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- Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Jan 2012)
Mary White: The Minister must be radical. Women are the backbone of farming and he has a moral responsibility.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2012)
Mary White: Yesterday evening, we had a meeting with the Local Authority Members Association, LAMA, which represents 900 local authority members around the country. The members pleaded with us and sought our support to enhance and strengthen the role of local government and elected members and they had suggestions with regard to the new household and water charges. I support those charges and believe...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2012)
Mary White: I suggest we have a cross-party meeting in this Chamber to discuss how we can enhance the role of local authority members. Like us, their role is defined in the Constitution and they, like us, need innovation. Local authorities on mainland Europe have far more responsibility than do ours. We want a mutually beneficial meeting with local authority members and want cross party discussion...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)
Mary White: I draw Senators' attention to the possible closure of 550 public nursing home beds. Does the Minister for Health intend to have only private sector nursing homes? He promised that the HSE would engage intensively with nursing homes. I refer in particular to Crooksling in Brittas, County Dublin. Day in, day out I find this country to be frustratingly inefficient. If Germany was defeated...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)
Mary White: I was back at work yesterday and I want him to talk immediately to the people up in Crooksling, as the Minister has promised.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)
Mary White: Yes. I would like to have a proper debate with the Minister and ask him whether he intends to fund and support public nursing homes or wants it all to be privatised.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: The Irish food and drink industry is our largest indigenous industry. It is also Ireland's largest employer and employs thousands of people. Last year, exports from that sector increased by â¬1 billion to â¬8.5 billion, of which the dairy industry contributed â¬2.66 billion. I call on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Coveney, to arrange an investigation into the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: This is a serious issue for the women of Ireland.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: I call on the Minister to investigate and ascertain the reason that democracy in the recent elections to the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: Eileen Calnan of west Cork was seriously discriminated against.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: I call on the Minister to have an investigation into the matter.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: I was not allowed to mention Eileen Calnan's name. This is discrimination as a Kerry man has been mentioned.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: The Senator is codding himself.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: They are good bureaucrats.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: She is an Irish citizen and lived in County Meath.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: The Minister could investigate the matter in the interests of transparency and democracy.
- Seanad: Report of Advisory Group on Small Business: Statements (Resumed) (19 Jan 2012)
Mary White: Yes. It was a fantastic speech.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)
Mary White: I would like to be an advocate for older people who are patients in public nursing homes. The issue does not hit the radar as much because older people do not have as strong a voice as those who are young and fit. In recent months the HSE announced that it would cut 550 beds in public nursing homes. Fear and consternation ran through the families and staff of public nursing homes. I...