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Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear. It was in 1982.

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: God almighty.

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister to the House. I suspect my colleagues who tabled the motion did so with extraordinary rendition or something similar in mind. We have discussed that issue in the Seanad already this year. I have no doubt that public pressure about suspected flights pushed the Government to request the guarantees it received from the US Administration. If there were flights carrying...

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: The damage he has done to peace, international stability, the American economy and the United States abroad has been disastrous. The quicker he goes the better. The US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, visited Brussels as a result of our Minister applying pressure regarding extraordinary rendition. This demonstrates our intention to deny any support for it. I find the argument on both...

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: It unnerves me when people laugh. It is hard to concentrate.

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: In respect of the success of the peace process in the North, ultimately, dialogue had to take place. I have said before in this House that dialogue, rather than physical force, is necessary. We need dialogue in the Middle East. Ireland will be a role model around the world and I have no doubt that Senator Mansergh will be invited to visit places on many occasions because Fr. Alec Reid is...

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: An bhfuil tú ag éisteacht liom, Mr. Phelan?

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Gabh mo leithscéal.

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: I was very pleased to hear the Minister draw attention in his speech to the situation in Zimbabwe. I find the tacit support of the South African Government for President Mugabe hard to take given that the South African population was trampled and walked upon. The population in Zimbabwe is being trampled and walked upon, but the South African Government will not defend them. In his speech,...

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Today in this House, our Minister for Foreign Affairs called on the Zimbabwean Government to change course, respect the rule of law and respond to the clear suffering of the people in Zimbabwe. I wish to put on record the joy I felt in 1982 when the former Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, had the courage to take a neutral stance on the Falklands War. I was so proud and knew that as a small...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Mary White: The Senator should telephone the school.

Seanad: Health Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2007)

Mary White: What is the difference?

Seanad: Health Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2007)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Seán Power. I agree with Senator Browne that the lines in question should be deleted. It is nonsense to include subsections (3)(a), (3)(b) and (3)(c) in the Bill and I do not know what they are about. It is inferred that a board member would not be ethical and that there would be a conflict of interest. I...

Seanad: Health Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2007)

Mary White: The Minister of State is doing a tremendous job for the older people of this country. He is a very measured politician——

Seanad: Health Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2007)

Mary White: ——and a tremendous statesman and I became very impressed with him as I got to know him. He was a great footballer and originally I knew him only from his footballing reputation. As a politician and Minister of State, he is equally impressive. I will be seeking a means of changing ballot papers such that the candidates' names will be listed on the basis of a draw and not listed...

Seanad: Health Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Yes, but it is harder. I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for his patience.

Seanad: Health Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2007)

Mary White: The Senator would be good on the board of the Higher Education Authority.

Seanad: Health Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.