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Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Mary White: Senator Alex White could be in trouble for some of what I may say in the Seanad. Will all Members use my first name when referring to me and the same for Senator Alex White? I am not going to say it again and I presume all Members will do what they are told.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Mary White: I would fully support a motion being tabled on the case of Íngrid Betancourt. However, I deeply resent the vested interest reference made about me by Senator O'Toole. I was asked by the President, Mary McAleese, to chair the Gaisce, the President's Award, and get it into the North. I spent three years doing that and I achieved it for the President. She said no one else would have achieved...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Mary White: The President informed me no one else could have done this but me.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Mary White: When the case of the three Irishmen in Colombia came up, the families of the men asked me to go. I asked the most senior civil servant in the North for his opinion on this. He said, "Mary, for the peace process here it would be good if you went".

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Mary White: I am afraid Senator O'Toole has gone down in my estimation.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Mary White: It is about my reputation, a Chathaoirligh. I have listened to other Members getting plenty of time. I went to Colombia seven times at my own expense to look after the human rights of three Irish citizens, their safety in prison and that they would get a fair trail. RTE, reporters from The Irish Times, the late Niall Andrews and David Andrews also went to Colombia. I am getting passionate...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Mary White: I twice visited the jockey, Christy McGrath, in prison in the UK at my own expense. I spent over €20,000 of my money going to Colombia. Many Members will not know that when Mary Robinson was UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the lack of human rights in Colombia was the highest item on her agenda. The Colombian Government was described to me by the UN in Bogota as bordering on a...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Mary White: I am not a person of vested interests.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Mary White: I want an apology from Senator O'Toole for accusing me of having a vested interest. I am reminded by the excellent report by the former Fianna Fáil Deputy, Mr. Chris Flood, on conditions of Irish people imprisoned overseas.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Mary White: I ask the Leader for an urgent debate on that report which is lying dormant in the Oireachtas Library.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Mary White: We will have to extend the time.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Mary White: The Opposition put a tax on children's shoes.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Mary White: The Senator should just go to Colombia tomorrow at his own expense.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Mary White: The Senator should go to Colombia tomorrow. Nobody is stopping him.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Mary White: He should go at his own expense, which is what I did.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Mary White: I was, yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Mary White: Senator Fitzgerald could go to Colombia tomorrow.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: The Irish Market in a Globalised Economy: Statements (21 Nov 2007)

Mary White: It is the essence of a good speech.

Seanad: The Irish Market in a Globalised Economy: Statements (21 Nov 2007)

Mary White: That is ridiculous.