Results 4,621-4,640 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Health Service Reform. (4 Nov 2003)
Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I congratulate him on the great work he is doing in the Department of Health and Children. The matter I am raising on the Adjournment explicitly recognises the need for reform and re-organisation of the health service. It is neither in the interests of the patient nor of the taxpayer to go on as we are with frustration on all sides. The way...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Health Service Reform. (4 Nov 2003)
Mary White: I thank the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Oct 2003)
Mary White: It is an innovative idea.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Oct 2003)
Mary White: Name and shame.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Oct 2003)
Mary White: There was a very impressive discussion last night on the transport challenges facing this country and city. The economic corridor between Dublin and Belfast is being inhibited if people from the North are not allowed to use sterling when going through the toll booths on the new motorway. I suggest that, as soon as possible, people coming from the North to do business here should be able to...
- Seanad: Order of Business. - OECD Education Report: Statements. (16 Oct 2003)
Mary White: I welcome the Minister for Agriculture and Food. The Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan, said that the proportion of private funding for third level institutions dropped from 30.3% to 20.8% between 1995 and 2000 reflecting the introduction of free fees. The Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Noel Dempsey, raised the issue of the policy of free third level education at a Fianna...
- Seanad: Order of Business. - OECD Education Report: Statements. (16 Oct 2003)
Mary White: Latin.
- Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)
Mary White: It was the same with the DART.
- Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)
Mary White: The Senator need not worry.
- Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)
Mary White: Yes.
- Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)
Mary White: Cuffe Street was ahead of schedule by two weeks.
- Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)
Mary White: It is not.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Oct 2003)
Mary White: I support the calls for a debate on Iraq and I suggest a separate debate on Palestine as these are enormously different issues. The debate on Iraq could deal with the demeaning of the United Nations by the United States Government. I came back from the United States on Monday but while there I attended a function at which George Bush senior spoke. During the function he said he supported his...
- Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (Resumed). (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State. Approximately 29,500 young people born after 1930 were committed by the courts to industrial and reformatory schools. In addition, a significant number, which cannot be accurately quantified by the Department of Education and Science, were committed by parents. Such committals were made because the parents were poor and could not afford to nourish their...
- Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (Resumed). (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: I am very sorry. Another reference was made yesterday â I will not mention the Senator in question â to a deal of "madness". How can one speak of a deal of madness? I fully support the Taoiseach and the apology he made. I also support Deputy Woods, who spearheaded the deal in the presence of officials from the Department of Finance and the Minister, Deputy McCreevy. Justice is being done...
- Seanad: Benchmarking: Motion. (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: He went to Maynooth.
- Seanad: Benchmarking: Motion. (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: When I heard the leader of Fine GaeI say the Government should not pay the subsequent stages of the benchmarking agreement until after the verification process I felt sorry for him because his action was that of a kamikaze pilot.
- Seanad: Benchmarking: Motion. (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: I hate to say this because I have got to know Fine Gael Members well and I enjoy their company.
- Seanad: Benchmarking: Motion. (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: I cannot understand a political party which is willing to renege on a deal in the partnership process. Whether the deal is a good one or not is a separate matter. If one reneges on a deal, no one will have faith in one again.
- Seanad: Benchmarking: Motion. (8 Oct 2003)
Mary White: I have not heard anyone in this House say what they would give in return for benchmarking.