign domestic staff.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2005)
Mary White: In the light of the shedding of 485 jobs by Waterford Crystal, I call on the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Martin, to provide us with a snapshot of the current state of small and medium sized indigenous industries. I do not want to hear general statistics about growth figures and the like. I want to hear about the real state of indigenous industries, which in many...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2005)
Mary White: I am serious about this. We now have a black spot in Dungarvan. It is frightening for communities in villages and small towns communities when a business is shed. There is a multiplier effect with suppliers.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2005)
Mary White: I seek a serious debate.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2005)
Mary White: I seek a serious debate, not just with both sides of the House knocking for the sake of knocking. Let us behave like Alan Dukes with the Tallaght strategy and work together.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2005)
Mary White: It was referring to overall exports. Indigenousââ
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2005)
Mary White: Hear, hear. Exactly.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2005)
Mary White: The first requisite to be a good politician is to have vision.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2005)
Mary White: I am a member of the Clann na Gael Fontenoy GAA club in south-east Dublin.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2005)
Mary White: While there is too much emphasis on academic success and the points system, points should be awarded for sports. Many young people are enthusiastic about sports until they reach 12 years when their interest wanes. I call for political vision in the provision of a national campus for all sports. All Members should join in calling on the Government to provide a national campus for all sports.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2005)
Mary White: The Senator is correct.
- Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (11 May 2005)
Mary White: I congratulate the Minister on highlighting the serious issue of pensions and concur with what he said about SSIAs. Senator Cox referred to the benefit of SSIAs in terms of creating a willingness to save. We are not good at saving but the SSIAs showed that we can do it. I do not include myself in that category as I am a spender rather than a saver.
- Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (11 May 2005)
Mary White: No, I am not going to change. The pattern has been set. People are looking forward to the cash they will get into their back pockets. A challenge exists for the Minister to market pensions and to involve the Pensions Board in that endeavour. When this issue appeared on our work programme last week I met with Gerard Hughes and Dorothy Watson from the ESRI in order that they could explain the...
- Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (11 May 2005)
Mary White: I will come to that. It is no harm to reiterate the questions raised in the ESRI report. What are the sources of income during retirement for pensioners? How effective are the public and private components of the pension system in providing income during retirement? How do pensioners' incomes compare to the incomes of the working population? I had given no thought to this until it was put on...
- Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (11 May 2005)
Mary White: I am not finished yet. The Chair has to be somewhatââ
- Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (11 May 2005)
Mary White: How much time each Senator gets depends on who is sitting in the Chair. The issue has been raised as regards tax relief on private pensions. Looking at the â¬1.5 billion a year it is costing at face value, there is no doubt that a pension of â¬200 a week, the target rate for 2007, is a totally inadequate income for anybody to live on. Imaginative inducements must be provided to people to...
- Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (11 May 2005)
Mary White: The costs are among the highest in Europe.
- Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (11 May 2005)
Mary White: It is not just wages.