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Seanad: Report on Grocery Goods Sector: Motion (20 Nov 2013)

Mary White: Other than my colleague, Senator Mary Ann O'Brien, very few people in this Chamber are involved in the export trade or deal with retailers. We are familiar with the legacy of what Senator Quinn has done for Ireland and Irish companies. If anybody else has such experience they can talk up, but I do not think there is.

Seanad: Report on Grocery Goods Sector: Motion (20 Nov 2013)

Mary White: I apologise to the Minister of State for having to leave the Chamber now. My colleague, Senator Ó Domhnaill, will be here shortly. I have spoken to the Minister of State privately about these matters. He has said he will get back to me about my query.

Seanad: Report on Grocery Goods Sector: Motion (20 Nov 2013)

Mary White: It is a pleasure to welcome the Minister of State to the House. The report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, "Report on the Grocery Goods Sector - Increasing Equity and Transparency in Producer-Processor-Retailer Relationships", is based on extensive hearings by the committee on the draft statutory code published by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and...

Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (14 Nov 2013)

Mary White: Such fees are often very high.

Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (14 Nov 2013)

Mary White: What about Royal and Sun Alliance? It has brought unwelcome attention to Ireland again.

Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (14 Nov 2013)

Mary White: The fact is that RSA is an English company, not an Irish company.

Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (14 Nov 2013)

Mary White: And the Central Bank.

Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (14 Nov 2013)

Mary White: Go raibh míle maith agat. I welcome the Minister of State here this morning and thank her for representing the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. She has a mega portfolio. I congratulate her on the energy and passion she has shown for her wide range of responsibilities. In late 2012 the Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton, announced his intention to proceed with legislation to...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)

Mary White: Action is required.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)

Mary White: I do not play politics. People are suffering.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)

Mary White: I am compelled to raise the serious matter of the Irish Russian adoption crisis, about which I spoke on two previous occasions. I am in contact with Ms Lisa Fennessy and Ms Pamela O'Reilly, two of the women who are enduring a state of extreme uncertainty and emotional pain on this issue. While the couples in question very much appreciate the commitment of the Attorney General, Máire...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)

Mary White: The Russian babies and their potential parents' future rests in her hands. We must find a resolution as soon as possible.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)

Mary White: I do not want anyone interrupting and giving their opinion. I recently submitted a parliamentary question on the issue to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs asking if legislation will be amended retrospectively to allow the number of families who hold declarations of eligibility and suitability to adopt which were issued to them prior to 31 October 2010 and already have referrals of...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)

Mary White: Through a colleague in the Dáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)

Mary White: I received the following response from the Minister: "The advice of the Attorney General has been sought and I understand that in principle it is possible to enact legislation which could retrospectively extend the period of validity to declarations." I am urgently and passionately calling on the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Fitzgerald, to do something about the extreme...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)

Mary White: -----if she was waiting for years to adopt a baby? How would she like to feel it herself?

Seanad: Science Week: Statements (12 Nov 2013)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Science Week: Statements (12 Nov 2013)

Mary White: I congratulate Deputy Sherlock on his activities to date as Minister of State with responsibility for science and innovation and on the passion he has put into his work. I know his father, looking down, will be very proud of him. Science Week promises to be a very beneficial initiative to bring science closer to the people. Science Week also awards us the unique opportunity to examine the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)

Mary White: As an entrepreneur myself, I make the point that when starting Lir Chocolates, Connie Doody and I did not have a pen or pencil between us but we were obliged to work 24-7 for 16 years, including Christmas Day and New Year's Day. We went down the export route and there is the possibility that some of Microfinance Ireland's companies can also do that because we need companies that will export...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)

Mary White: That is absolutely critical. However, in the case of the county enterprise board, its chief executive, Harry McGee, agreed with me that he would help that lady. He did that himself and accepted it. It is an issue that must be dealt with.