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Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Mary White: We still do.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur leis an Aire. Bhí mé ana-impressed with her vision for the language. Rugadh méí nDún Dealgan sa bhlian 1944. Bhí mé ag caint as Gaeilge sa bhaile. Bhí méí Conradh na Gaeilge. Dún Dealgan is very nationalistic. In 1955 we moved to Newbridge, County Kildare where my father was postmaster. As postmaster in charge of the postal service he made valiant...

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: This motion shows Fine Gael up in a true light at long last, that the party would even think such a thought that young people should not have to learn the Irish language.

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: They make it sound awfully boring.

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: Who said it was boring? The Senators made it sound awfully boring themselves.

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: I do not find it boring. I compliment this State for setting up TG4 and Raidió na Gaeltachta. TG4 is better than RTE. I learned my Irish and also the National Anthem from my parents. I did not learn it at school because I knew it before I went to school from sitting in Croke Park——

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: I call on all Irish parents of small children, such as Senator Hayes's own little children——

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: Go mo leithsceal, Cathaoirleach. Senator Hayes has beautiful little children. I am trying to make a serious suggestion that all Irish parents of young children should put their children in front of the cartoons on TG4 as soon as they want to look at cartoons. I guarantee that by the age of four, they would be very good at Irish.

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: People put their children in front of the cartoons to keep them happy. Let them look at the cartoons in Irish on TG4. They will learn their Irish in a non-boring way, Senator Cummins.

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: The little children will be very good at the language by four years of age. I draw the attention of the House to M. Chirac and Ms Merkel and how the leaders of other countries are so protective of their language. M. Chirac will not speak in English because he believes he is letting his country down if he speaks in English. He speaks in French all the time, no matter to whom he is speaking.

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: In 1962 I won a scholarship to Bolton Street because I was able to speak Irish for the Civil Service Commission. That is the reason I won a scholarship for third level education. I refer to a CD called "Progress in Irish". I asked the Minister, Deputy Ó Cuív, for advice on learning Irish quickly. He suggested that if I listened to Raidió na Gaeltachta every morning for the news I would be...

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: Pull yourselves up.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Apr 2006)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2006)

Mary White: I thank Senator Ó Murchú for raising the issue of Councillor Eddie Fullerton, a matter we raised here last year. When the family was here, Albert Fullerton, the man who died three weeks ago, said that if his father or the family had been big shots they would not have been ignored and there would have been an inquiry into the death. For too long we have been oblivious to the sensibilities of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Mar 2006)

Mary White: I would like the Cathaoirleach to ask Senator Norris to withdraw the comments he made about Countess Markiewicz. He said she should have been hung long ago. He is a despicable man. He has gone too far.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Mar 2006)

Mary White: I heard it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Mar 2006)

Mary White: I have.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Mar 2006)

Mary White: The Senator should have been here yesterday to hear Senator Ross, who eulogised Fianna Fáil.