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Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Mary White: ——-the rebate which they are due.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Mary White: I would like the Leader to invite the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Senator — Deputy Mary Coughlan——

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Mary White: ——to this House to discuss this issue and the economy. I cannot understand this. We hear every day of how Government expenditure is increasing and expanding because people are losing their jobs, resulting in a decrease for Government in terms of PRSI and VAT receipts and an increase in the number of people seeking social welfare payments. I would like to discuss with the Department why...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Mary White: I feel like doing so.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Mary White: Do the officials in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, who generally speaking have permanent and pensionable positions——

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Mary White: If a company does not get the money it is owed, its cash flow is affected and this can result in further job losses in those companies. The situation is farcical.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Mary White: Regarding the reform of the Senate, it is awkward that committees are held at the same time as the Order of Business. We need reform on that, but I would like to draw the attention of Members to a meeting we had this week with the Minister for Health and Children and Professor Drumm. I have been lobbying at these quarterly meetings for the vacant positions of suicide prevention officers to...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Mary White: I asked how much of the €14 billion HSE budget goes to mental health. I asked a few lay people the same question and I got a wide range of answers. A total of €1.1 billion is spent on mental health every year by the HSE, which is a phenomenal amount of money. We have more people in Ireland dying every year from suicide than from road traffic deaths. Can we please finally find out how...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Mary White: I appreciate your patience, a Chathaoirligh. Finally, I totally disagree with the comments about the national anthem made by my colleague, Senator Quinn.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Mary White: The match in the Millennium Stadium gave hope for Ireland last week. Nobody had a problem with O'Driscoll and company wrapping a tricolour around their shoulders. When we play in Ireland, we play the national anthem and the other anthem, and when we go abroad, we do not play our anthem.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (11 Mar 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (11 Mar 2009)

Mary White: No, it is not.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (11 Mar 2009)

Mary White: The Senator has won it on her reputation.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (11 Mar 2009)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Mar 2009)

Mary White: That is adequate.

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Mar 2009)

Mary White: I agree with Senator Bacik that the Minister of State should consider removing section 32 on Report Stage because the wording in section 34(b)(v)(II) in respect of "ethnic, religious and cultural background" provides adequate coverage.

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Mar 2009)

Mary White: This is a most important Bill. I refer to the delay involved. It would be beneficial if the duration of the process was shortened. Two and a half or three years can be like a lifetime. I will present my document on suicide prevention to the Sub-Committee on the High Level of Suicide in Irish Society at 3 p.m. today. The HSE moves very slowly. The Minister of State should consider a...

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2009)

Mary White: I empathise with the Senators who have put forward this amendment. There is an anomaly there if a single person can adopt. I know a single lady who has adopted a baby from the Caribbean. If two people of the same sex are living together why can one not adopt the child of the other? I congratulate Senator Norris on his courage in speaking out alone. It was a lonely station. Some of the...