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Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Mary White: On 21 November 2012, I introduced the Employment Equality (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012 to the House. The purpose of my Bill was to ensure that people cannot be discriminated against in the workplace on grounds of age. At the time we mentioned that we have many progressive legislative measures to ensure people in the workplace are not discriminated against on grounds of gender, race or...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2014)

Mary White: Is the Leader provoking us?

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2014)

Mary White: He is an elected Member of this House. The Senator should be respectful of him.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Mary White: All over the world.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Mary White: It gives me great pleasure to thank the Minister for Health for extending the free breast cancer screening programme to women aged between 64 and 69.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Mary White: Go raibh míle maith agat. It is a great victory for everyone involved and there was great cross-party support in the House for it. I am delighted because it is a victory for older women who are entitled to treatment and services at any other age. As I have said in the House on numerous occasions, women aged between 55 and 75 are at a heightened risk of developing breast cancer. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Mary White: Fair dues to him.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Peace Monitoring Report: Northern Ireland Community Relations Council (9 Oct 2014)

Mary White: I have one other point concerning chairing the meetings North and South. It was raised the other day that we might have one meeting here and another one in the North.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Peace Monitoring Report: Northern Ireland Community Relations Council (9 Oct 2014)

Mary White: My colleague, Senator Jim Walsh, who is very active with various religious groups across the community in the North, has come down specially from the Seanad and would like to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Peace Monitoring Report: Northern Ireland Community Relations Council (9 Oct 2014)

Mary White: This committee has been existence for three or four years. From my experience, this is the most serious meeting we have held; it is heartbreaking. As a committee, we should avoid being political between ourselves. I think of all the people who work morning, noon and night to consolidate the peace process. We met Dr. Haass in the early days of his engagement and could feel his optimism,...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2014)

Mary White: A former Fine Gael man.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2014)

Mary White: Last week, I put the spotlight on the failure of the Government to extend free breast checks to women aged over 64 years and highlighted the fact that women are at a higher risk between the ages of 55 and 75. It gives me great pleasure that in response Councillor Martina Kinane of Clarinbridge, County Galway, has requested all sons, daughters, nephews, nieces, friends and neighbours of women...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2014)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2014)

Mary White: I will.

Seanad: Fluoridation of Water: Motion (1 Oct 2014)

Mary White: Backing this recommendation on restricting or supervising children's use of fluoridated toothpaste would make for a far more pro-health motion in the House than that which we have. I admire the role of Fianna Fáil, from its initial champion, Seán MacEntee, when he was Minister for Health through to Deputy Micheál Martin who, as Minister for Health and Children, established the...

Seanad: Fluoridation of Water: Motion (1 Oct 2014)

Mary White: I listened to the professionals and experts.

Seanad: Fluoridation of Water: Motion (1 Oct 2014)

Mary White: I am very disappointed that this motion has been tabled by Seanad colleagues. Fluoridation has consistently been the subject of misinformation and distortion of evidence. It is quite disappointing to see the sponsoring Senators join this bandwagon. We should be celebrating the fact that this year marks the 50th year of the fluoridation of public water supplies in Ireland. This public...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Mary White: It gives me great pleasure to congratulate Deputy English on his appointment as Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills and at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation with special responsibility for skills research and innovation. I know how dedicated he is, as I have had the pleasure of being a member of the Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he...