Results 101-120 of 504 for speaker:Mary White

School Staffing (29 Sep 2010)

Mary White: I thank the Deputy. The suggestion that direct budgets to schools could in some way bring about a different outcome misses the point completely. As the Deputy is well aware, the level of resources allocated for middle management in schools must be reduced. This would be the case irrespective of the method used to provide funding.

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2010)

Mary White: I welcome this Bill. For us in the Green Party it is a legacy issue from a former Fianna Fáil Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Dick Roche, who tried to introduce the Bill some years ago. It is an extremely important measure to protect animals and to regulate an industry that contains sinister and shady elements. As a frequent hill walker in the...

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2010)

Mary White: The party has completed a three-point turn on the issue of stag hunting. It first indicated implicit support for the measure and a demand for it to be published, before deciding to vote against it because of a fear of unpopularity in rural Ireland, and then, finally, came the announcement that it would not repeal the ban in government. It went further last weekend when it signalled...

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2010)

Mary White: Let us look at the party's record in the Seanad on this legislation. On the fundamental issue of the definition of a breeding bitch, the Labour Party voted with Fine Gael on the proposal to amend the definition to include animals over two years of age. Such an amendment would have been anathema to the objectives of the Bill, as the Labour Party knows, yet its Senators voted for such an...

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2010)

Mary White: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (1 Jul 2010)

Mary White: Tenders were sought on 11 June for the production of three background papers on the better integration of equality, human rights and social inclusion policy formulation and implementation, to identify issues that will need to be addressed in the review. Tenders are to be submitted by 5 July on the public procurement portal, eTenders. This scoping exercise is the first step in the review. No...

Written Answers — Migrant Integration: Migrant Integration (1 Jul 2010)

Mary White: The Equality, Integration, Disability and Human Rights (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 217 of 2010) provides that the functions vested in the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform in relation to the promotion of the integration of persons (other than protection applicants) who are not, or who previously were not, Irish citizens,...

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (1 Jul 2010)

Mary White: My priorities for my Department's equality brief over the coming year include the following: · Carry out a review of the legislation, structures and arrangements involving the Equality Authority, the Equality Tribunal and the Irish Human Rights Commission in order to enhance equality in an effective way; · Oversee implementation of the National Women's Strategy 2007 - 2016, including o the...

Decentralisation Programme (1 Jul 2010)

Mary White: The new Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs is based on Mespil Road and the Deputy is very welcome to visit it. I am based there in a wonderful Department and we are all in one place, having moved from the relevant sections in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. We have a new Minister in Deputy Carey, a new Secretary General and I am new in the position...

Seanad: Community Development (1 Jul 2010)

Mary White: I am responding to this matter on behalf of the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Pat Carey and thank the Senator for raising it. I welcome the opportunity to update the Seanad on the current position on the new local and community development programme, LCDP. As the Senator is aware, the local development social inclusion programme and the community...

Seanad: Community Development (1 Jul 2010)

Mary White: I cannot answer on behalf of the Minister as to whether he will extend the deadline, given his statement through my reply that he cannot extend it. I am certain he is open to listening to the groups. Recently, he told the Dáil that one size does not fit all. On this basis, we can go forward with a constructive resolution.

Saville Inquiry Report: Motion (30 Jun 2010)

Mary White: I am very privileged to make this statement today on behalf of the Green Party, Comhaontas Glas. I have a vivid memory of watching the RTE evening news on that fateful Sunday in January 1972. The events in Derry on that day proved to be a turning point for all of us living in these islands, and its consequences continued to resonate right up until earlier this month when the Saville report...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Mary White: What about the cars?

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Mary White: The Deputy should check it out.

Written Answers — Departmental Reviews: Departmental Reviews (16 Jun 2010)

Mary White: I have commenced work on a review of the legislation, structures and arrangements involving the Equality Authority, the Equality Tribunal and the Irish Human Rights Commission in order to enhance equality in an effective way. As part of this process, a scoping exercise has been initiated on the better integration of equality, human rights and social inclusion policy formulation and...

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Mary White: The banking inquiry reports published last week made little, if any, mention of the role of local authorities. Although local authorities must take their share of the blame for giving irresponsible and unwarranted planning permissions which fuelled the housing bubble that led to part of the crisis we now face, I can assure the House that the Government is reforming the planning system and we...

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Mary White: Excuse me, my father was in the Navy.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Mary White: I, too, welcome the opportunity to speak in support of the Government, which is making the right decisions. It is sorting out the public finances ahead of nearly every other country in the eurozone and rectifying the mistakes of the past, including taking measures to ensure strong banking regulation. The Green Party insisted that a person from outside the State be appointed to the position...

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Mary White: -----where I observed Fine Gael and Labour Party councillors rezone thousands of hectares of land which now lie in vast wastelands around the country.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Mary White: I am glad to have the protection of the Chair. In Carlow, zoning was provided for 6,846 units when we only needed 570 units. One then wonders about the boom and bust policies of councils led by Fine Gael and the Labour Party.