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Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2010)

Mary White: I draw the attention of the House to a speech made by Mr. Seán O'Driscoll from Drimoleague in west Cork at a conference of other Irish chief executives. He was stinging in his criticism of politicians but also of business leaders who took their eye off the ball. Mr. O'Driscoll said that our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents built up this country, and he asked if we would be the...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)

Mary White: I draw to the attention of the Cathaoirleach a unique study which was presented yesterday at the American Public Health Association's annual meeting in Denver by researchers from the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in Cleveland. According to the lead researcher, Dr. Frank Scott, it showed there is a downside to new media such as texting and networking of which parents and teachers...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2010)

Mary White: Good man.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2010)

Mary White: As spokesperson for children on this side of the House, I draw my colleagues attention to an article in yesterday's The Irish Times by Jamie Smyth in which he stated that during the first nine months of this year 13 children under the age of 16 years were admitted to adult psychiatric beds in our hospitals. It is totally against the human rights of children that they would be admitted to...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2010)

Mary White: Not alone are the children open to risk but the nursing staff are not trained in treatment of children with psychiatric problems. I spoke earlier today with Mr. Hugh Kane, chief executive officer of the Mental Health Commission who told me he has appointed a senior Scottish psychiatric consultant to investigate the reason nine of the 13 children admitted to adult psychiatric units are from...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2010)

Mary White: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2010)

Mary White: He talked about that matter the other day.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)

Mary White: A total of 84% of the age cohort from 65 to 74, and a total of 89% of those aged 75 and older, rely on social transfers including the State pension to protect them from the risk of poverty. Any cut to the State contributory pension, for which people have already paid through their PRSI contributions will be resisted by older people. Older people have already taken a 2% effective cut because...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)

Mary White: Very good.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)

Mary White: Keep women at the top.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)

Mary White: John Bruton was responsible for imposing a tax on children's shoes when he served as Minister for Finance. He was subsequently demoted.

Seanad: Overcrowding in Prisons: Statements (3 Nov 2010)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister. The question of prison and our policy on imprisonment is a societal one. It feeds into our view of prison as a primary tool in reforming people or punishing people. It is a societal question because there are financial costs involved. According the Irish Prison Service's annual report, the average annual cost of providing a prison space in 2009 was €77,000 and...

Seanad: Overcrowding in Prisons: Statements (3 Nov 2010)

Mary White: It is not the Minister's fault.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)

Mary White: This time last year thousands of people protested outside Leinster against the possibility of reducing State pensions. I speak again in defence of older people and those in receipt of State pensions. The State pension is a fundamental cornerstone of our society on which we should all be able to rely. We all contribute towards this basic lifeline not only through PRSI and income tax but...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Mary White: With 1 million people over the age of 65 now living on the island of Ireland, there are challenges and opportunities. The fact that we are living much longer is a cause for celebration, a tribute to human progress, better diet, better housing standards and a better standard of living and to the genius of medical science. Older people today - I speak to the Gallery - are more active-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Mary White: Older people today are more active, healthier and have greater ambitions and desires than any previous generation.