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Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Hoctor, to the House and compliment her on the great work she is doing as Minister of State with responsibility for older people. Everyone in Leinster House was deeply affected by the reaction of older people in Ireland to the proposed abolition of the medical card. The response of older people was like a tsunami overwhelming the country. As Fianna...

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Mary White: I will be pushing also for the vaccination for young girls aged 12 to be introduced as soon as the economy is right and for free screening for cervical cancer for women over 60. Sexism is not acceptable, racism is not acceptable but ageism is still acceptable. Until one starts studying it, one does not realise how ageist society is. There is one matter we can be sure about. Please God, we...

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Mary White: Every day one learns something new.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2008)

Mary White: I support Senator Fitzgerald's call for a debate on the equality issue. Today is International Human Rights Day and I will focus on the lack of human rights for older people. Over 10% of our population are over 65 and that figure is set to double in the next 30 years. There are approximately 500,000 people aged over 65 in Ireland. In my document entitled A New Approach to Aging and Ageism...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2008)

Mary White: Following discussions, The Irish Times and I have agreed to work together to launch its active life award on a North-South basis. This will highlight the fight against ageism and promote justice for and the human rights of older people on the island.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2008)

Mary White: That is correct.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2008)

Mary White: Will the Deputy Leader request the presence of the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Mary Coughlan, to bring the House up to date on the national strategy for improving our competitiveness? Last week I said that our industrial electricity costs are the highest in Europe, at 34.4% above the EU average. I tried to decode where these costs arise other than in...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2008)

Mary White: ——to open up cashflow. Even very reputable companies are being asked for this and pressure is being put on them. The country was invigorated and engaged with what the Government did for the banks to save the economy. I am talking about saving employment in our country, so that companies will not have to let people go. I want the Government to come out forcibly and put pressure on the...

Seanad: Fishing Industry: Statements (12 Nov 2008)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Sargent. I take this opportunity to talk about the special protection area, SPA, and special area of conservation, SAC, designation threat to Wexford Harbour. The mussel industry in Wexford Harbour has spanned three centuries and today exports up to 20 tonnes of live mussels to the Continent, providing much needed revenue for Wexford and the...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)

Mary White: I will be brief. In one of today's newspapers there is a report on the incidence of elder abuse. It is indicated by the HSE that 600 people reported alleged elder abuse in the first six months of this year. Some 93% of the older people who were abused said it happened in their own homes. Some 40% of them said it was their sons or daughters who abused them. We in Ireland overlook the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2008)

Mary White: I would like our Leader, Senator Donie Cassidy, to urgently request the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Mary Coughlan, to come into the House urgently to discuss the rising unemployment level and advise us on how the Government intends to address it. We read in this morning's newspapers that 260,000 people are unemployed, and the figure is rising...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2008)

Mary White: Unless we get a better economic competitive environment, our exporting companies will not succeed. I advise my colleagues, who may not be aware of this, that our industrial energy costs are the highest in the European Union and are 34% higher than the EU average. How can our companies compete in those circumstances? Last night, the president of the Irish Exporters Association told the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2008)

Mary White: The people who work in the public sector are outstanding but that sector does not apply the same management techniques on a day by day and hour by hour business that a private company must apply to survive.

Seanad: Medical Cards: Statements (5 Nov 2008)

Mary White: Some Senators have said the public does not realise the seriousness of the economic situation. I believe the public is prepared for some taxation——

Seanad: Medical Cards: Statements (5 Nov 2008)

Mary White: I do not need to be prompted. If we want to make radical changes in policy——