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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: We need to accept that, but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: It is important-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: The troika has been stating our social welfare benefits are too high. We have a crisis in employment, the level of which In the first six months had been decreasing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: I draw attention to that fact in order that there is an appreciation of from where I am coming. There has been a decrease in the numbers in employment. We have a crisis. Some 40,000 people are emigrating every year, which breaks down to 800 people leaving the country every week. It is much easier to keep a person in a job than to create a new one. I would like the delegates to outline...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: Let me interrupt Mr. O'Brien at this point. I know that when Connie Doody and I started Lir Chocolates, we received IR£5,000 from the Bank of Ireland in Dundrum. Ours was a new high risk company. Even Mr. John Trethowan agrees that banks are only giving money to safe customers. The Small Firms Association, SFA, is not talking loudly enough about this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: I refer to page 11 of Mr. O'Brien’s pre-budget submission. I have spoken many times about it in the Seanad. I would like to hear Mr. O'Brien's view of the banks' policy on lending to Irish companies? I have formed the impression that the Minister is not hearing what companies are stating, which is that the banks are not giving out money. The British are looking at a proposal for a...

Seanad: Smarter Travel: Statements (27 Sep 2012)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State and congratulate him on his excellent speech. There is no doubt there has been a tremendous improvement. With the opening of the new motorway from Dublin to Belfast, it now takes approximately an hour and 40 minutes to get to Belfast. It takes less than three hours to drive from Dublin to Cork. It is obvious to everyone how the quality of life has improved...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Mary White: I think he is good.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Mary White: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Mary White: Members should not be wasting time in this way.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Mary White: Her father was in a Fianna Fáil cumann. She might come back to Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Mary White: Unemployment will increase in the third and fourth quarter of the year.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Mary White: Unemployment will increase in the third and fourth quarter of the year.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Mary White: The Government parties' pre-election promises on creating employment and the much promoted action plan for jobs are not delivering, leading to disillusionment and a loss of hope among Irish people. The Central Statistic Office, CSO, figures published last week indicated that almost 15% of people are unemployed, including almost 30% of young people in the 20-24 years age group. Almost 60% of...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Mary White: The Constitution allows it.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Mary White: The real entrepreneurs come from Dundalk.

Seanad: Homophobic Bullying: Statements (25 Sep 2012)

Mary White: I am pleased to have the opportunity to join in statements on this important issue. We are all agreed on deploring homophobic bullying, which I regard as despicable behaviour. The same applies to all bullying. We can all endorse the comments made by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, when he declared that homophobic bullying is a moral outrage, a grave violation of human rights and a...

Seanad: Homophobic Bullying: Statements (25 Sep 2012)

Mary White: I am pleased to have the opportunity to join in statements on this important issue. We are all agreed on deploring homophobic bullying, which I regard as despicable behaviour. The same applies to all bullying. We can all endorse the comments made by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, when he declared that homophobic bullying is a moral outrage, a grave violation of human rights and a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Exports: Discussion with Irish Exporters Association (25 Sep 2012)

Mary White: I congratulate Mr. Whelan on his perseverance and on the exemplary work he does on behalf of the Irish Exporters Association. The association has retained its iconic members. That speaks for itself. I attend the annual dinner of the IEA and I am over-awed by the members of the association. I empathise with every word of Mr. Coyle's contribution. I could talk for a week on this topic but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Exports: Discussion with Irish Exporters Association (25 Sep 2012)

Mary White: Yes. We used to question ourselves as to whether we were mad. It requires a person to work 24/7. Ms Connie Doody and I worked 24/7 for 16 years, including Christmas Day and New Year's Day. We worked on Saturdays and Sundays because that was what the business required. People used to ask me how I could get the product on the shelves in the supermarkets. They would complain about the...