Results 1,981-2,000 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Garda Investigations (12 Oct 2011)
Mary White: This matter relates to the reform of legislation relating to inquests involving Northern Ireland residents who die in the Republic of Ireland, particularly in the light of the request of the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Northern Irish Human Rights Commission on 5 May for an inquest, under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, into the murder of Mr. Denis Donaldson in...
- Seanad: Garda Investigations (12 Oct 2011)
Mary White: I thank the Minister of State. Mr. Donaldson was an Irish citizen but there are different standards for Irish citizens in the two jurisdictions on this island. An inquest into anyone killed in the North - in circumstances where state agencies may have direct or indirect knowledge or involvement - must be compliant with Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights. This is not...
- Seanad: Garda Investigations (12 Oct 2011)
Mary White: Dr. Maurice Manning, president of the Irish Human Rights Commission, stated, in respect of this issue, that there is an urgent need to reform the law on inquests in this jurisdiction.
- Seanad: Human Trafficking and Prostitution: Motion (12 Oct 2011)
Mary White: I am delighted to welcome the Minister of State. I am confident that whatever happens, at the end of the day she will take the right decision. I assure my colleagues that I firmly support the campaign to end sex trafficking in Ireland. I thank the Independent Senators for bringing this issue to the House again. We discussed it previously in the last Seanad and had a good debate on it. I...
- Seanad: Human Trafficking and Prostitution: Motion (12 Oct 2011)
Mary White: I am giving my honest opinion. It is too hasty to say over one day's debate that we should criminalise the purchase of sex. That legislation would be totally wrong. We need a national debate with the people in Ireland, not just in here. We cannot be overwhelmed by the success of the Swedish model because there are many reports stating that the evidence of that model is not quite correct....
- Seanad: Human Trafficking and Prostitution: Motion (12 Oct 2011)
Mary White: Ruhama has done excellent work but this matter has not hit the public radar or the concerns of the Irish people.
- Seanad: Human Trafficking and Prostitution: Motion (12 Oct 2011)
Mary White: It absolutely has not. I appreciate that the Minister of State has agreed to put a timeframe on this and I accept that. It is important to support our Independent colleagues and there should be a timeframe. I know that the Independent Senators, as well as Ruhama and other groups, have the best of intentions but we must look at the other side of the issue. Why are men out there daily, from...
- Seanad: Missing Children Hotline: Motion (12 Oct 2011)
Mary White: I formally object. It is up to the Chair to regulate the time allowed.
- Seanad: Missing Children Hotline: Motion (12 Oct 2011)
Mary White: My colleague, Senator Paschal Mooney, and I know the Minister, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, better than most others in the House. As she knows, I believe in her and know that she will prioritise the issue of the establishment of a hotline for missing children. Former Senator Maria Corrigan and the then Senator Frances Fitzgerald spoke passionately about this issue last year. It had been...
- Seanad: Hospital Accommodation (5 Oct 2011)
Mary White: When does the Minister intend to roll out free breast cancer treatment to women over 65 years?
- Seanad: Hospital Accommodation (5 Oct 2011)
Mary White: It is democracy.
- Seanad: Flood Relief (5 Oct 2011)
Mary White: I am pleased to see the Minister here this evening. I know she is a woman of action and that she will do a superb job in her Ministry. I received a plea last week from Galway county councillor, Malachy Noone, on behalf of two of his constituents, Martin and Bernie Canniffe of Claregalway. During the winter of 2009 their house was flooded and they had to leave their home. They are still...
- Seanad: Flood Relief (5 Oct 2011)
Mary White: That is a satisfactory answer. I am pleased we will have a result in a few weeks.
- Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)
Mary White: I welcome my friend CaitrÃona Ruane, a former Minister of Education in the Northern Ireland Assembly, and acknowledge her serious contribution to the peace process on this island. I compliment Sinn Féin on its timely tabling of this important motion and I am pleased that my party, Fianna Fáil, is supporting it. The Good Friday Agreement was driven by the Fianna Fáil Party. I was...
- Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)
Mary White: It is insulting to everybody here. We are not worth anything. A technocrat talks about "abolition of the Seanad". We all want reform of the Seanad and have called for it for many years. I am privileged to be on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and on the 1916 commemoration committee. On the latter committee, we will be working with people...
- Seanad: Sport: Statements (4 Oct 2011)
Mary White: Shame on the Government.
- Seanad: Sport: Statements (4 Oct 2011)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Sport: Statements (4 Oct 2011)
Mary White: I was preparing to speak on the debate.
- Seanad: Sport: Statements (4 Oct 2011)
Mary White: I was delighted to hear Senator Eamonn Coghlan speak. He is one of our most elite athletes and I remember every battle he was in. I was working in the National Building Agency at the time with the Senator's cousin, Pamela Conroy. Two weeks ago, at the annual conference of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Professor Dónal O'Shea of UCD...
- Seanad: Company Closures: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)
Mary White: Fundamentally, I do not agree with the Senator.