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Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

Mary White: I wish to refer to the matter that Senator McFadden raised. According to today's Irish Independent , "Childline dealt with almost 300,000 calls from children last year — but another 300,000 went unanswered due to lack of funding ... more than 25,000 of the calls were from children looking for help on issues relating to abuse, violence and mental health". The Society for the Prevention of...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

Mary White: The Senator should sit up and pay attention.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Mary White: I repeat that we are talking about human trafficking. I am sitting here because of having met the different groups over the past three or four years. I refer to the religious orders in particular who have been involved in trying to protect women, men and children from human trafficking. The former Senator Mary O'Rourke told the Ruhama group that she would ensure this law was enacted. I...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Mary White: That is not the point. We need to have the entire debate. If we adopted Senator Mullen's amendment without debate and considering the repercussions, what would be the consequences? It is important to discuss it, consider international models and understand what has happened before we impulsively insert this provision. It is sad that the Senator is doing this under this Bill.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Mary White: Senators Coffey and Donohoe were not here.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Mary White: Excuse me, do not shout at me so rudely.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Mary White: I have spoken in a very respectful manner to Senator Mullen and I am sure the Senators who were not here when I was speaking did not hear how I complimented him on what he said earlier. I am entitled to say I do not agree with him introducing this amendment at this stage. We should go back to the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 and open up that whole debate. Let us have a national...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Mary White: That is a different matter on which Members have spoken already.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Mary White: I draw to the attention of the Senator that we are dealing with the enactment of this Bill. I said earlier this evening, and on Second Stage, that those found guilty of abusing the services of trafficked people should be treated as having committed a crime. I am disappointed in the way the Senator is pursuing his amendment. His contribution to the debate this evening has been laudable but...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Mary White: That is for another day.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Mary White: The Senator is showing his true colours now.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Mary White: I said she was being trafficked.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Mary White: While I agree with my colleagues on the Government side, I laud the amendments moved by Senator Alex White and Senator Rónán Mullen. Having participated with the CORI group, the Sisters of Charity and Ruhama, I feel we owe it to them to put more time into this. The Minister of State sorted out the child care subvention scheme.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Mary White: He did.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Mary White: This issue is really a matter of life or death. It is below the surface and we do not meet it every day. As legislators, we have a serious responsibility to educate, as Senator Mullen said. If it is taken as a serious offence to be a client in such a situation, they must get the message that it is not acceptable in Ireland. We must provide a good example and do it in our own unique way....

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Mary White: Last week in the Seanad, in the presence of the Minister, I stated that trafficking of people — men, women and children — should be treated as a criminal offence. Will the Minister of State develop this further and spell out the current position? How do we compare internationally on this issue? This is a sinister and disgusting underground activity, as Senator O'Donovan indicated....

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Mary White: Last week I heard a young woman on the radio speak about working in a lap-dancing club. On the surface lap-dancing clubs can seem frivolous and not exploitative. This girl said, however, that young women who work in many clubs must pay to work and that after a certain age they are disposable. I was shocked. I have no personal experience of this. The girl said she was 26 and that if she...