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Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: They make it sound awfully boring.

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: Who said it was boring? The Senators made it sound awfully boring themselves.

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: I do not find it boring. I compliment this State for setting up TG4 and Raidió na Gaeltachta. TG4 is better than RTE. I learned my Irish and also the National Anthem from my parents. I did not learn it at school because I knew it before I went to school from sitting in Croke Park——

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: I call on all Irish parents of small children, such as Senator Hayes's own little children——

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: Go mo leithsceal, Cathaoirleach. Senator Hayes has beautiful little children. I am trying to make a serious suggestion that all Irish parents of young children should put their children in front of the cartoons on TG4 as soon as they want to look at cartoons. I guarantee that by the age of four, they would be very good at Irish.

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: People put their children in front of the cartoons to keep them happy. Let them look at the cartoons in Irish on TG4. They will learn their Irish in a non-boring way, Senator Cummins.

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: The little children will be very good at the language by four years of age. I draw the attention of the House to M. Chirac and Ms Merkel and how the leaders of other countries are so protective of their language. M. Chirac will not speak in English because he believes he is letting his country down if he speaks in English. He speaks in French all the time, no matter to whom he is speaking.

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: In 1962 I won a scholarship to Bolton Street because I was able to speak Irish for the Civil Service Commission. That is the reason I won a scholarship for third level education. I refer to a CD called "Progress in Irish". I asked the Minister, Deputy Ó Cuív, for advice on learning Irish quickly. He suggested that if I listened to Raidió na Gaeltachta every morning for the news I would be...

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: Pull yourselves up.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Mary White: We still do.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Mary White: I wish to formally say how glad I am the Duke of Edinburgh is in Ireland today to present 91 awards alongside President McAleese. In 1998, I was given the mandate to deliver the President's award into Northern Ireland, which I achieved over a period of three years on a voluntary basis. I did not get paid and was honoured to be the chairwoman of the body in question. On a human level, it would...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Mary White: This is important from an historic perspective. The Duke of Edinburgh told me——

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Mary White: I will tell the House now. The Cathaoirleach will be delighted to hear——

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Mary White: The duke told me that it was his first official visit to Ireland. During our tête-À-tête, he also told me that——

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Mary White: ——he came to Northern Ireland with the British navy in the 1940s and sneaked over the Border to a hostelry in County Donegal, where he thoroughly enjoyed his stay.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Mary White: Will the Leader arrange for a debate on natural resources, in particular with reference to the Corrib gas field? Two weeks ago, I visited the Carrick-on-Suir plant and met with 60 members of the group opposing the installation of the pipeline. A line was drawn by Statoil and Shell on a map without consultation and our legislators facilitated compulsory purchase orders——

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Mary White: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Mary White: Legislators facilitated compulsory purchase orders for Shell and Statoil. From a human interest perspective, Ms Sophie Wessex, whom I have met in my capacity as chairwoman——

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Mary White: Her ancestors came from the Rossport area. Her great-great-grandfather came from Rossport.