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Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Mary White: I remind my colleagues that during the last Senate the then Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Michael McDowell, very frequently visited us here and he was won over, by the standard of the debate, to the view that the Senate should be maintained.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Mary White: On numerous occasions on the Garda Síochána Bill I forcefully said the Garda Síochána should be separate from and totally independent of Government because there is a temptation by Governments to misuse the police service. A tremor went through this country when the Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Deputy Shatter made his recent comment. I believe he never...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Mary White: The people in Waterford did not mind it enough. It was probably that ideology that put Waterford Crystal out of business.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Mary White: Believe what is said.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Mary White: They will be really jealous too.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Mary White: Sinn Féin will never get into government with that ideology.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Mary White: Sinn Féin will never be spoken about-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Mary White: The uniform.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Mary White: The Senator would love to have a multinational in Waterford.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Domestic Violence: Discussion (16 May 2013)

Mary White: I was spellbound as I listened to Ms Brown. The work her organisation is doing is amazing. I would love to visit the centre in order to see what is being done there. Is the problem of domestic violence across all social classes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Narrow Water Bridge: Discussion (16 May 2013)

Mary White: What about the Minister with responsibility for finance in the North?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Narrow Water Bridge: Discussion (16 May 2013)

Mary White: I welcome the witnesses from both sides of the lough to this meeting. It is a great example for everyone to see them here today, working together for the good of their community. I wrote a letter about the bridge to various newspapers on April 10. I said that it was clear that the communities on both sides of Carlingford Lough are excited about the golden opportunities the Narrow Water...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2013)

Mary White: I apologise but I must leave to attend the committee on the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. My colleagues who were Members of the previous Seanad will know that as a policy-driven Senator I drew up a policy paper on a new approach to child care. I held public meetings in the city and got the opinions of parents and grandparents who figure prominently in the care of small...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (8 May 2013)

Mary White: I am honoured to be here today. The Commissioner was previously a Fianna Fáil Minister, appointed by Taoiseach Charles Haughey, who had the vision to see that she would be an iconic politician as a woman. I am proud of and inspired by the Commissioner. The elephant in the room is that despite all the positive results and economic development for Ireland when we joined the EEC, at the...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Mary White: Good.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Mary White: At the very successful Fianna Fáil Ard-Fheis on Friday and Saturday evening, the leader of the party, Deputy Micheál Martin said: Fifteen years ago Fianna Fáil negotiated and secured overwhelming public endorsement of a new departure North and South. ... What we are seeing today is an alarming disengagement by the British and Irish Governments, who act as if peace can be taken...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Mary White: I want the Taoiseach to engage with his colleagues in the North. The Minister for Finance and Personnel in the North, Mr. Sammy Wilson, MP, is withholding the final funding for this beautiful bridge. The EU has agreed to contribute €18 million if the project goes ahead, with €3 million more being given by the Minister, Mr. Wilson, as the North's contribution. This beautiful...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Mary White: I recently watched Mr. Sammy Wilson on "Stormont Today". He likes to raise hackles and emotional divisions in the North continuously-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Mary White: I am asking him to give the final small amount of money to build this beautiful new infrastructure, North and South.