Results 1,121-1,140 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2013)
Mary White: Gabhaim buíochas leis on gCeannaire. I have no regrets.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2013)
Mary White: There is plenty of time, hopefully.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2013)
Mary White: That is an easy line to spin. All we hear about are the mistakes of the past, not those of the present.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2013)
Mary White: The Senator needs to get his facts straight.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2013)
Mary White: I wish to support Senator Landy's call for support for the national strategy on dementia. Together with Senator Landy and many other colleagues I attended the pre-budget submission of the Alzheimer's Society of Ireland. There are currently 41,700 Irish people with dementia and this figure is expected to double in the next 25 years. The current system cannot cope with 41,700 people and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)
Mary White: The Leader should arrange for the Minister for Finance to come here to discuss it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)
Mary White: He could answer questions on it and discuss it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)
Mary White: On a point of order, it was Councillors Alan Coleman and Patrick Gerard Murphy who led the west Cork alliance protest at the gates yesterday.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)
Mary White: Having had the honour of being elected to the Industrial and Commercial Panel of the Seanad on three occasions, I speak with authority. Every year the budget is announced on a given day. Full of anticipation, we all go to the Dáil gallery to listen to the announcement. Afterwards people protest at the gates of Leinster House about all of the cuts made by the Government. Will the...
- Seanad: Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2013)
Mary White: I apologise to the Minister of State for my delay in arriving. I meant no disrespect to the protocol of the House. I was protesting at the gate with the West Cork Alliance which is protesting against the cuts to rural transport, the fishery cuts and cuts in home care provision. I also spoke about the abolition of the town councils and said, speaking thorough a megaphone, that this...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)
Mary White: As a three times elected Senator, it is my duty to uphold the principles of democracy in our little country. The slash and burn approach of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan, to abolishing town councils all over Ireland disempowers Irish citizens and centralises power in the hands of unelected local authority officials. Town councils, each...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)
Mary White: I wish to ask the Leader if he will invite the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan to the House. I would like to have it out with the Minister about this cut to the democratic deficit. How dare he cut the democratic deficit in our little country. Fianna Fáil is opposed to this attack on local democracy and it is important to remember that...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)
Mary White: Lir Chocolates are an aphrodisiac.
- Seanad: European Union (Accession of the Republic of Croatia) (Access to the Labour Market) Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jun 2013)
Mary White: I thank the Minister. I remember well the strong support given by the former Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, to Croatia's accession to the European Union during his term as EU President. This was a critical time in the process of Croatia's accession to membership of the European Union and there was fierce opposition to its accession. Despite this, however, the Fianna Fáil Government strongly...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)
Mary White: He should do it for nothing.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)
Mary White: You promised honesty and integrity.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)
Mary White: The man has a big pension already.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)
Mary White: We are in the middle of the annual carer's week, 10-16 June. Ironically, the savage respite care grant cut of €325 has come into effect. This represents a 20% cut in respite care grant aid, which carers may use at their discretion. There are more than 77,000 carers, many of whom work more than 100 hours per week without break. This savage cut proves that carers are overburdened and...