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Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)

Mary White: I congratulate the Minister of State on his appointment. It is a great honour for him and his family. He will achieve a lot more than extending broadband across the country. If he keeps going, he could be a future Taoiseach of the country. He has many fans and as a businessperson——

Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)

Mary White: I do not. Do not mind Senator Alex White. He is jealous. I would like to see more business people in politics, because in his speech the Minster of State showed us that he understands how business and companies work and develop. If everybody was working in the non-trading sector, there would be poor days ahead for us. Ireland's economic transformation in the past decade has been...

Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)

Mary White: The Senators all know they will get a bar. I would like to talk about the enterprise agencies, such as Enterprise Ireland and the county enterprise boards.I had the honour of being appointed by Mr. Frank Feely, then Dublin city manager, to the evaluation committee of the first Dublin City Enterprise Board and I spent five years on that. I agree with the Minister that there is a tremendous...

Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)

Mary White: Ten years later we were described around the world as the shining light of Europe. I wish the Minister every success. I am delighted to see a business man as Minister. The world is his oyster; it is there for him to achieve. I also thank him for everything at a personal level.

Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)

Mary White: It influences multinationals coming to Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Mary White: Not largely.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Mary White: The Minister of State, Deputy Dick Roche, will be well able for him.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Mary White: It is not lovely. It has taken a long period to upgrade that line.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Mary White: The Minister is on the job.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Mary White: It was sad that so few people were here to listen to him.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2007)

Mary White: I call for an urgent debate on our return in January on the issue of future policy on child care. This issue has been mentioned a few times in the past two months. The new community child care subvention scheme proposed by the Minister of State, Deputy Smith, is intended to ensure reduced fees are charged to disadvantaged parents.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2007)

Mary White: We all know the Minister of State asked the community child care groups for their views on the proposed scheme, which is intended to help disadvantaged parents. Some 90% of the groups returned their data. I said last week to Senator Bacik — níl sí ag éisteacht liom anois — that the Minister of State would resolve the matter quickly. He has announced that he has increased the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2007)

Mary White: I am pleased I raised the matter in the Seanad and in the meeting of the parliamentary party.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2007)

Mary White: There will be a minimum grant of €20,000 per year which will be of particular benefit to small community child care providers, especially those in rural areas and the islands.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2007)

Mary White: I raised the matter with the Minister of State, Deputy Smith, and the Taoiseach. The Minister of State is a good politician. As I have said before there is no point in simply introducing policies. They need to be revised if more relevant information becomes available. He was right to adjudicate on this policy because it was initially intended to benefit disadvantaged parents. It is my...