Results 1,601-1,620 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: Now Senator, 14 years?
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: We were never in it.
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: We had very little unemployment when Fianna Fáil was in government.
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: Fine Gael did not articulate that we were in trouble.
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: Like DEIS schools
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: The Senator's brother-in-law will stand up for her.
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: The new chairman of An Bord Bia, who the Minister, Deputy Coveney, appointed did that.
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: I have three points and will try to be as quick and succinct as I can. First, I draw the attention of Members to the achievements of the previous Fianna Fáil Government. We delivered the peace process. Nobody can deny that. In addition, for many years there was very little unemployment. It is no harm reminding people about that. I am fascinated by the pride the Taoiseach and the...
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: In the Fianna Fáil policy document on older people-----
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: Stop defending the indefensible. This is a regressive budget.
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: Do Senators not accept the ESRI's analysis which expects a 2.5% drop in the income of poorer households? There are also the reductions in the amounts payable under the rent supplement scheme and the increases in VAT and carbon taxes. If Senators want to say all this did not happen they are welcome. We all know, as does anybody who knows the most minimal amount of economics, that regressive...
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: My pet subject is the lack of liquidity in the economy for small businesses. I pleaded this with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton. Why does the Minister not listen to the Governor of the Central Bank who said it was twice as difficult for Irish companies to get cash to create and develop more business? It is the small and medium businesses in this...
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: If the Senator had been listening, I told her about our record.
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: I do not deny-----
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: This is a very important point. We had muted comments-----
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: We heard comments from the Central Bank and the Department of Finance made at the height of the Celtic tiger period saying, in very low voices, that we must be careful, blah-de-blah. They did not raise a red alert, however, nor did the then Opposition party, Fine Gael. The media did not raise a red alert about the dangers. However, Fianna Fáil was in charge and must take responsibility....
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil together are their equal.
- Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)
Mary White: In combination with other taxes.