Results 4,481-4,500 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White

Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2004)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2004)

Mary White: That is true.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2004)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Aer Lingus Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Mar 2004)

Mary White: I would like to share my time with Senator Mansergh.

Seanad: Aer Lingus Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Mar 2004)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State and the officials. I wish the Minister of State every success in the forthcoming European election. I am privileged to know Aer Lingus from many different angles, first as a young person coming to the city in the 1960s, as a customer and as a supplier. When I came to Dublin in 1962, the Aer Lingus air hostess was an icon for young Irish women, in the way that...

Seanad: European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Feb 2004)

Mary White: He was called back.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts: Motion. (25 Feb 2004)

Mary White: I hope they will.

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (25 Feb 2004)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ahern, who has responsibility for trade and commerce, and his departmental officials. Ireland is a role model for countries in Europe and worldwide for its successful partnership between employees, unions and employers. This partnership has been one of the drivers of the Celtic tiger. I am most supportive of trade unions. In the mid-1970s I was...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2004)

Mary White: Twice already I have called for an urgent debate on human rights at home and abroad. Today it was reported in The Irish Times that the Colombian Government had tried to segregate Niall Connolly from his two colleagues in La Modelo Prison and move him to a state penitentiary notorious for violence. Intervention by our ambassador to Mexico and Colombia, Art Agnew, and his staff was able to stop...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2004)

Mary White: ——that this is another instance of the Colombian Government pressurising the judge to postpone the verdict further until after the United Nations human rights report on Colombia.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2004)

Mary White: It is very important for everyone in this House that three Irish citizens be treated in accordance with their human rights.

Seanad: European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Feb 2004)

Mary White: There is no fear of that.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Feb 2004)

Mary White: I remind Members that I asked for a debate on human rights as soon as possible. It is my pleasure to let Senator Norris know that the Vice-President of Colombia has been invited to the Committee on Foreign Affairs to talk about human rights in Colombia.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Feb 2004)

Mary White: Senator Norris is a member of that committee.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Feb 2004)

Mary White: Some weeks ago I asked the Leader to arrange for a debate on human rights, as it is a key priority of the Government's EU Presidency. Yesterday evening the O'Brien family, which has 13 children, was moved as it was accused of parking illegally on a site in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. We need a debate on Travellers. Their life expectancy is ten to 12 years lower than the national average and...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (11 Feb 2004)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Browne. I am pleased to welcome the Civil Registration Bill 2003 to the Seanad. The Bill provides a new legislative framework for civil registration, supports and enables the modernisation of the civil registration service and facilitates the decentralisation of the General Register Office to Roscommon. This topic is not as emotive and is not getting...

Seanad: Electronic Voting: Statements. (11 Feb 2004)

Mary White: No way. That is rubbish.

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Second Stage. (4 Feb 2004)

Mary White: We agreed earlier to change the order and that Senator Tuffy would speak next.