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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)

Mary White: The WHO a month ago launched its strategy on reducing alcoholic consumption. I am calling for a debate on this because one of its new strategy features is to reduce alcohol marketing to young people.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Mary White: I have just received a copy of the latest bulletin of the National Suicide Research Foundation which informs us that from 2003 to 2008 some 63,000 people presented themselves at accident and emergency units having deliberately harmed themselves. Most of the self-harming incidents occurred on Sundays and Mondays. The bulletin suggests this is due to binge drinking, which affects cognitive...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Mary White: For the first time ever.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Code of Conduct for Civil Servants: Motion (12 May 2010)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State and the Green Party motion. I was a civil servant in the Office of Public Works and the long tradition of integrity in the Civil Service is an asset to be acknowledged and has played a big part in the progress of the country since independence. It is equally important to support procedures underpinning and protecting that tradition of integrity and public...

Seanad: Code of Conduct for Civil Servants: Motion (12 May 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 May 2010)

Mary White: The rise in the number of healthy older people in Ireland and around the globe constitutes a major social and scientific advance, perhaps the most significant in the past century. In 1900 average life expectancy for a woman was 49 years. Today it is 81.6 years, an increase of 32.6 years, a phenomenal social and scientific advance that is constantly ignored. Older and Bolder, an...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 May 2010)

Mary White: In my capacity as spokesperson for older people in the Seanad — everyone knows I produced a policy document on a new approach to ageing and ageism — I call for an urgent debate on the issue of mandatory retirement. It is archaic and out of date. I succeeded in having included in the programme for Government in 2007 that people would have a choice about when they retired. Older and...

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (6 May 2010)

Mary White: I second that.

Seanad: Message from Dáil (6 May 2010)

Mary White: At 2.30 p.m. next Tuesday.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Mary White: The Senator will get her chance.

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (6 May 2010)

Mary White: I agree with my colleagues. For example, I refer to the phrase "community service" in the context of someone who does not pay a fine. A friend of mine, a Traveller, did not pay a fine and while she is doing community service, she is waiting for a proper house. She is getting on brilliantly, but the term "community service" has a pleasant sound to it. The lady in question is thriving and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2010)

Mary White: It is not.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2010)

Mary White: Yesterday the Oireachtas audio-visual room was attended by members of the Older and Bolder organisation, which represents eight groups, including the Older Women's Network and the Alzheimer Society of Ireland. All these non-governmental organisations agree on what is needed to enhance the lives of older people. I have raised the issue many times in this Chamber. I call on the Leader to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2010)

Mary White: That is ridiculous.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Mary White: On Sunday Fianna Fáil commemorated the 1916 Rising and the men who had given their lives for their country.