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Seanad: Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (3 Nov 2009)

Mary White: It is crazy.

Seanad: Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (3 Nov 2009)

Mary White: The leader of the Leas-Chathaoirleach's party called for this Chamber to be dissolved. I am appalled and ashamed that Senators who wish to speak on Northern Ireland are not being given an opportunity to do so.

Seanad: Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (3 Nov 2009)

Mary White: The urgency with which this debate is being wrapped up is extraordinary.

Seanad: Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (3 Nov 2009)

Mary White: I will not withdraw it.

Seanad: Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (3 Nov 2009)

Mary White: Three Senators wish to speak.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Business Plan: Statements (29 Oct 2009)

Mary White: Professor Patrick Honohan, who was recently appointed as the Governor of the Central Bank, has said that "with its fiscal, competitiveness and banking crisis, Ireland is among the most severely affected countries in the global crisis". Our banking system has been on life support since 2008, when the Government announced a two-year guarantee of the liabilities of the four Irish-controlled...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Mary White: As Fianna Fáil's Seanad spokesperson on older people, I enthusiastically welcomed the Government's recent fair deal initiative which will go a long way to ease the burden on families paying for nursing home care. I also welcome the development of a quality monitoring regime, introduced under the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA. The registration and inspection of nursing...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Mary White: The Senator should ask the people in the North about that.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Mary White: The Senator should ask Albert Reynolds about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Mary White: The Court of Auditors would be good enough for him.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Mary White: Remember the tax on children's shoes.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Mary White: On reflection, listening to Senator Ormonde speak of looking at people's attitudes to work, it is not so long ago that people had a job for life in the Civil Service, the bank, Guinness or some institution, but society, industry and the economy no longer work like that. We are living in a globalised economy where industries move at a whim. It is important to put on record that from 1986 to...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Oct 2009)

Mary White: I am glad to join with my colleagues in honouring Senator Tony Kett. My first meeting with Tony took place in the Central Remedial Clinic when I was canvassing during my first campaign for election to the Seanad. He painstakingly explained all the election's intricacies to me because as a novice candidate, it was a complicated process, particularly as I had only made up my mind to stand...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2009)

Mary White: Yesterday, the 3Ts (Turn the Tide of Suicide) and Console launched a 24-hour helpline to help reduce the rate of suicide in Ireland. At the launch, the chairman of 3Ts, Mr. Noel Smyth, said suicide is a scourge in Ireland. Ireland has the fourth highest youth suicide rate in the EU. I congratulate Console and 3Ts for having a 24-hour helpline. Unfortunately, the HSE has utterly failed to...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Mary White: Fine Gael Members have a cheek to criticise our Leader, Senator Cassidy.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Mary White: How dare they be so puerile and critical when their own leader has caused six members of the media to come to the House to observe what we do? They are very welcome. We rarely have visitors.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Mary White: I am a policy-driven Senator and I can stand over my record. I produced a document in 2006 on suicide in the new Ireland. I commend the Irish Examiner on publishing the tremendous article on suicide written by Fiachra O Cionnaith. He said it was reported by the national office of suicide prevention that 1.7% of all deaths every year are due to suicide. This means one death in every 59 is...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Mary White: There are more deaths by suicide every year than by road accident. I call on the Government parties to galvanise themselves to deliver the goods and to be proactive in delivering a proper policy on prevention of suicide in Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Mary White: Nothing was done about them.