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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Developments in Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Feb 2015)

Mary White: I think it is intended to bypass Emyvale with the new road.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Developments in Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Feb 2015)

Mary White: The Minister mentioned that people come to him from all over the country with different projects and so on. The remit of this committee is implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. I agree with my colleagues' remarks on the Narrow Water bridge project. I could not believe what happened. I thought it was a certainty. It is important that we get clarification on who made the mistake....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Developments in Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Feb 2015)

Mary White: It would be helpful if we knew if there were people on the Six Counties side who were not enthusiastic about this project.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Developments in Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Feb 2015)

Mary White: It is unanimous.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Developments in Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Feb 2015)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2015: Second Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Mary White: It is my pleasure to welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Nash, to the House and I wish him continued success with his portfolio, as he has enjoyed to date. Fianna Fáil welcomes the Government's decision to reform the State's existing employment rights and industrial relations structures, a process that was commenced by Deputy Calleary in the previous Administration. Ireland has a...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

Mary White: I ask that he would not read through his papers. I will repeat what I said. I am not being rude and the Minister of State knows that I am very fond of him but I want him to listen to this. My sister was part of a team that delivered a baby in the largest maternity hospital in this city and following it she came to my house totally devastated that a baby had been delivered whose sex was not...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

Mary White: Fair dues to the Senator.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

Mary White: I made that comment having regard to the number of Members in this House. It is not the first time that when it comes to serious issues that there are only women present to discuss them. We need more women here. Of the 33 members of the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party, only two are women. It is a hard station.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

Mary White: We do not know; I was tempted to say today how many, but I am not going to. I plead with the Minister of State with regard to this issue. It is not a populist one. People are not out on the streets shouting and roaring that they want all this change to happen, but we have to educate the public about this issue in that there are people who have a problem because they are not happy in the...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

Mary White: The Minister of State has a responsibility to look at the amendment again. I do not how he can reject it after what he heard from the Government side. I refer to the way Senator Keane spoke and how she expressed her knowledge of the situation. I have discussed this matter. I have been involved with this issue for three or four years and there are people in the Gallery who I have been...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

Mary White: It is my pleasure to welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, to the House. It is nearly eight years since the High Court first ruled that the Irish State was in breach of its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights because it did not have a mechanism to legally recognise the preferred gender of transgender individuals. I am happy to see the Government moving...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

Mary White: I can speak on it then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: Enterprise Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Mary White: I thank Ms Sinnamon for her presentation. I welcome all the witnesses and appreciate their attendance. I shall be honest with Ms Sinnamon by saying I would have liked her to be more specific. I want to know what we need to do to encourage more women into the sector and to achieve a more equal balance between the number of men and women. I wish to highlight another serious issue....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: Enterprise Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Mary White: Consider the scenario in which somebody becomes an entrepreneur. The economy is improving, so people will move from job to job rather than becoming entrepreneurs. We need more start-ups. If somebody goes out of business, he or she must pay social welfare and provide for all of the redundancy payments himself or herself. Despite all the talk about encouraging entrepreneurs, the point on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: Enterprise Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Mary White: What is that programme called?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: Enterprise Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Mary White: What else can we do to attract more women to act as role models?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: Enterprise Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Mary White: I accept that Enterprise Ireland-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: Enterprise Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Mary White: I did not mean the people out there; I meant the Departments of the Government, such as the Department with responsibility for jobs. I meant the people there, who are suspicious of entrepreneurs because of the negative things I cited about taxation and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: Enterprise Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Mary White: It is a big issue and people's knowledge-----