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Seanad: Independent Monitoring Commission Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (9 Dec 2003)

Mary White: Can I come in?

Seanad: Independent Monitoring Commission Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (9 Dec 2003)

Mary White: One of the provisions in the Schedule which caught my eye was that the commission would be expected to publish reports as and when required and, in any event, at least every six months. I ask the Minister to ensure reports are published and brought before the Houses for us to discuss. I want to record also that mainland Britain does not accept Northern Ireland paper currency.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: Mr. Begg.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: Do not spoil it now, say no more.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: I wish to share my time with Senator Daly.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Malley and officials of the Department of Finance to the House. I had the experience today, for the first time, of sitting in the Dáil Chamber during the Budget Statement. I had always found budget day a very serious affair but there was a buzz of excitement in the Dáil today, because the Minister for Finance had steered the Irish economy through a...

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: It was an exciting occasion – we were moving forward, having steered through the turbulent waters off Cape Horn.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: I am being embarrassed in the presence of my husband, who is in the Visitors Gallery. Yesterday, the New York Times—

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: The Dow Jones industrial average, yesterday, was at its highest in 18 months and the indications are that all sections of the American economy are beginning to grow again. Managers are ordering and, as Dr. Dan McLaughlin said recently in Sligo, in an address to members of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party, as soon as American companies began to build up their inventory control, all...

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: Senator Bannon is displaying his narrow-minded approach and lack of vision.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: The budget was launched today in an atmosphere in which the world economy is beginning to turn around. Ireland will be part of that. It has been said that Senators and back-bench Deputies have no influence. From my personal experience today, that is not true. I lobbied the Minister for Finance, with whom I had a meeting, and wrote to the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and...

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: That development authority should send out a message, throughout the world, that Ireland is the best location for film making.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: May I have another minute?

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: I wish to refer to the BES scheme. Having established my company with my co-founder, Ms Connie Doody, 17 years ago, we could not have grown the business without access to BES funds. I am delighted the Minister has extended that scheme for the next three years. People find it much easier and more lucrative to invest their money in property but, with the extension of the BES scheme for a...

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: It is an exciting budget.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: What did Senator Bannon do for Longford?

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Mary White: That is insulting.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Dec 2003)

Mary White: I remind Members that both the Taoiseach and Prime Minister Tony Blair have said that the Good Friday Agreement of April 1998 is not renegotiable. People may be surprised by how pragmatic the DUP will be. It is a season of peace and goodwill. We should put the prejudices of the past behind us and send our good wishes. The Seanad should send a message to the parties in Northern Ireland wishing...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Dec 2003)

Mary White: I knew that would be provocative.