Results 381-400 of 504 for speaker:Mary White
- Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)
Mary White: ââgetting a medical card when Johnny is on two inhalers and his dad is on 15 grand a year and does not have it." Talk about political cant and hypocrisy.
- Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Let us turn to the Labour Party if we really want to be strong tonight. The last Labour Party Minister for Health said the same thing in 1984 and Deputy Liz McManus in 2004 described universal access as an obscenity.
- Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. This scheme will support 95% of people with a medical card and that is good.
- Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I thank the Leas Cheann Comhairle. This scheme will support 95% of people with a medical card.
- Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I said from the start that I would not stand over the savage cuts to people who needed medical cards for their medical needs. This new schemeââ
- Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)
Mary White: ââwill target finance to those who need it. I have one sentence to say and I should like to be heard.
- Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Looking at figures is not enough. Compassion has to be factored into accounting. Last week accounting took over. It must never happen again.
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Hear, hear.
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I live among farmers in the Blackstairs Mountains on the Carlow-Kilkenny border. They are trying to comply with the deadline. That is a great start. The farm waste management scheme is a huge issue for the agriculture sector and for environmental protection, particularly of our rivers and lakes. Other Deputies outlined that the scheme has been a huge success. Under the National...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I wish to share time with Deputy Scanlon.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2008)
Mary White: I welcome Deputy Varadkar's acknowledgement of the reforming nature of the Minister and the legislation. It is important to remember that this country has not always had fair and unbiased electoral boundary revisions, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s when constituency boundary revisions that were not without controversy over their lack of fairness were passed by many Ministers. I...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2008)
Mary White: One aspect of reform that could be explored in establishing an electoral commission is the possibility, as outlined in recent political science literature, of permanent political boundaries for constituencies, with only the number of Deputies or councillors changing with shifting demographics. We in Carlow-Kilkenny are slightly confused because some parts of County Carlow are in County...
- Written Answers — Badger Snaring: Badger Snaring (7 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of licenses to snare badgers that have been issued since 1997 per annum and by area. [33284/08]
- Written Answers — Tuberculosis Incidence: Tuberculosis Incidence (7 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Question 416: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if snares for badgers are still being used. [33285/08]
- Written Answers — Tuberculosis Incidence: Tuberculosis Incidence (7 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Question 417: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if snaring is being conducted during the badger lactating season; and if so, if it has a relation to a recent tuberculosis outbreak in the area in question. [33286/08]
- Written Answers — Tuberculosis Incidence: Tuberculosis Incidence (7 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Question 418: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of badgers killed per annum, and by area, since 1997; and the number of these that tested positive for tuberculosis. [33287/08]
- Written Answers — Tuberculosis Incidence: Tuberculosis Incidence (7 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Question 419: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the expenditure on the bovine tuberculosis eradication scheme in 2007 and to date in 2008. [33288/08]
- Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (7 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the report on the findings regarding the farm of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be published. [33951/08]
- Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (7 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Question 444: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason milk yield on the farm of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny increased by 50% when local industry was closed. [33952/08]
- Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (7 Oct 2008)
Mary White: Question 445: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the intermittent growth on the farm of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny with periods of normal growth followed by periods of negative growth. [33953/08]