Results 921-940 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Mary White: I had heard that our acting leader, Senator Jim Walsh——

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Mary White: Yes, but I would like to get it. It would help the debate.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Mary White: If we are to have democracy here, I would like to be able to hear what the Minister of State has to say when I come to sit here for two hours, rather than have people popping in and out.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Mary White: I am just putting down a marker. It is not about procedure or the Progressive Democrats. I heard Senator Jim Walsh saying he did not wish to speak -——

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Mary White: The Minister of State has said he does not want to speak. What is the point of sitting here?

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Mary White: I am not looking for an opportunity to speak for myself. I want to listen to what the Minister of State says.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Mary White: I like to sit here and listen to my colleagues speaking, or speak myself.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Mary White: I never repeat what other people say. I would like to formally state that I like to sit for the full session and hear what people have to say. I would like to hear the Minister of State——

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Mary White: It is not Senator Cummins's problem.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Mary White: Irish society has been shocked by the treatment of the McBrearty family. I support the comments made about Senator Higgins and Deputy Howlin and on how they stuck their necks out when it was not popular to do so. It appears that police forces throughout the world at times take on the characteristics of those they are investigating. Consider the police force in Britain which put the Guildford...

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Mary White: I want to find out who it was. It was not him. He is more careful.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Mary White: I am making the point that all gardaí are not the same. I like to see justice being done. I understand why Senator McHugh speaks so emotionally. It must be terrible to think like that of every garda in Donegal but it is a terrible situation. In An Agreed Programme for Government there is an elaborate statement about crime and the wishes of the two Government parties.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Mary White: Whatever about reports, I would like to see action.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Mary White: I want more gardaí out of their offices and on the beat. I lost my mobile telephone some months ago and had to go to the Garda station in Dundrum to report it. Why did I have to waste the time of a garda in Dundrum to make a formal report about losing a mobile telephone? I have never heard such nonsense. Time is being wasted in Templemore teaching trainees how to be gardaí only for them to...

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Mary White: The Senator was not present earlier for the contribution of Senator Maurice Hayes, who did tremendous work on the Patten report. He stated that gardaí should not be trained in isolation, which is an interesting concept. He stated they should be integrated with social workers and community workers, and not isolated. Senator Coonan misunderstood what I said.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Mary White: All Members of the House are deeply sorry for the McBrearty and Barron families. We look forward to reform of the Garda Síochána. I would like to hear more in regard to what the Minister of State said earlier.

Seanad: Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Jun 2005)

Mary White: It happened though.

Seanad: Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Jun 2005)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Jun 2005)

Mary White: I spent 19 years in the public sector so I can speak with some authority. This legislation is bringing into line the industrial relations procedures of the Civil Service and private companies. However, I do not believe it will happen in the way it would in a private company. I sense fear in this building. I sense the fear of dealing with industrial relations matters. It is not part of the...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Mary White: When we met Mr. Dolan of the Disability Federation——