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Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Mary White: The remarks about the Taoiseach's language were very superficial. He is entitled to use language that is used every day by many people in this country. He was passionately putting across the point that it is important for the Irish people to vote for the Lisbon treaty — end of story. There is a unanimous decision by all the political parties in this House this morning that it is so.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Mary White: He is entitled to use whatever language he likes. It is precious and snobbish to say otherwise.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Mary White: I agree with Senator Harris's comments about Cathal Ó Searcaigh. It is not the first time in Ireland that a person was presumed guilty because their name was in the media. Where is our presumption of innocence? I am reminded of how, in the 1950s, John McGahern was fired from his job in Belgrove national school because of his personal life. This was a person who we subsequently feted for...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Mary White: Writers like François Mauriac and Stendhal gave me a great understanding of a life I could not experience. I am putting it on the record that there should be a presumption of innocence in Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Mary White: He does.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2008)

Mary White: This debate deals with a matter of great national importance. It is about a series of atrocities perpetrated on innocent people in our country, including the bombings of 1974 in Dublin and Monaghan, which resulted in the greatest loss of life on a single day during the Troubles, when 33 people were killed. I remember hearing one of the bombs going off in Nassau Street as I worked in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2008)

Mary White: Come to our party meeting.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Mary White: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister of State with responsibility for older people, Deputy Máire Hoctor, to come to the House for a debate on the issue of ageing, ageism and older people in Ireland. The front page of today's edition of the Irish Examiner contains an article on the rise in the incidence of suicide of older people in the country because of the closure of pubs. In the past...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Mary White: On Monday last I had the pleasure of attending the 20th anniversary of the Third Age Foundation in Summerhill, County Meath, which is being driven by a visionary, Ms Mary Nally, whose report was launched by the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. This is a perfect example of a community that has reached out to older people in the area. Some 600 people from County Meath attended...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2008)

Mary White: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Brendan Smith, for his speech which was an exemplary model of how a Bill should be presented in this House. I compliment him on the extraordinary work he did in respect of the child care subvention scheme introduced on 18 December. I do not apologise for complimenting him thereon. It was a tremendous political achievement. In May 2006, Irish citizens...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Mary White: The Cathaoirleach is smiling.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Mary White: We are at 21% in the Seanad.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Mary White: Last week, the Taoiseach formally launched the Office of the Minister for Older People. I call on the Leader to invite the Minister of State, Deputy Hoctor, to spell out to the House what she intends to do about the human rights of older people in society. For example, there is no free breast cancer screening for women of 64 years of age despite women being more susceptible to breast and...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Mary White: The human right of older citizens to remain in employment after 65 years of age if they so wish is a matter of urgency. We are 40 years behind the United States in our attitude to older people. Senator John McCain's age of 71 years is a non-event there.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Mary White: I am just making a point. I called on the Minister——

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Mary White: In 2006, there were 366 road deaths and 409 suicides. There is anecdotal evidence that an increasing number of older men commit suicide, in respect of which we will all know the CSO statistics next April. Will the Minister of State address the House on how to create a more caring and inclusive society for people who live in rural areas or are isolated and on how to reach out and take care...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Mary White: There is a shortage of available organs. Donating would form part of caring for one another. Regarding Senator Mullen's comments, as far as young people are concerned——