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Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Mary White: Exactly. Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Mary White: I support the call by Senators Mullen and Callely for an urgent debate on health provisions and services for older people. On the island of Ireland there are 1 million people over the age of 60 years. The collective ageing of the population is one of the great triumphs of our era. Most of us can look forward to being reasonably healthy in our old age. Older people are an enormous good for...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Mary White: The Leader should tell the Minister Senator Ross wants him here.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Mary White: That is ridiculous.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Mary White: It is about employment.

Seanad: Farming and Agrifood Sector: Statements (9 Dec 2009)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State. The agrifood sector plays a key role in the economy. Its high export value gives it the potential to contribute significantly to sustainable economic renewal. It accounts for approximately 10% of the size of the economy and 66% of our indigenous exports. Last year it exported food and drink worth €8.2 billion to 170 markets around the world. Global food...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

Mary White: The matter I am raising is serious. Every year 10,000 people - men and women - are widowed. The harsh reality revealed by this new study by Dr. Corcoran is that a widowed person is twice as liable to die by suicide. This is the first time a study of this nature has been conducted in Ireland. It would be a simple matter for the local community or health nurse to visit a person who has been...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

Mary White: On a point of order, I ask the Leader of the Opposition to control her group.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

Mary White: It is absolutely appalling.

Seanad: Report by Commission of Investigation into Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin: Statements (Resumed) (9 Dec 2009)

Mary White: The findings of the commission of investigation into the handling by church and State authorities of allegations and suspicions of child abuse against clerics of the Catholic archdiocese of Dublin were met with revulsion and horror. The Murphy report spelt out that "a systemic, calculated perversion of power and trust was visited on helpless and innocent children in the archdiocese over a 30...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

Mary White: As my colleagues are aware, I produced a document on suicide levels in the new Ireland last year which examined the numbers and provided an analysis of the reasons for and causes of suicide on the island as a whole. Last October the European Journal of Public Health launched a document by Dr. Paul Corcoran of the National Suicide Research Foundation in Cork. I ask my colleagues to desist...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

Mary White: It really is very poor. They should all be separated and should not be sitting beside one another. Then they would not be tempted to talk.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2009)

Mary White: I support Senator O'Toole's call for the Minister for Foreign Affairs to come to the House to talk about the state of relations with Colombia, including free trade agreements. I visited Colombia seven times on a human rights mission. The Red Cross has stated the system in Colombia borders on totalitarianism We must get our relationships in order. I am not impressed by the smirking of...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2009)

Mary White: It is disrespectful because anyone who engages in the pursuit of human rights always faces problems from those who hold a different view. I call for a debate on the inquiry in the Dublin archdiocese. Last night the discussion was guillotined and I call for it to be urgently renewed, bearing in mind the words of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Dermot Ahern. He has...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2009)

Mary White: I was not talking about Senator Buttimer.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2009)

Mary White: That is an outrageous statement. A person is presumed innocent until found guilty. How dare the Senator? We live in a republic, a free state, not a totalitarian state.