Results 961-980 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)
Mary White: He got back in time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)
Mary White: If one talks to people one hears they are not improving.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)
Mary White: In social welfare, from people losing their jobs.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)
Mary White: Yes, call a general election.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)
Mary White: I wish to speak this morning about the lack of balance in the running of our country. We have a four man economic council running the country and I do not believe that any one of them has any commercial experience whatsoever.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)
Mary White: It is very much to do with it. Has any one of them ever created a job or ever tried to start up a business? I am raising the issue. The Minister for Finance had better not dare increase the VAT rate on the hospitality sector up to 13%. This morning I was at a meeting in the Dundrum town centre, where there are 40 restaurants creating employment and giving jobs to the people there. If...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)
Mary White: They speak of 0.4%. They should stop speaking through their hats.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)
Mary White: The Senator did well.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Mary White: I wish to put on record that 250,000 people are employed by the retail sector in Ireland. From my observations and study of the sector, it is the most threatened industry in the country. Online technical developments that are taking place and the use of applications and high tech equipment are slaughtering the retail area, so to speak. People are losing jobs in shops throughout the...
- Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Mary White: That is what Senator Bacik said.
- Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Mary White: Senator Bacik said that private property has an elevated role in the Constitution.
- Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Mary White: A bureaucratic answer.
- Seanad: County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Mary White: We will see. A public debate and discussion is required about the amount of volunteering time that Irish people do for organisations nationwide. Moreover, such people never get recognition from the Government. It is never put on the radar that so many people give so much of their time free to help their local communities. The Fine Gael-Labour Party Government set itself the task of...
- Seanad: County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Mary White: It is my pleasure to welcome the Minister of State to the House and to speak to the County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013. Altogether 98% of Irish enterprises are micro or small enterprises. They employ 622,000 people and contribute €10 billion to the Exchequer each year. Micro-enterprises are defined as enterprises with a turnover of under €2 million and fewer...
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)
Mary White: That is undemocratic.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)
Mary White: The Taoiseach probably made the decision.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)
Mary White: As we are in the midst of Positive Ageing Week I wish to raise the issue of Ireland's growing number of older people. Irish people are living longer and enjoy more years of healthy, active living than previous generations. The world is ageing so fast that most countries are not prepared to support their swelling numbers of elderly people, according to a global study issued yesterday by the...