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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear. It is disgraceful.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2008)

Mary White: I support my colleagues who have a problem with the Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008 being rushed through. However, there are many innovative changes in the legislation and it is an excellent Bill. In the document I launched yesterday on a new approach to suicide in Ireland, alcohol is mentioned as one of three proven factors that can lead people to suicide. Many of these people do not die...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2008)

Mary White: There are three proven areas that can be addressed to lower the rate of suicide and deliberate self-harm and one of these is alcohol consumption. People should be encouraged not to drink when they feel depressed. It is necessary that general practitioners be trained to identify depression when patients present with it. Mothers of children who hung themselves told me doctors had told them...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2008)

Mary White: They are not adequate.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Mary White: I would like to speak about the heroic release last night of Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt after six years in captivity. This is an important day for democracy. Ms Betancourt was a candidate for the high office of President of Colombia when she was captured by FARC guerrillas and held captive in the jungle for six years. What she must have endured in that time, we can...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Mary White: I call on the Leader to have a debate on human rights as soon as possible in the new session. Columbia is a country bordering on neo-totalitarianism. The members of the Columbian Government are not saints.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Mary White: I suggest an open debate on human rights. Our Minister for Foreign Affairs should be in a position to put the pressure on other Governments where people are being denied their human rights. Dialogue is better than force any day.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Mary White: She was rescued.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Mary White: Senator John McCain spoke about it on the television at 2 a.m. today.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Mary White: The former Taoiseach did not ask for that.

Seanad: OECD Report on Integrated Public Service Reform: Statements (2 Jul 2008)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State. I was fortunate to be in Dublin Castle at the launch of the OECD report on the integration of the public service. Having experience over 40 years in both the public and private sector, I am in a position to comment on it. There are as many clever people in the public sector as there are in the private sector but the management standards in many places in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Mary White: I call for a debate in the House and a national debate over the coming months on funding for third level education. In Ireland there is no shortage of rhetoric about the knowledge society and our aspiration to be world class. The reality, unfortunately, falls well short of the rhetoric. By most indicators, our universities are significantly constrained by comparison with leading...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Mary White: The strategy of the Government is to have a knowledge-based economy as well as an education system with a bright future. We need to devise a strategy of diverse funding and alternatives to public funding. We need to make private funding not just an idea but a reality if we want future generations educated in our world-class system. One of the most critical questions concerns how we will...