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Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Mary White: They are still on the boards.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Mary White: They got re-elected.

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2009)

Mary White: Our vision through this legislation should be to deliver a compassionate revision of the existing circumstances in which people who want to adopt children find themselves. It is cruel to prospective adoptive parents that they must hang on for between six and ten years for approval. This is totally unnecessary. I agree families must be scrutinised rigorously but if we can speed up the...

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2009)

Mary White: My two colleagues were freely allowed to discuss it.

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2009)

Mary White: They went on about it and I am entitled to do the same. We are debating the HSE's resources. The executive needs to become much more efficient and reallocate its human resources. It does not seem to have the ability of the private sector to manage. The next four recommendations in the Monageer report relate to gardaí reporting to their immediate managers, gardaí reporting to the HSE and...

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2009)

Mary White: A sullied man now.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2009)

Mary White: A study has just been published on the quality of life of older people in residential care. Choice, privacy and a sense if identity are some of the requirements of older people living in residential care in order to maintain a good quality of life according to research published in the May issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing. Researchers from the National University of Ireland Galway...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2009)

Mary White: I would like the new Minister of State with responsibility for older people, Deputy Áine Brady, to come to the House to update us on the strategic plan for older people. It is not just about the efficiency and running of nursing homes. It is about equality of life for older people. They should have a say in what happens to them. Their skills should be utilised by the owners of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (13 May 2009)

Mary White: I wish to assure colleagues on the opposite side of the Chamber that the Fianna Fáil Party is totally committed to the civil partnership Bill. Let there be no ambiguity about that.

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (13 May 2009)

Mary White: There is a commitment in the programme for Government in respect of the legislation and that commitment will be delivered upon.

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (13 May 2009)

Mary White: I will try to discover, as quickly as possible, when the Bill is due be introduced. There is no doubt that cultural and social changes are giving rise to legislative change. Society is leading the way and prompting such legislative change. I am of the view that, in time, society will decide whether it is acceptable for gay couples to adopt children and legislators will then make their move....

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (13 May 2009)

Mary White: I again assure those opposite that my party is fully committed to the civil partnership Bill, which I will be valiantly supporting in the House when it is introduced.

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (13 May 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (13 May 2009)

Mary White: Hold on.

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (13 May 2009)

Mary White: They sent the child back.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Mary White: I am glad the Cathaoirleach challenged Senator Healy Eames, who tarnished my reputation last week. That is something I deeply resent. If a person dares to challenge my reputation for working diligently and carrying out my duties, I will deal with that individual in an appropriate manner.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Mary White: Senator Healy Eames should not smile at me.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Mary White: Yesterday I attended the launch of the report into the tragic deaths in April 2007 of Adrian and Ciara Dunne and their two children at Monageer. The report to which I refer is a complete waste of time because 27 pages of it have been blacked out. Why is that the case? What is the point in publishing a report when it is not possible to read 27 pages of it?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Mary White: The report attempts to state that perhaps this tragedy may not have happened or could not have been prevented. I do not accept that. Unfortunately, Ciara and Adrian Dunne both had physical and emotional problems. As children - as a result of the fact that they each had disabilities - they were provided with special education services. They met, fell in love and, to all intents and...