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- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Jun 2006)
Mary White: I also call for a debate on the role of the Seanad in legislation, following the disrespect shown.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (2 Jun 2006)
Mary White: In recent years we have all registered with horror the fact that most abuse is perpetrated by people who know their victims. It is family members or those in the care of adults who are abused. As Senator Maurice Hayes said, we must return to the issue and ensure that adequate resources be put into counselling for those who have been abused. Last night on "Prime Time" we saw the two young...
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)
Mary White: No.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)
Mary White: There are five minutes altogether.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (31 May 2006)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Human Trafficking (23 May 2006)
Mary White: I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter on the Adjournment. I am asking the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to outline his plans for specific legislation to outlaw the abhorrent trafficking of women for sex, as recommended in the report of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Garda SÃochána working group on trafficking in human beings,...
- Seanad: Human Trafficking (23 May 2006)
Mary White: I would not have known about this serious issue but for the fact that it was raised on the television programme "Prime Time Investigates" two weeks ago, which showed a young girl in tears saying she was raped. The programme named and showed the apartments in Dublin 4 where that was happening. I said in the House a week ago and repeat now that I am ashamed of the Irish men who treat women in...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (23 May 2006)
Mary White: Last Friday in Westport, County Mayo, I presented a paper on local authority financing and its future. A serious deficit has arisen in local authority funding. In turn, local authorities make a disproportionate charge on businesses through development charges. These are making small and medium-sized businesses uncompetitive and, therefore, they find it more difficult to survive. This month,...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (23 May 2006)
Mary White: I am calling for a debate on this report. This is a serious document and I want a full debate with all Members present in the Chamber.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (23 May 2006)
Mary White: Okay, as many as possible instead of them fleeting in and out.
- Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements (Resumed). (17 May 2006)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements (Resumed). (17 May 2006)
Mary White: Mr. Haughey did that.
- Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements. (17 May 2006)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements (Resumed). (17 May 2006)
Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank the Leader, Senator O'Rourke, for facilitating this debate during Say No To Ageism week. I am sure the Minister of State will agree this has been has been one of the most interesting debates to have been held in this House. Every speaker has pushed out the boat and we are all agreed that a new approach to ageing is needed. The Equality...
- Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements (Resumed). (17 May 2006)
Mary White: It appears that bar owners fear that well-mannered and respected older people will not fit in with younger clients, some of whom, as reports indicate, drink too much and become involved in anti-social behaviour. If an older person does not look the part in a sexy, jazzy bar, he or she is not allowed to enter.
- Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements (Resumed). (17 May 2006)
Mary White: Senator O'Rourke is here to learn new matters. Negative stereotyping is out of step with reality. Attending a meeting of the Joint Committee on Social and Family Affairs last February, the chair of the National Economic and Social Forum, Dr. Maureen Gaffney, stated: Not only is our view of old age increasingly out of synch with the capabilities of older people, but we now know from...
- Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements (Resumed). (17 May 2006)
Mary White: I recommend all Senators read this. It is fantastic. To return to what Senator Quinn said, in my document I will have approximately 19 propositions on which the Government should deliver. The first deals with mandatory retirement.
- Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements (Resumed). (17 May 2006)
Mary White: It is worthwhile. We have to get it all in.
- Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements (Resumed). (17 May 2006)
Mary White: For God's sake the Leas-Chathaoirleach must listen. I must get it on the record. We are trying to create a revolution in society. We are all getting older and want to be feted, looked after and appreciated. Civil servants who entered the public service before April 2004 are forced to retire at the age of 65 regardless of their wishes. I have had approximately six public meetings in the Dublin...
- Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements (Resumed). (17 May 2006)
Mary White: I am not going to tell the House all my recommendations. Senator Bradford must be joking. I am sweating blood and tears over my document so I am not going to throw them all away. However, I would like to put something on the record that Senator O'Rourke and I discussed this morning.