Results 641-660 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Developments in the North-South Co-operation: Discussion with Centre for Cross Border Studies (26 Jun 2014)
Mary White: I also told her how I found the attitude of the British Government in the lack of support to the US Special Envoy, Mr. Haass and Professor O'Sullivan. If that was on the British mainland, they would have had to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Developments in the North-South Co-operation: Discussion with Centre for Cross Border Studies (26 Jun 2014)
Mary White: If that was in Britain,-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Developments in the North-South Co-operation: Discussion with Centre for Cross Border Studies (26 Jun 2014)
Mary White: It was a Freudian slip. It is a serious point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Developments in the North-South Co-operation: Discussion with Centre for Cross Border Studies (26 Jun 2014)
Mary White: Deputy Feighan was not at the meeting with Ms Villiers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Developments in the North-South Co-operation: Discussion with Centre for Cross Border Studies (26 Jun 2014)
Mary White: I have to say-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Developments in the North-South Co-operation: Discussion with Centre for Cross Border Studies (26 Jun 2014)
Mary White: I will not hold the Chairman up anymore other than to say that Mr. Haass is a frustrated person at this time and the British Government did not put its shoulder to the process. If it had been in Lancashire or anywhere else, as my colleague, Deputy Smith stated, "in Britain", they would have been far more active and conscious of not resolving the issues on the ground.
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Catherine McGuinness (19 Jun 2014)
Mary White: Hear, hear. The best record.
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Catherine McGuinness (19 Jun 2014)
Mary White: It is a great pleasure to have Ms McGuinness in the House. She is a role model for women of all ages in Ireland. As Senator Cáit Keane said, I hope she goes on forever because we need her. She speaks with feeling and passion. There are many politicians who do not speak with passion; we need passion. I was elected to the Seanad in 2002. In 2005 I held public meetings as to how I...
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Catherine McGuinness (19 Jun 2014)
Mary White: I just want to ask this question. I find it difficult to listen to all the criticism of the institutions and the way they looked after children. I do not know how a family could have done that to their daughters. Second, I would like to know how the men in Ireland have got away with fathering all these children irresponsibly and who are still doing it without any responsibility.
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Catherine McGuinness (19 Jun 2014)
Mary White: Go raibh míle maith agat. I introduced a Bill last year to provide for maternity leave for fathers, whereby the mother could share her 26 weeks maternity leave with the father of the child, if she so wished,-----
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Catherine McGuinness (19 Jun 2014)
Mary White: -----as a way of getting the men to take responsibility for their children. I am not just speaking about those who have big jobs - barristers, solicitors, doctors and so on. The men of Ireland still do not accept responsibility when they father a child.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
Mary White: He is thinking about being the next Taoiseach.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
Mary White: There is a boys' club in here.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
Mary White: Senators Kelly and Landy are available.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
Mary White: There are jobs in that printing company.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
Mary White: It is my pleasure to congratulate the Leader and Senator Cullinane on their efforts to ensure the sustainability of the Bausch & Lomb plant in Waterford. Yesterday, more than 800 employees voted for the conditions proposed by Valeant, the parent company. These include pay cuts and approximately 200 redundancies. It is also my pleasure to compliment the members of the Technical...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
Mary White: Of course it does.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
Mary White: Members of the Seanad can be appointed to the Cabinet.