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- Seanad: Health Service Reform: Statements (21 Feb 2007)
Mary White: Waterford as well.
- Seanad: Health Service Reform: Statements (21 Feb 2007)
Mary White: I have been on all the local radios saying the mandatory retirement requirement will have to go. It is the Minister's responsibility to launch a health promotion scheme to encourage physical activity and better diet for older people to enable us to live as long as our OECD colleagues and enjoy a better quality of life.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Control of Exports Bill 2007: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Mary White: A genius.
- Seanad: Control of Exports Bill 2007: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Mary White: I compliment the Minister on his first-class speech. It was eloquent, wide-ranging and interesting. The culture and drive of the Irish people was never to go abroad and behave tyrannically in other countries. We have never been marauders or colonisers. Throughout our history, we have gone to other countries only to educate. We are by our nature peaceful people. The same cannot be said,...
- Seanad: National Monuments (22 Feb 2007)
Mary White: It is an amazing place.
- Seanad: Ageing and Ageism (22 Feb 2007)
Mary White: I thank the Cathaoirleach for facilitating this debate because it is a most important issue. As a politician, I am on a mission on two issues: child care and ageing and ageism. I am inundated with requests from people who do not want to retire at the age of 65. That age limit was introduced when life expectancy was not much higher than that. People in the private and public sectors must...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2007)
Mary White: There is VAT.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2007)
Mary White: Predator.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2007)
Mary White: I wish to raise an issue of the utmost national importance. In Dublin and other towns and cities around the country, petrol stations are disappearing overnight.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2007)
Mary White: I would like to know what planners are doing to facilitate people by ensuring a reasonable distribution of petrol stations. I seek an urgent debate on planning. Petrol stations are being closed solely because of their site value. Seven petrol stations have closed along my route to the House, including, last week, a station on Sandford Road which was one of the largest in the city. I...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2007)
Mary White: He agreed with me. I told him of my intention to raise the issue here today. This is an urgent matter because we will be driving around in circles looking for petrol for our cars.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2007)
Mary White: It is a case of bad planning.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2007)
Mary White: Why should people who own these sites be able to get permission for a change of use?
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2007)
Mary White: I know what I speaking about.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2007)
Mary White: I do not understand why planners have such a lack of vision for serving the needs of people who need petrol to fill their cars. There are 1 million more cars in Ireland now than ten years ago. How in God's name will we get petrol for them? Planners should not allow change of use from petrol to development. They have to look after the service and infrastructural needs of the people. It is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)
Mary White: Since I came to the Seanad, two of my driving passions have been new approaches to child care and to ageing and ageism. I am afraid my two lady colleagues on my left missed the point. Maternity leave was 22 weeks' paid leave and 12 weeks' unpaid leave. From today, it will increase from 22 weeks' paid leave to 26 weeks' paid leaveââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)
Mary White: ââand 12 weeks' unpaidââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)
Mary White: Excuse me. Will Senator O'Meara watch what is happening?
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)
Mary White: Senators O'Meara and Terry do not have their eyes on the ballââ