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Seanad: Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements (2 Feb 2012)

Mary White: I welcome the Tánaiste.

Seanad: Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements (2 Feb 2012)

Mary White: I apologise for missing the Tánaiste's contribution as I was attending a meeting of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement.

Seanad: Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements (2 Feb 2012)

Mary White: Yes, if I may ask the question. The Secretary of State, Owen Paterson was in attendance and I was able to inform him of the motion which was passed unanimously here this morning, that the British Government engage with the families of Justice for the Forgotten. I was the one who pushed for this motion, as the Leader will know, and I was successful in having the issue of the Dublin-Monaghan...

Seanad: Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements (2 Feb 2012)

Mary White: I wish to inform the Tánaiste. I have watched al-Jazeera TV from the beginning and I watch all the stations from China and India. I am very disappointed that the Iranian TV has gone off the Murdoch satellite network. It had an excellent international news service. My question to the Tánaiste is about Iran.

Seanad: Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements (2 Feb 2012)

Mary White: I have just one sentence. I want to know why we so foolishly cut off one of the most influential countries in the Gulf and in Afghanistan. Iran is a major influence in the Middle East.

Seanad: Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements (2 Feb 2012)

Mary White: It has a population of 78 million. This is about jobs in the food and drinks industry.

Seanad: Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements (2 Feb 2012)

Mary White: We should not cut off relations with Iran for the sake of a puny amount of money.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Feb 2012)

Mary White: A draw.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Feb 2012)

Mary White: On a point of order, it is a shame that we do not have extra time.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Mary White: The Senator is a brilliant orator.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Mary White: I take this opportunity to again congratulate the Leader, Senator Maurice Hayes-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Mary White: I apologise to Senator Cummins. I take this opportunity to again congratulate the Leader on the tremendous innovations he has introduced in respect of the workings of the House. The Leader has organised fantastic opportunities for Senators to speak in the House and for Ministers to be in attendance for debates. When he has arranged such debates, he has pleaded for those who requested them...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Mary White: I ask the Leader to arrange for a question and answer session with the Taoiseach in the Seanad. I assure him that the House would be full for such an event. The Taoiseach is our country's leader and he should be prepared to come to this Chamber and account for himself. If I were Taoiseach, I would come here to respond to questions. The Taoiseach should treat with respect the Senators from...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Mary White: The Leader should get the Taoiseach to come before the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Mary White: The Leader can inform the Taoiseach that I stated that he should stop backbiting about Ireland when he is abroad in the company of big shots.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Mary White: Bureaucracy.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements, Questions and Answers (1 Feb 2012)

Mary White: No, but we want to see the role of local authority members being enhanced. When I sought election to the Seanad in 2002, I was not a member of a local authority, but I had been on the national executive of Fianna Fáil. During that election campaign I saw what local authority members did, and their role in communities is seriously underestimated. Having travelled throughout the country and...