Results 3,161-3,180 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)
Mary White: Not largely.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)
Mary White: The Minister of State, Deputy Dick Roche, will be well able for him.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)
Mary White: It is not lovely. It has taken a long period to upgrade that line.
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)
Mary White: I do not. Do not mind Senator Alex White. He is jealous. I would like to see more business people in politics, because in his speech the Minster of State showed us that he understands how business and companies work and develop. If everybody was working in the non-trading sector, there would be poor days ahead for us. Ireland's economic transformation in the past decade has been...
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)
Mary White: The Senators all know they will get a bar. I would like to talk about the enterprise agencies, such as Enterprise Ireland and the county enterprise boards.I had the honour of being appointed by Mr. Frank Feely, then Dublin city manager, to the evaluation committee of the first Dublin City Enterprise Board and I spent five years on that. I agree with the Minister that there is a tremendous...
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)
Mary White: Ten years later we were described around the world as the shining light of Europe. I wish the Minister every success. I am delighted to see a business man as Minister. The world is his oyster; it is there for him to achieve. I also thank him for everything at a personal level.
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)
Mary White: It influences multinationals coming to Ireland.
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)
Mary White: I congratulate the Minister of State on his appointment. It is a great honour for him and his family. He will achieve a lot more than extending broadband across the country. If he keeps going, he could be a future Taoiseach of the country. He has many fans and as a businesspersonââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)
Mary White: That was in the 1980s.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2007)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2007)
Mary White: We do not need a debate, we need action.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2007)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2007)
Mary White: It has to be done.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2007)
Mary White: It is not knee-jerk hysteria.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2007)
Mary White: A serious and speedy response is needed.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)
Mary White: I ask my colleagues that when referring in the House to Senator Alex White, they use his first name and when referring to me, they use my first name. There is unbelievable confusion and it goes into the history books.