Results 4,501-4,520 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White

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

Mary White: It is clear from the Minister of State's previous contributions in the House that he has empathy with this subject. I wish to draw the Minister's attention to a survey on equality in the home which was carried out in Northern Ireland in 2002. It examined gender roles and involved 1,800 adults. The general conclusion of the survey was that there are more women participating in the paid labour...

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

Mary White: I want the Minister to hear my contribution.

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

Mary White: I want him to listen to me.

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

Mary White: I am making my point to the Minister of State.

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

Mary White: To clarify, I am not criticising the Minister. I would just like him to hear what I am saying. On a survey of 100 households in the North and the attitudes of men and women to participation in the workforce, the general consensus was that people in society now agree that women fully deserve to participate in the workforce, of which half are women, not only for economic independence but for...

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

Mary White: I apologise. One of the Deputies, who is a gentleman — when I meet him in the corridor we engage in a friendly "Hello" but I will have to ask him to account for himself on the next occasion — explaining the reason there were so few women in Irish politics and why there was not a woman on the Council of Europe, said that the notion of going off alone to these meetings for a woman would be...

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (4 Feb 2004)

Mary White: I would like to put on record that it was the Minister for Agriculture and Food, Deputy Joe Walsh, who had the vision initially to set up Bord Bia. As a participant in the small food industry in Ireland, this cohesion and concept for a consolidated and indigenous food industry was an excellent idea. The Minister had the initiative and vision to see this was necessary. I congratulate him on...

Seanad: Third Interim Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements. (4 Feb 2004)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (4 Feb 2004)

Mary White: I do not want to interrupt this discussion; I will come back again.

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (4 Feb 2004)

Mary White: Allow the other Senators to conclude the matter under discussion.

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (4 Feb 2004)

Mary White: I had the honour of being appointed by the Minister for Agriculture and Food, Deputy Walsh, to the board of Bord Bia. I wish to make it clear that in my position as a Senator, I will continue to raise the issue of the equality of women and the democratic deficit for women in the Oireachtas. Female representation in the Houses is at just 17% whereas women now comprise 50% of the workforce. The...

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (4 Feb 2004)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jan 2004)

Mary White: I call for a debate on human rights during our EU Presidency. Amnesty International has asked Ireland to place emphasis on human rights during the course of the Presidency and I call for a debate on the matter in the House. Today, Mr. Chris Patten, the External Relations Commissioner is arriving in Bogota, Colombia and is demanding that the Colombian Government conform to the Human Rights...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jan 2004)

Mary White: Colombia has the worst record on human rights in the hemisphere.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jan 2004)

Mary White: I want Members to know that Mr. Niall Andrews MEP, and I will be travelling to Colombia next week to meet the prisoners.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jan 2004)

Mary White: These men have not been found guilty of the offence with which they have been charged and should be released immediately.

Seanad: Report on Future Skills Needs: Statements. (22 Jan 2004)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State and his official and take this opportunity to formally thank him for the help he provided in having stamp duty on intellectual property, which was an issue of interest to me, removed in the budget. I am delighted by the measure as are all those involved in the research and development sector. The skill and expertise of the expert group on future skills needs in...

Seanad: Report on Future Skills Needs: Statements. (22 Jan 2004)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Report on Future Skills Needs: Statements. (22 Jan 2004)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Dec 2003)

Mary White: Yesterday, I sat through the presentation by Mr. Justice Barron. It was a sad occasion. It highlighted the indifference of our political leaders at the time to the suffering caused and to responding to the biggest single bombing at any time during the 30 years' war in the North. There needs to be a Hutton style inquiry before which people such as former Prime Ministers, Foreign and Justice...