Results 861-880 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (17 May 2005)
Mary White: Is the Minister saying that a new application can be made in the autumn?
- Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (17 May 2005)
Mary White: That is excellent news.
- Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (17 May 2005)
Mary White: Hear hear.
- Seanad: Registration of Wills. (17 May 2005)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (18 May 2005)
Mary White: I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on ageism. This is Say No To Ageism Week and a report was published yesterday by the National Council on Ageing and Older People entitled Perceptions of Ageism in Health and Social Services. The study of more than 600 elderly people and health service staff found that the health service is guilty of discrimination against older people.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (18 May 2005)
Mary White: This is an important issue. The report found direct discrimination in the upper age limit for breast cancer screening, that is, 65 years of age. Free screening is only available to women between 50 and 65 years of age in certain parts of the State and BreastCheck has stated there is mounting evidence that screening should be provided to women over 64 years of age. It is an important social...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (18 May 2005)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Constitution for Europe: Statements. (18 May 2005)
Mary White: No.
- Seanad: Constitution for Europe: Statements. (18 May 2005)
Mary White: I hope to refute the negative arguments of my colleague, Ms McDonald, MEP. In seven countries, the European constitution has already been ratified by referendum or in Parliament. The suggestion today is that many countries will reject the constitution. If Ireland is to retain its standard of living and ensure international investment, it is critical that it remains at the heart of Europe....
- Seanad: Constitution for Europe: Statements. (18 May 2005)
Mary White: I am member of the Star of the Sea choir in south-east Dublin.
- Seanad: Constitution for Europe: Statements. (18 May 2005)
Mary White: Under the human rights charter, some country could take up the issue of women not being allowed to become priests.
- Seanad: Constitution for Europe: Statements. (18 May 2005)
Mary White: I am a practising Catholic but there are many Roman Catholic Nationalists who are against women becoming priests. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said he would like to introduce deacons into the church and that they would be trained up to give communion and hold funeral services but that women could not be deacons in the Catholic Church. I cannot predict when it will happen but I believe the...
- Seanad: Constitution for Europe: Statements. (18 May 2005)
Mary White: I do not want to be a priest.
- Seanad: Constitution for Europe: Statements. (18 May 2005)
Mary White: Senator Ross asked if the economic situation in some member states was as a result of the Union. In 1989 West Germany welcomed East Germany and the ostmark and, unfortunately, made the economic mistake of giving it the same value as the deutschemark. I visited East Germany twice after the Berlin Wall came down and saw the dilapidated state of East German industry. I congratulate the former...
- Seanad: Constitution for Europe: Statements. (18 May 2005)
Mary White: Those who remarked are the ones with the problem.
- Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion. (18 May 2005)
Mary White: IDA Ireland never said that.
- Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion. (18 May 2005)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion. (18 May 2005)
Mary White: They put millions into it.
- Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion. (18 May 2005)
Mary White: Good question.
- Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion. (18 May 2005)
Mary White: Hear, hear.