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Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (14 Jun 2011)

Mary White: I am here to facilitate other Members this afternoon but I will take the opportunity to draw the attention of Members to the inoperable circular from the Department of Education and Skills with regard to language support resource teachers and full-time and part-time resource teacher posts. Our Lady's boys' national school in Ballinteer has 23 extra resource hours for children with special...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2011)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Jobs Initiative and Competitiveness: Statements (8 Jun 2011)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy John Perry, to the Seanad and congratulate him on his appointment as Minister of State with responsibility for small business. He is well qualified for the position, given his first-hand experience of running a number of enterprises in Sligo and Ballymote. He is a politician who is not just given to rhetoric. Like me and a small number of other...

Seanad: Jobs Initiative and Competitiveness: Statements (8 Jun 2011)

Mary White: I hope the Leas-Chathaoirleach will bear with me because I wish to speak about finance for small businesses, which is most important. As bank credit has plummeted from an annual expansion of 30% in the boom years to zero in recent times, cash and liquidity have dried up. Businesses, particularly larger firms, are increasingly stretching out the days' credit they expect from suppliers,...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Mary White: Yesterday in the Dáil another light was cast on the dark issue of suicide. I thank Deputy John Lyons of Dublin North-West, who asked the Minister for Justice and Equality about suicide among asylum seekers. A total of 49 asylum seekers died here in the past ten years while they were under the jurisdiction of the Reception and Integration Agency which is responsible for their care. Those...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Mary White: It was not the Seanad.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Fourth Report of the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection: Statements (7 Jun 2011)

Mary White: Fianna Fáil should also be commended for the accentuation in society of the emphasis on children's affairs. We are considering the results of another institutional innovation, namely, the appointment of a special rapporteur on child protection, Mr. Geoffrey Shannon, whose fourth report is before the Seanad today. He has done signal service in his various assignments on behalf of children...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2011)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Jun 2011)

Mary White: Having sat alongside the Minister at the Joint Committee on Health and Children for some years, I am optimistic and pleased that the health portfolio is in his hands. His speech was thoroughly prepared and demonstrated a deep knowledge of the issue. Senators are privileged that he has come before the House in person to deal with the Bill. I also compliment Senator Ivana Bacik and Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2011)

Mary White: There is a new Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and a new Department.

Seanad: Tourism Sector: Motion (1 Jun 2011)

Mary White: It is going ahead.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (25 May 2011)

Mary White: It is my pleasure to congratulate Senator Paddy Burke on his appointment today as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann. From personal experience, I always loved speaking when he was in the Chair because he was so tolerant. He was not rigid on time keeping.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (25 May 2011)

Mary White: I appreciate that. I look forward to the same treatment from him in the future. I draw Senators' attention to the Taoiseach's 11 nominees today. If I may be allowed to pick out one, Dr. Martin McAleese, who so elegantly supported President Mary McAleese over the past 14 years, and whom we saw last week side by side with her on the visits of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, and President...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (25 May 2011)

Mary White: Senator McAleese is an iconic human being in our country. Our country was privileged and lucky to have him as the President's consort.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2011)

Mary White: I believe that the Senator should have a right to lodge his statement in the Oireachtas Library. What is wrong with that?