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- Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Senator Keaveney may be smart but she is not smug.
- Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Senator Keaveney is smart but she is not smug.
- Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Senator Keaveney is far from it.
- Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Very good.
- Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Muireann Cullen of the Nutrition and Health Foundation this morning and Mrs. Catherine Bent, a representative from the Nutrition and Health Foundation stakeholders. They pointed out that the national task force on obesity, chaired by the eminent Mr. John Treacy, made 93 recommendations but these are not being taken seriously or implemented. I ask the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)
Mary White: And for older people.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I thank the Cathaoirleach for arranging to take on the Adjournment last night the motion on Irish prisoners abroad.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Martin, for coming to the House himself and bringing Members up to date on the tremendous work and how many of the recommendations have been implemented.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Mary White: It is a great result on a matter I raised a year ago and I am most appreciative. I call on the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, to come to the House for a debate and an open discussion on the issue of the quality of life for older people in our country. Yesterday morning I attended the meeting in Westland Row church. One had to be there to really experience the atmosphere....
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I feel personally responsible as a spokesperson for the Government in the Seanad on older people. I want to hear what the Minister has to say about her vision for older people so as to regain their confidence. Sitting in the church yesterday morning felt like when the candlelight masses were held on Wednesday mornings in Leipzig and big cities in the former East Germany calling for the wall...
- Seanad: Irish Prisoners Abroad (21 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Martin. According to current figures, between 800 and 1,000 Irish people are incarcerated in prisons overseas. The majority of these prisoners are held in England and Wales, with others in Europe, South America, Central America and Africa. The conditions in prisons in these countries vary greatly, with many decidedly below basic standards...
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Statements (21 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Statements (21 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I am the Government spokesperson in the Seanad on children. The Minister of State said he welcomed a frank discussion today, so I hope he will bear with me.
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Statements (21 Oct 2008)
Mary White: It is my responsibility to spell out my position.
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Statements (21 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I know that. Many times in this Chamber I have said we have free national school, secondary school and third level education, however we continue to neglect the education and development of our youngest citizens in the zero to five age group. There is clear evidence from the literature around the globe that while all investment in education yields a rich dividend for the economic and social...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)
Mary White: The Senator interrupted this morning.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Exactly.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Hear, hear.