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Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2007)

Mary White: Deputy Máire Hoctor is the dedicated Minister of State with responsibility for older people. Will the Acting Leader invite her to the House to discuss my document, A New Approach to Ageing and Ageism, and to outline her agenda? I am not referring to important health issues alone. For example, there is an age cap of 64 years in respect of free breast cancer screening and a cap of 70 years...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (7 Nov 2007)

Mary White: In my document, A New Approach to Childcare, recommendation No. 5 states that the Government should provide greater financial supports for parents to break the cycle of poverty and unemployment. As spokesperson on children on the Government side of the House, I have studied this matter in detail so I believe my remarks will be balanced and informed. The main motivation for the new scheme is...

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (7 Nov 2007)

Mary White: No, I said I supported the motivation behind the scheme, and the Minister of State understands that. I am speaking of the group left out. Among the submissions received by Fionnuala Kennedy was a letter from a surgeon's wife in County Cork, who did not have the money to buy a pair of tights. Another submission came from the wife of a high-ranking Army officer who had to plead for the few...

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (7 Nov 2007)

Mary White: I advised the manager to calm down and wait for the Minister to get a fix on the issue, and that please God he would be able to introduce a band C group so that people on lower incomes would get some form of subvention. Part of the problem with this issue is that the introduction of the scheme and the need for the form to be returned was rushed. Some community crèches have been active and...

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (7 Nov 2007)

Mary White: This is a serious matter. The other example of concern is Ringsend crèche. This is a perfect example of a situation where the Minister of State has said he will help disadvantaged parents in areas——

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (7 Nov 2007)

Mary White: It is a very important issue, so I would like some flexibility on time.

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (7 Nov 2007)

Mary White: Go raibh míle maith agat. The Minister of State has said that the Department will be able to help disadvantaged parents who live in areas of economic advantage. For instance, Dublin 4 is the most exclusive postal address in Dublin, but there is a pocket of disadvantage in parts of Ringsend. Those people are terrified their crèche will also have to close down. Most of the crèche's...

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (7 Nov 2007)

Mary White: That is no argument. It has been cleared by the data protection group.

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (7 Nov 2007)

Mary White: Has the Senator ever visited a crèche?

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (7 Nov 2007)

Mary White: That is ridiculous.

Seanad: Energy Security and Climate Change: Motion (7 Nov 2007)

Mary White: I move: That Seanad Éireann commends the Government for its commitment to the development of a policy on energy security and climate change and on the establishment of an Oireachtas committee for the same. The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Eamon Ryan is present and should proceed.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Oct 2007)

Mary White: I said the motivation was first class.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Oct 2007)

Mary White: On a point of order——

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Oct 2007)

Mary White: On a point of order, the Senator misunderstood what I said. I was speaking about the motivation behind the Minister's proposal to gear the funding towards the disadvantaged. He misunderstood me.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Oct 2007)

Mary White: The Senator misrepresented me.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Oct 2007)

Mary White: During the time of the previous Seanad I produced a document entitled A New Approach to Child Care. I ask that the Minister of State with responsibility for children come to the House and explain the details of the new community child care subvention scheme 2008-10, as some confusion exists. His motivation and intentions behind the changes are first class because it will direct funding...

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Mary White: On a point of information, other countries had those ingredients also at the time. There was as much competition then as there is now.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Mary White: He is a genius.