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Seanad: Health Services: Motion (28 May 2008)

Mary White: I do not care what the Senators say. I would be fired.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (28 May 2008)

Mary White: I do not agree with co-location.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (28 May 2008)

Mary White: I said in the House last week that I visited Crumlin hospital for the first time in my life a month ago. Given the neglect I witnessed, I cannot believe that the hospital was not rebuilt 30 years ago.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (28 May 2008)

Mary White: I would like to hear from the Minister for Health and Children if it is carved in stone that the proposed national children's hospital will be built in Dublin city centre, which would, I believe, be wrong. There is no breathing space and no parks available.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (28 May 2008)

Mary White: The idea of the metro bringing people in and out makes no sense. Who uses the metro to go to hospital?

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (28 May 2008)

Mary White: Everybody uses cars and people want to go where parking is available——

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (28 May 2008)

Mary White: ——and where it is possible to take walks around the grounds. I would like to hear more from the Minister on this matter. The problems result from the neglect of the health service since the foundation of the State.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (28 May 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (28 May 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (28 May 2008)

Mary White: It is not as simple as that.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Mary White: That is not the Government's fault.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Mary White: The Sunday Independent business section.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Mary White: Senator Ross is being irresponsible.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Mary White: Last week, I spoke at a women in business conference in the midlands which was encouraging women to start up their own businesses. I took poetic licence to speak on the issue of the Lisbon treaty and reminded them — many of whom were quite young and under 40 years of age — that prior to our joining the EU women in the private and public sectors had to give up their jobs when they got...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Mary White: It is a man's club. One has only to look at how hard it has been for Hilary Clinton to break through——

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Mary White: I had better be careful not to say too much more. I fully supported Hillary Clinton.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Mary White: I hope that Barack Obama's committee has the vision to put Hillary Clinton on ticket. My husband has made a bet with me that it will not.

Seanad: Older Persons: Statements (19 Jun 2008)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Máire Hoctor, and congratulate her on her reappointment as a Minister of State with responsibility for older people. I listened to her speech and it is an excellent idea that she would integrate into her office the National Council on Ageing and Older People. It is a tremendous resource and probably the best organisation for older people. We spoke...

Seanad: Older Persons: Statements (19 Jun 2008)

Mary White: In some developed countries today, the proportion of older people is already one in four. During the first half of the 21st century, this proportion is expected to reach one in two. The president of UCD is a doctor as well as president of a university, and he stated that as a medic and health professional, he believed it important to state that as a success story. On the other hand, it...

Seanad: Older Persons: Statements (19 Jun 2008)

Mary White: There are two pieces of legislation, one for the public sector and one for the private sector. However, the people who make the legislation do not have to retire at 65 years of age. Deputy Jackie Healy-Rae is 76 so we should get on with this.