Results 4,841-4,860 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
Mary White: I am not cynical. If the Senator is cynical at 24, God help him.
- Seanad: Convention on the Future of Europe: Statements. (26 Feb 2003)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2003)
Mary White: It applies to everybody.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Mary White: I will not become involved in detail because it has been spelled out adequately by Senator Minihan and there is no point repeating what he said. Reform of the health service is the most important issue facing the Government after putting the peace process in place in the North. We hope discussions taking place with the Taoiseach, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Northern Ireland...
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Mary White: I am not into flattery but we cannot blame the Minister who has held the portfolio for only a few yearsâ
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Mary White: âfor the bureaucratic monster that he has inherited. I worked in a bureaucracy and know how stultifying it is. The Minister faces a challenge but it is also an opportunity for him to make his mark by reforming the health service in much the same way Donogh O'Malley reformed education.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Mary White: I am not saying that. I will repeat what I said for the benefit of Senator Bannon.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Mary White: He has inherited this monster.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Mary White: I am not getting involved in this argument.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Mary White: I do not have to repeat the embarrassing issues such as those with haemophilia who were infected, an issue on which I spoke because it affected my family, and the Monaghan charade. I cannot bear even to think that anyone would turn away a woman who was giving birth. I would try out of a sense of compassion to deliver the baby to help the person and I am not even a midwife.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Mary White: I do and have said that it has grown into a bureaucratic monster. I found it upsetting to listen to the recent debate on breast cancer screening because I know I can have an MRI or colon scan next week because I can pay for them. I know this because I have already had to have two of each because these diseases are in my family. For those who cannot afford to pay to have to wait is unjust and...
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Mary White: The Opposition Senators are not being constructive. I would tell them if they were. I am shocked by the four of them.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Mary White: The Senators are letting themselves down. I thought they were four good men and I am disinclined to compliment them now because they are very childish. This is a giganticâ
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Mary White: He does not mind.
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Mary White: Having started a small business and now managing 60 people, I can say from my experience that management is the most difficult science in the world. It cannot be learned from a book or in Harvard. What is needed is micro-management of the money invested in every section of the health service to ensure a return on investment and value for money. I do not have to tell the Minister this because...
- Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)
Mary White: So did we.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Second Stage. (19 Feb 2003)
Mary White: Senator Henry should say that again, loud and clear.
- Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme: Motion. (19 Feb 2003)
Mary White: It was a concise presentation.
- Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements. (18 Feb 2003)
Mary White: The Senator has mentioned this before.
- Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements. (18 Feb 2003)
Mary White: I am very grateful for the opportunity to make a couple of points. I draw the attention of Members to public frustration at the slow pace of infrastructural development in rural areas. That was reflected in the number of Independent Deputies returned at the last general election. One was elected in Monaghan and two in the west. Connacht is perhaps the region most isolated from the...