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Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

Mary White: What about garages and petrol stations?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007: Second Stage (21 Mar 2007)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State and commend the Bill before us. Both the Minister of State and my colleagues have commented on the many good aspects of the legislation but I would like to focus on section 15 which provides for the amendment of section 4 of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 to entitle employees who have attained the age of 66 years to statutory redundancy payments. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Where is Paris?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Mary White: The Senator should name the place.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Senator Dardis should join us.

Seanad: Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (23 Mar 2007)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I have an interest in speaking in this debate because of my document on a new approach to ageing and ageism. The establishment of the Health Information and Quality Authority comes not before its time. I am in favour of its powers to establish, monitor and investigate standards of service provided by the HSE or on behalf of the HSE. I can only...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Mary White: As a passionate advocate of combating ageism, as exemplified in my document "A New Approach to Ageing and Ageism", my heart lifted on Saturday night when the Taoiseach announced an increase in the pension to €300 per week.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Mary White: He did actually. He used it in his speech because I lobbied hard.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Mary White: As Senator Ó Murchú said, not to name names——

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Mary White: I was honoured in 1993 to have been elected to the Fianna Fáil national executive.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Mary White: At that time, Albert Reynolds was Taoiseach and he told us every month at our national executive meeting——

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Mary White: This is very important for historical reference. He said he was reaching out to the republicans and loyalists.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Nobody in that room believed in what he was doing but he brought a businessman's pragmatic approach to politics and banged the heads of both sides together. I have two other small points, but they are not small in significance. We should always remember the lives of the thousands of innocent victims of the Troubles. Margaret Thatcher was very slow in dealing with the issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Mary White: I was a volunteer on the ground during the peace process.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Owing to the political failure of Mrs. Thatcher, people died on hunger strike and violence escalated.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Mary White: I was there and was involved as a volunteer.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: She is a lioness.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.