Results 101-120 of 4,931 for speaker:Mary White
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Dec 2015)
Mary White: Yes.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Dec 2015)
Mary White: I accept the logic of that but we do not have time to wait.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Opportunities to Prevent Youth Unemployment and Promote Job Creation: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)
Mary White: May I interject? Would Mr. Baldwin mind slowing down? What he has to say is so interesting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Opportunities to Prevent Youth Unemployment and Promote Job Creation: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)
Mary White: I thank all the witnesses for attending the committee today. It is fabulous to see both sides of the island coming together to talk sense and see what we can do. The figure I have for youth unemployment for October 2015 is 19.7%. Having started a business in the late 1980s, I saw the dramatic change that it makes in people's lives when they get a job. Their self-confidence and demeanour...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Opportunities to Prevent Youth Unemployment and Promote Job Creation: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)
Mary White: Can I just ask one more question? I am continually perplexed as to why west Belfast has never broken out of the cycle of unemployment. I just do not understand it. What the hell is holding it back? I know there is a cultural problem there and I understand that, but why is the system in the North not trying passionately to help the people there? I am not asking Ms Croskery to solve the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Opportunities to Prevent Youth Unemployment and Promote Job Creation: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)
Mary White: While I understand what Mr. Baldwin is saying, young people have told me they cannot get a relationship going with the person they meet when they attend Intreo. These are young people who are somewhat disadvantaged, the people who hated school. When they attend Intreo, they fall out with the contact person.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Opportunities to Prevent Youth Unemployment and Promote Job Creation: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)
Mary White: I thank Mr. Baldwin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Opportunities to Prevent Youth Unemployment and Promote Job Creation: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)
Mary White: I agree, especially in rural areas. Are the 25 apprenticeships being rolled out?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Opportunities to Prevent Youth Unemployment and Promote Job Creation: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)
Mary White: When will it happen?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Opportunities to Prevent Youth Unemployment and Promote Job Creation: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)
Mary White: I also asked about the recognition here of degrees from Northern Ireland universities and second level qualifications.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Opportunities to Prevent Youth Unemployment and Promote Job Creation: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)
Mary White: It would be interesting to see how it is developing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Opportunities to Prevent Youth Unemployment and Promote Job Creation: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)
Mary White: Very good.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Opportunities to Prevent Youth Unemployment and Promote Job Creation: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)
Mary White: It is a cocktail of skills to keep them going.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill: Briefing (26 Nov 2015)
Mary White: I have to leave for a vote in the Seanad. I will return as soon as possible.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill: Briefing (26 Nov 2015)
Mary White: Is Mr. McCallister talking about going back to the position before the Good Friday Agreement, with an opposition and a party in power?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill: Briefing (26 Nov 2015)
Mary White: Why are the others not supporting this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill: Briefing (26 Nov 2015)
Mary White: How does Mr. McCallister see this going forward?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill: Briefing (26 Nov 2015)
Mary White: No, A Fresh Start. If the DUP and Sinn Féin are the only parties signing up for it, how does Mr. McCallister see this evolving?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill: Briefing (26 Nov 2015)
Mary White: What about any other business?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill: Briefing (26 Nov 2015)
Mary White: What do we do about any other business?