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Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: An bhfuil tú ag éisteacht liom, Mr. Phelan?

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Gabh mo leithscéal.

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: I was very pleased to hear the Minister draw attention in his speech to the situation in Zimbabwe. I find the tacit support of the South African Government for President Mugabe hard to take given that the South African population was trampled and walked upon. The population in Zimbabwe is being trampled and walked upon, but the South African Government will not defend them. In his speech,...

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Today in this House, our Minister for Foreign Affairs called on the Zimbabwean Government to change course, respect the rule of law and respond to the clear suffering of the people in Zimbabwe. I wish to put on record the joy I felt in 1982 when the former Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, had the courage to take a neutral stance on the Falklands War. I was so proud and knew that as a small...

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear. It was in 1982.

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: God almighty.

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister to the House. I suspect my colleagues who tabled the motion did so with extraordinary rendition or something similar in mind. We have discussed that issue in the Seanad already this year. I have no doubt that public pressure about suspected flights pushed the Government to request the guarantees it received from the US Administration. If there were flights carrying...

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: The damage he has done to peace, international stability, the American economy and the United States abroad has been disastrous. The quicker he goes the better. The US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, visited Brussels as a result of our Minister applying pressure regarding extraordinary rendition. This demonstrates our intention to deny any support for it. I find the argument on both...

Seanad: Ethical Foreign Policy: Motion (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: It unnerves me when people laugh. It is hard to concentrate.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: She is a lioness.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Mary White: As a passionate advocate of combating ageism, as exemplified in my document "A New Approach to Ageing and Ageism", my heart lifted on Saturday night when the Taoiseach announced an increase in the pension to €300 per week.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Mary White: He did actually. He used it in his speech because I lobbied hard.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Mary White: As Senator Ó Murchú said, not to name names——

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Mary White: I was honoured in 1993 to have been elected to the Fianna Fáil national executive.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Mary White: At that time, Albert Reynolds was Taoiseach and he told us every month at our national executive meeting——

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Mary White: This is very important for historical reference. He said he was reaching out to the republicans and loyalists.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Mary White: Nobody in that room believed in what he was doing but he brought a businessman's pragmatic approach to politics and banged the heads of both sides together. I have two other small points, but they are not small in significance. We should always remember the lives of the thousands of innocent victims of the Troubles. Margaret Thatcher was very slow in dealing with the issue.