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Seanad: Croke Park Agreement: Statements (15 Dec 2010)

Mary White: The new director, Gordon Jeyes, is from the UK. We are being inundated. All the people who are running the banks appear to be British. AIB is currently being managed by 30 people from Pricewaterhousecoopers. They are all English people. There is Mr. Elderfield and Mr. somebody else. We really want to wake up. I hope to God Mr. Jeyes will inspire in his staff a pride in their work. It...

Seanad: Croke Park Agreement: Statements (15 Dec 2010)

Mary White: During the severe weather, the Garda and those responsible for gritting the roads showed energy. They were inspired but then they went back to their lackadaisical ways. I acknowledge that teachers, nurses, doctors and gardaí cannot behave like that but in bureaucracy, people get lulled into thinking it does not matter whether they do their jobs. Let us hope that the new head of child...

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Mary White: One of the drivers in tabling the motion was that Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party members did not support the Taoiseach. In many ways, it is easy to understand when Opposition Members read about an attempted coup against him, but I totally and utterly disapprove and disagree. It is painful to feel and know people are threatening his leadership at this time of national crisis. Our members...

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Mary White: I have no personal relationship whatsoever with him. I refer to two issues dear to my heart - business and the peace process. Our competitiveness has improved dramatically in the past few months because of the cutbacks in the public sector, etc. It is our responsibility, as politicians, to inspire hope in the people. We have the youngest population in Europe with one in three aged under 25...

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Mary White: For God's sake.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear. Senator Buttimer was not present for all the speakers.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Mary White: Senator Buttimer was not.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Mary White: They want to be in employment.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Mary White: I do not agree.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Mary White: The Acting Chairman could relax a little bit.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Mary White: We need interaction.

Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Statements (24 Nov 2010)

Mary White: As the Taoiseach said today at the launch of the National Recovery Plan 2011 to 2014, it is about being optimistic for the future of our country. Wearing my business hat, unless we are optimistic about the future of our country, it will remain stagnant. Currently, the media and the Opposition are doing everything in their power to make us out to be a country with no hope, which is having a...

Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Statements (24 Nov 2010)

Mary White: We cannot solve that problem.

Seanad: Death of Member: Expressions of Sympathy (17 Nov 2010)

Mary White: I am honoured to express my sorrow and empathy to his beautiful wife Mary at the shock that she must have got that morning when we heard here the news with disbelief. It is sad that one must walk in the shoes of another person for seven miles before one can experience his or her pain, but I say it to Mary in very humble words. It is sad for Delia to lose her son. I thank Delia, who I met in...

Seanad: National Paediatric Hospital: Statements (17 Nov 2010)

Mary White: In regard to Senator Fitzgerald's comment on the controversy about access, I would want my child to be treated in the best facility at the best location, as supported by the evidence. It is not edifying to see access being used as a political football. Hospitals are located cheek by jowl in every city in the world. The Government's priority is to provide the best standard of complex...