Results 861-880 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)
Mary White: ----- who will do voluntary work. It was shafted by a bureaucratic mind.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)
Mary White: This one today has been shafted again. This is about-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)
Mary White: The Leader raised the matter I raised about apprenticeships. What I am calling for has been dismissed. I will take this to the highest level in the Oireachtas.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)
Mary White: The biggest issue in our country is jobs and creating employment.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)
Mary White: This was a nit-picking bureaucratic decision.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)
Mary White: I would like the Cathaoirleach to let me know why this was rejected.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)
Mary White: It is not outside the scope of the Bill.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)
Mary White: It is shameful. This is not the first time I have suggested that senior financial officials, with their big salaries and big pensions, are insensitive to what is happening in reality.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)
Mary White: We had a very interesting session with the Minister for Social Protection yesterday. She put her heart and soul into the afternoon. I drew attention to the issue of apprenticeships in Ireland during that debate. Angela Merkel and David Cameron are working together to help Britain to emulate the outstanding apprenticeship system in Germany. Most parents in Ireland traditionally want their...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)
Mary White: I will conclude on this point. Germany has 342 recognised apprenticeships, ranging from bankers to opticians. Ireland has just 29. The Minister is talking about presenting an Irish plan for youth unemployment to the EU and seeing how we will get on. I am saying that he should develop a relationship with companies immediately to ensure that young people are given work experience. Rather...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)
Mary White: I want a debate with the Minister, Deputy Bruton, on this issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)
Mary White: He is the man in charge, but he is ducking it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)
Mary White: In Germany, one must have work experience and an apprenticeship before one can get a proper job.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)
Mary White: Yesterday morning I raised the matter of the harsh cut by the Government of maternity benefit to women who are on leave having their babies, It is important to reiterate the point I made that we are in a male dominated environment in the Oireachtas. The senior civil servants who draw up the budgets are also male-dominated. A lack of respect is shown to women who have babies while working...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)
Mary White: The Minister should inquire before she cuts.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)
Mary White: I clearly said not to let the people fall into unemployment, but to take them on as apprentices immediately in banking, accountancy or whatever.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)
Mary White: I referred to bringing young people into apprenticeship schemes immediately rather than allowing them to go into unemployment.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)
Mary White: That is the point I was making.