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Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Mary White: We had a debate yesterday.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Mary White: The Minister did not stay.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Mary White: I have it with me.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Mary White: I wish to comment on the Travers report which states that the Department of Health and Children has failed, at the highest levels, for almost 30 years to deal effectively with the issue of illegal nursing home charges.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Mary White: Michael Kelly, the former Secretary General, is only the sixth in line of a number of——

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Mary White: The Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Hanafin, was delighted to appoint Mr. Kelly as chief executive of the Higher Education Authority.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Mary White: Senator Ross——

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Mary White: Senator Ross interrupted me earlier.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Mary White: Senator Ross is jealous of me.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)

Mary White: The Celtic tigresses.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)

Mary White: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House this evening. It is a pity the Minister, Deputy Michael McDowell, did not remain in the Chamber because as we all know the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform is the main driver of child care policy. I am not casting aspersions on the Minister of State but I would have preferred if the senior Minister had remained in the House...

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)

Mary White: I know. I have been here for the full debate.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)

Mary White: I am saying he did not remain for the full debate.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)

Mary White: He did not hear what the other Members had to say.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)

Mary White: I am not being personal about the Minister but I am entitled to make my comments.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)

Mary White: The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform is the main driver of child care policy for the Government and it is important that the senior Minister is here for this debate. If we were debating a criminal, justice or legal issue he would have remained in the Chamber. My experience is that he remains in the Chamber for the full debate, and I have nothing against the Minister of State. I...

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)

Mary White: The studies to which I refer are the national child care strategy, the national children's strategy entitled Our Children — Their Lives, the national action plan against poverty and social exclusion implementation plan, the White Paper on Early Childhood Education — Ready to Learn — and the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform's strategic statement. These are technical...

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)

Mary White: Social skills are different to those one uses to support one's opinion. Senator Terry — I hope she will support me on this — knows what I am talking about.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)

Mary White: The children learn great social skills by mixing with other children and receive intellectual stimulation. I saw children aged 18 months who are learning to paint. I have first-hand experience of this matter from visiting crèches and meeting parents and those who own these crèches. I held a public meeting on 27 February in Baggot Street which was packed out. As this poster shows, I intend...

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)

Mary White: I apologise. I did not realise that was the case. The meeting to which I refer is designed to help evolve my proposals on child care. Those proposals are not carved in stone because it is dangerous, in political terms, to carve anything in stone. I met people who informed me about the draconian regulations which have been set down and to which Senator Terry referred. These regulations are...