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- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2009)
Mary White: ââas to how she plans to get the costs of doing business in Ireland parallel with costs in other countries.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2009)
Mary White: That is not correct.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2009)
Mary White: That is wrong.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2009)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Feb 2009)
Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State and compliment him and the Department on the fine Bill which will bring together all the adoption legislation into one concise Act. I also compliment him on his first-class speech, which is a pleasure to read, as it is most informative. I agree with what Senator Fitzgerald said to the effect that three of the Members in the House this afternoon are members of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)
Mary White: I want to put on the record how embarrassed and sad I am at the exposure the Irish financial system is getting at the moment worldwide. This is a young State of less than 90 years. We were colonised for 800 years and all of us working together have served to raised the standard of living for everyone on the island from that of a colonised Third World country. I read in the Financial Times...
- Seanad: Economic Issues: Motion (28 Jan 2009)
Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State. I was honoured to be nominated to Seanad Ãireann by the Irish Exporters Association. The company I co-founded with Connie Doody exports 75% of its product to the United Kingdom and now employs 200 people in Navan, County Meath. I draw the attention of the House to an innovative proposal made recently to the Government by Mr. John Whelan, chief executive...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)
Mary White: Yesterday, following the motion regarding the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, I spoke to the Minister of State, Deputy Haughey, and we both agreed it would be important to have a debate in the House on the sexual abuse of children. The councillors of Galway and Roscommon who attended yesterday's meeting of the Health Service Executive regional forum expressed serious concern about...
- Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (27 Jan 2009)
Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. As we all know, the issue of child abuse is reported in the newspapers, if not daily then every second day. The headlines in the past two weeks on the Roscommon case put more pressure on the Government to amend the Constitution to protect children. The rights of children need to be enshrined in the Constitution. We have had the findings of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Mary White: I refer to the matter of the incest case in Roscommon raised by Senator O'Toole. The facts about the Roscommon abuse case must be established before action is taken. We need an investigation to determine how this most serious family abuse could continue for so long. I do not believe the Health Service Executive should be involved in that investigation.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Mary White: How can a mother abuse her children over a six-year period, subjecting them to incest, sexual abuse and neglect? Apparently the community, school and relatives all knew about it. The HSE social workers were called in as far back as 1996. The abuse mentioned in the recent court case took place between 1998 and 2004. We are told that subject to no unforeseeable impediments, the...
- Seanad: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 Jan 2009)
Mary White: I wish to share my time with Senator Terry Leyden, with the permission of the House. I welcome the Minister's speech. It is important that the Irish people get the message to the effect that nationalising Anglo Irish Bank is not just a question of saving the bank, but the country's banking system. In the past few weeks the Financial Times has made us look pathetic novices as regards the...
- Seanad: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 Jan 2009)
Mary White: I believe there has been a certain amount of jealousy in the Financial Times over the years at the success of the Celtic tiger and that it is delighting in the trouble we are in. However, we have a responsibility as regards transparency that is critical for the future. I cannot understand that a director can avail of loans and not let his or her board know, and that the law is not being...
- Seanad: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 Jan 2009)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2008)
Mary White: The fair deal nursing home legislation makes reference to same sex couples who share a house. What is different in this Bill?
- Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)
Mary White: She is all that.
- Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)
Mary White: Hear, hear.