Results 401-420 of 504 for speaker:Mary White

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (7 Oct 2008)

Mary White: Question 446: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount spent to date on reports to try to establish the reason for low milk yields, stunted growth and ill thrift on the farm of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [33954/08]

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (7 Oct 2008)

Mary White: Question 447: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if autopsies have been carried out on the farm of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if so, the results they revealed regarding the animals. [33955/08]

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (7 Oct 2008)

Mary White: Question 448: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there were significant off-farm factors contributing to the health of animals on the farm of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny following the most recent study undertaken in January 2007; and, if so, the cause for same. [33956/08]

Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Oct 2008)

Mary White: Speak for yourself.

Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Oct 2008)

Mary White: I welcome the Broadcasting Bill. The Bill contains much needed reform and modernisation of the broadcasting laws. I welcome it within the context of what I hope and believe will be a new era for Irish television with the proposed introduction of an Oireachtas channel, which, I hope, in tandem with much-needed Dáil reform, will refresh the engagement between the public and the process of...

Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Oct 2008)

Mary White: I will be finished on time. Without our local station we felt lost. It is there where we, particularly those of us who live in the public sphere, get our local political news on relevant local issues. It is vital that this legislation safeguards and secures the future of such stations. I agree with the IBI that perhaps the timeframe in terms of licences under the fast-tracking system might...

Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Oct 2008)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Energy Poverty: Motion (1 Oct 2008)

Mary White: I am pleased to have an opportunity to discuss this issue. As the days get shorter, we observe the annual rise in electricity usage at this time of year. Many elderly and vulnerable people absolutely dread the winter evenings, afraid to turn the heat on or even up a notch and obliged to monitor their electricity usage. Some spend their time sitting in rooms that are unhealthily cold. As...

Energy Poverty: Motion (1 Oct 2008)

Mary White: I am pleased with the new measures we have been able to introduce. We in this House are all agreed on the need for the upcoming budget to make progress on helping those who heretofore have been caught in the fuel poverty trap. In previous years, agencies working in this area have claimed that as many as 6% of Irish people went without heating at some stage in the past two years. We must...

Energy Poverty: Motion (1 Oct 2008)

Mary White: Such energy efficient homes are among the ingredients for a better quality of life and that is what we aim to deliver.

National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)

Mary White: It is good to have this opportunity to debate the economy. The speed of the global downturn has awakened international economies to action, which is what we now have. Before talking about current action on fiscal and economic challenges, it is important to remind ourselves that Ireland is not fully responsible for the current challenges. Make no mistake about it, this is a global downturn....

Statements on Climate Change (3 Jul 2008)

Mary White: I am delighted to speak again in the House on the issue of climate change but when I heard Fine Gael's Deputy Hogan speaking on climate change it reminded me of the graveyard scene in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" when he says, "Alas, poor Yorick!". Alas, poor Deputy Hogan, a fellow of infinite jest. It is obvious Fine Gael does not understand or has deliberately misunderstood climate change....

Legal Aid Service. (26 Jun 2008)

Mary White: For many years, I have been campaigning for a dedicated law centre for Carlow run by the Free Legal Aid Board. I welcome this opportunity to raise this important matter on behalf of the people of Carlow who need this service. The Legal Aid Board does a great deal of important work. The many legal letters and negotiations it deals with for people are invaluable. It provides legal advice,...

Dáil Sittings: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Mary White: I am delighted to contribute to this debate, even though much of our political energy in recent days has been spent on the implications and repercussions of the Lisbon treaty referendum. While there are many items on the domestic agenda, in the context of the Labour Party motion, I want to discuss fuel prices, fuel poverty and what can be done to help families on low incomes. The motion...

Lisbon Treaty: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Mary White: I wish to share time with Deputy Chris Andrews. Like the other speakers, I believe this is a very important debate. As a committed European, I am pleased to participate in it and express my solidarity with the European project which has served this country very well.

Lisbon Treaty: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Mary White: I express my respect for the verdict of the people. We live in a democracy and 53% of the electorate told us how they wished to vote. They did so and it is up to us as elected representatives to listen to those who voted. The founding of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951, followed in 1957 by the formation of the European Economic Community after the Treaty of Rome, was intended...

Special Areas of Conservation. (4 Jun 2008)

Mary White: I am delighted that my debate was selected because I am very concerned about what is happening in special areas of conservations, SACs, particularly in my own area, the Blackstairs Mountains on the Carlow-Wexford border, and also on the upland areas of County Wicklow. Quads, sports utility vehicles and scramblers are using these beautiful upland commonage areas for recreational use. These...

Cancer Screening Programme: Statements (29 May 2008)

Mary White: I wish to share time with Deputy Mary O'Rourke. I am pleased to speak here this morning. I believe the health system is slowly but surely reforming and the great challenges facing it are being addressed over time. The Green Party believes in equitable access to health services and recent achievements by the Government and the careful and co-ordinated approach by Professor Keane and the...

Cancer Screening Programme: Statements (29 May 2008)

Mary White: The last point is the legitimate one regarding the loss of Irish jobs. On this, the Health Service Executive has accepted its responsibility to ensure medical laboratory scientists employed in cytology are redeployed in the health system. It must be remembered the new contract the NCSS is set to sign will be good news for 1.1 million women who will receive test results within four weeks...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Mary White: I am delighted to have this opportunity to speak in this debate. The Green Party has always placed major emphasis on education. Childhood is for life and we believe in putting in the resources to make sure a child's start is a positive one.