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Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Mary White: She did say that.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Mary White: She did. She always changes her mind about what she said.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Mary White: The Senator should apologise. Members of the Opposition should know that the Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews, sits at Cabinet. That is a serious position and all his colleagues can hear what he has to say. It is a very senior position.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Mary White: The Senator should stop wasting time.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Mary White: She is taking from her talent to get diverted so easily.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Finneran, to the House.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Mary White: Over the period 1936 to 1970, a total of 170,000 children and young people entered the gates of the 50 industrial and reformatory schools. Just think about it. The Ryan report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse in Industrial and Reformatory Schools was described last week by the New York Times as the "map of an Irish hell". The Ryan report calmly describes the systematic torture...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Mary White: I will leave my comments on the Ryan report until statements this afternoon. When the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Barry Andrews, launches his report, we should all be advised of the date of the launch. Last week I said all Members of this House, on all sides, should work together across the political divide to make sure the 21 recommendations in this...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Mary White: If we wait until we come back at the end of September to pick this issue up again, we are half asleep. We will not keep momentum on this issue if we wait until September to talk about it. It is the most critical social issue facing the country at the moment. Our country is traumatised by this issue. I was very pleased with the Taoiseach's response last night after the Cabinet meeting, and...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Mary White: Last week I was shocked that the new president of the GAA, who is a Pioneer, said he did not have a problem with Guinness sponsoring sports.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Mary White: I call for the abolition of all sports sponsorship to protect human life because alcohol is major contributor to deaths by suicide. In two weeks' time, the Oireachtas sub-committee on suicide will launch its report on suicide.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Mary White: I do not support my colleagues who called for balance in the context of the Ryan report. This is not the time for talking about balance but for talking about the Catholic church, an organisation that has totally and utterly failed its citizens. How dare anybody talk about balance. Anyone who reads the five volumes of the report will be traumatised. I do not believe anybody should speak of...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Mary White: Balance will come when the perpetrators of these crimes are brought to justice by the courts for their crimes.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Mary White: Then, we can talk about balance.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Mary White: I would like to outline my vision in this regard. This was a problem of social class. I would like to take this opportunity to call for the crimes that these young people were supposed to have committed, stealing a bar of chocolate for example, to be expunged. In the years in question, the district judges came from a superior class in society. We had a much more defined class structure...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Mary White: I said they are in care, not in institutions.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 May 2009)

Mary White: I have raised the matter of the competitiveness of Irish industry on numerous occasions in this House. Many Irish businesses are unable to compete abroad. It is scandalous that some Departments are not paying their bills on time. In many cases, invoices have to be reissued, which puts further pressure on companies that need cashflow. If a company does not have cashflow, which is the life...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 May 2009)

Mary White: Go raibh maith agaibh. However, I am afraid that I need to raise a further national scandal, namely, the attitude of the Health Service Executive to the treatment of children with psychiatric problems in adult hospitals. We have almost to become revolutionaries to change this diabolical behaviour. I am embarrassed by the HSE's treatment of young children. It is as if they do not exist or...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Mary White: He is still on the board.