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Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2014)

Mary White: I thank the Minister of State very much for attending today. It is always a pleasure to listen to her. I compliment my colleagues who introduced the Bill. I would like to address directly the issue of out-of-town retail areas and superstores, such as Lidl and Aldi, which are incentivising shoppers to shop out of town, in many cases with free car parking that is often on land on which rates...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Effects of Violence: Justice for the Forgotten (16 Jan 2014)

Mary White: I will be brief. I am humbled by Ms Margaret Urwin's continuous drive to get justice for the forgotten. What she has done on her own is awesome. I thank her very much for that. I concur with my colleague, Deputy Frank Feighan, that it would be appropriate, and this is not a criticism of the commemoration of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings, that we would put pressure on the Government in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Civic Forum for Northern Ireland: SDLP (16 Jan 2014)

Mary White: I am delighted to see our three guests. When we discussed the Haass-O'Sullivan draft report, I spoke briefly in support of the reconvening of the civic forum. The Assembly voted in April 2013 to recall it. In 2011, the First Minister in response to a question about the civic forum said: There was no widespread desire for a return to the structure of the size and expense of the civic forum...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Mary White: Go raibh míle maith agat.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Mary White: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Mary White: Drones are seriously destructive.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Mary White: Hear,hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Mary White: The Senator should not promote Lidl here.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Mary White: I concur with Senator Noone in respect of obesity but she should not promote one company over another.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Mary White: My nephew is a buyer there.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Mary White: I do, it is about the Parental Leave Bill 2013. I call on the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, to update us on the progress made on that legislation. The Leader is attentively listening and writing down what I am saying, which is great. I first introduced the Bill in July 2013 as part of a series of innovative initiatives contained in a Fianna Fáil policy paper promoting...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Mary White: Yes. I also propose an amendment to the Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005 to see adopting parents entitled to adoptive leave, if they so wish. I ask my fellow Senators to support the amendment. Adoption is just as life changing as having a biological child and this must be recognised. I am quite patient and I will wait to see if the Leader can get the Minister to respond. I will not...

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Dec 2013)

Mary White: Most people, including politicians, do not realise that Ministers seeking to implement serious change must display great skill in drawing together the various groups and Departments involved. In the case of this Bill, the Minister had to bring together diplomats, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and others. In my experience, few politicians have this ability and...

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Dec 2013)

Mary White: I am highlighting the skill shown by the Minister in bringing together the various Departments and individuals. One can be sure the legislation met resistance among the bureaucrats. While not all of them resist, as someone who has observed government for many years, I am aware of the natural propensity of bureaucrats not to act. I tabled amendments to legislation on the city and enterprise...

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Dec 2013)

Mary White: What about all the exports and the work of IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland?

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Dec 2013)

Mary White: For a few hours anyway. Wait until after Christmas.

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Dec 2013)

Mary White: It is excellent of Ireland.

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Dec 2013)

Mary White: Lies.

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Dec 2013)

Mary White: Second Stage debate is quite different.