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Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2007)

Mary White: They are gone home.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Mary White: Many of my colleagues know that I drew up policy documents on child care and ageing during the course of the last Senate. I inform my colleagues on the other side of the House that today I was honoured to have been appointed spokesperson for the elderly and for child care.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Mary White: I look forward to debating these two serious issues.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Mary White: Exactly.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Mary White: Will the deputy leader call an urgent debate on suicide? Last year there were 417 reported suicides and there were possibly many more not reported. I welcome the Health Service Executive's announcement today that it will give €500 to an advertising campaign for the prevention of suicide. The campaign will start today and will be on television.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Mary White: When I was on my intense Seanad election campaign many councillors around the country pleaded with me to raise the issue of suicide here. There is an epidemic of suicide. I look forward to a debate on this matter. We must get the idea that there is no longer a stigma attached to suicide or attempted suicide onto the radar.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Mary White: They would be well able for it.

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

Mary White: It is doing so.

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

Mary White: The Senator has a cheek.

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

Mary White: I wish to share two minutes of my time with Senator Daly. I also wish to record formally that while all Fianna Fáil Members wished to speak on this issue, they were short of time.

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

Mary White: On 7 August, the Tuesday following a bank holiday, Aer Lingus stuck a knife in the back of its 320,000 customers——

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

Mary White: ——the Government, business people and industrialists in the Shannon region, its loyal staff, councillors from Galway to Kerry, the tourism industry and the people of the mid-west. This was not the behaviour of a world-class company as normal companies look after their customers with respect. One need only consider how Senator Quinn treated his customers. The customer was king and he...

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

Mary White: The Government and the Shannon Airport Authority are doing their level best to induce another airline to take up this opportunity. As Senator Ellis noted previously, it was a profit-making route and all Members must support the Government's efforts to secure another airline. If no other airline takes up the offer, Aer Lingus should be forced to give back two slots. I refer to slots from...

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

Mary White: The Acting Chairman should allow him more time. He will be looking for sympathy some day when I will be sitting in the Chair.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.