Results 3,741-3,760 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Mary White: The Senator should stop reading his notes.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Mary White: You are partisan. Are you sticking up for him, a Leas-Chathaoirligh?
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Mary White: That is interesting.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Mar 2006)
Mary White: I ask the Leader urgently to raise the matter of incineration, particularly the plans for an imposed incinerator on the Poolbeg peninsula in Dublin.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Mar 2006)
Mary White: I travelled the roads in the Sandymount, Merrion and Irishtown area for 15 years, morning, noon and night, on my way to our company on the East Wall Road. I therefore know the area extremely well. There is no way that those roads can take 400 extra trucks a week on their way to the new incinerator on the Poolbeg peninsula. The peninsula is a cul-de-sac.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Mar 2006)
Mary White: It is a bizarre example of planning. Since the Dublin eastern bypass is not yet in place, with no plans to build it in the Government's ten-year road strategy, it is foolish to build an incinerator in the area. I have told the constituents of Dublin South-East that, regardless of whether I am on the ticketââ
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Mar 2006)
Mary White: ââI will passionately support them in their efforts to stop the incinerator. I am a politician of principle.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2006)
Mary White: He is in the North today.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary White: I call for an urgent debate on a new approach to aging and ageism. A survey was published yesterday in The Irish Times which stated that 25% of those aged over 65 would like toâ Sorry, a Chathaoirligh, you seem to think I am about to do something wrong.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary White: You are full of anticipation.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary White: You are.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary White: I was watching you. It is not fair to me, a Chathaoirligh.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary White: I withdraw it.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary White: So, relax.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary White: There is a serious issue at stake. Some 425,000 of our people are over the age of 65. Approximately 25% of these, over 100,000 people, wish to work after the age of 65. We need an urgent debate on the issues surrounding compulsory retirement at 65, including the issue of gradual retirement. Ageism is a serious issue in Ireland. Most deaths occur among those aged over 65 but many die...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary White: I will drive this issue with as much passion as I did the issue of child care.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)
Mary White: The Senator is a role model.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)
Mary White: I welcome everyone back and congratulate the Leader on winning her convention.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)
Mary White: I would like the Leader to arrange a debate on my new policy document concerning a fresh approach to ageing and ageism. I am having my first public meeting.