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Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Mary White: I am pleased that the Leader has arranged for a meeting on older people. I have asked three times already for a discussion on the position of 1,000 Irish prisoners abroad. I would like the Leader to let me know this morning whether he will arrange to hold a debate. I am Fianna Fáil spokesperson for children in this Chamber. We have free national school and secondary education——

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Mary White: The Senator should not talk nonsense. We have free third-level education. We are neglecting the education of children up to the age of five. I would like the new Minister of State with responsibility for children to attend the House. Let us all participate in the debate the way we did with the Minister for Health and Children when she was here.

Seanad: HSE Child Welfare and Protection Services: Statements (21 May 2008)

Mary White: I compliment the Minister and his young wife, Sinéad, and wish them the best of luck. They are a wonderful couple with complementary skills. I wish them happiness and that they will have many achievements to their names at the end of the day. I am sympathetic to and have empathy with what Senator Healy Eames said. As I was out of the country last week I did not see the "Prime Time...

Seanad: HSE Child Welfare and Protection Services: Statements (21 May 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Mary White: Encore.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 May 2008)

Mary White: He did not do so alone.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Mary White: On Monday last I attended the launch by the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance of the OECD review of the Irish public service. It is an impressive report which has an executive summary attached. This is one of the most significant reports ever published on the public service and it is timely.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Mary White: The OECD concludes that there is a need for a more integrated public service, with all the Departments working together. The logo on the cover depictsgadgets fitting together.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Mary White: The Tánaiste stated also that the setting up of the Office of the Minister for Children was a significant development in integrating services and an important part of our policy making. The report recommends that rather than creating new structures there should be a network approach to working across existing structures to allow greater connectivity between different sectors. Importantly,...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Mary White: We must put the public at the centre of our public services. The launch was quite a long event with many senior public servants speaking, but in his final points the Tánaiste, and this is relevant to everybody in this Chamber, stated: "I am determined to take decisive action to improve Irish public services and look forward to working with the social partners to achieve this".

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Mary White: He further stated: "I intend that when I am Taoiseach, I and my successor as Minister for Finance will set out our more detailed response to the Review". I look forward, having worked in the public and private sectors for many years, to seeing the way the incoming Taoiseach, Deputy Brian Cowen, deals with this area. I believe he has a passion to reform——

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Mary White: ——and will be a leader in public sector reform.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Mary White: I could not mention everything.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Mary White: The Senator can get one.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Mary White: The Senator should take the initiative and get it himself.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Mary White: The Senator got an invitation to the launch.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2008)

Mary White: I compliment the Leader on giving us a tremendously innovative experience yesterday of asking questions of the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. I found it the most dynamic statements session, whether one likes the answers one got or not or——

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2008)

Mary White: It was my first experience of being able to ask a Minister direct questions. I had raised the matter previously of how to make the statement sessions more innovative and would welcome more such sessions, with Ministers answering direct questions. I am disappointed in Senator Norris describing Senator Callanan, in his absence, as a person of little political significance.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2008)

Mary White: Senator Norris is very naive politically because ——