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Seanad: Parental Leave Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Feb 2014)

Mary White: I feel a moral responsibility to put on record the Minister of State’s personal achievement in honouring her word that she would come back in early spring and discuss the Bill further. I would also like to congratulate our Leader, Senator Cummins, who did not take the traditional aggressive or antagonistic approach to an Opposition Bill and who saw it as important that fathers would...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 May 2012)

Mary White: I welcome the initiative that Senator Power has taken with this Bill, which is fully endorsed by the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party. Under the law as it stands, a school can claim that hiring a gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender teacher could undermine its religious ethos. In 1993, the then Fianna Fáil Minister for Justice, Máire Geoghegan Quinn, decriminalised homosexuality. It is...

Seanad: Early Childhood Education: Statements (Resumed). (5 Oct 2005)

Mary White: ...the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan. I have spent the last 18 months researching child care issues. During this time, I organised four public meetings in the Dublin South-East constituency and a conference in the Berkeley Court Hotel which was attended by the Minister of State at which he set forth his belief that this is an issue that must be addressed urgently by the Government....

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (11 Feb 2004)

Mary White: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Browne. I am pleased to welcome the Civil Registration Bill 2003 to the Seanad. The Bill provides a new legislative framework for civil registration, supports and enables the modernisation of the civil registration service and facilitates the decentralisation of the General Register Office to Roscommon. This topic is not as emotive and is not getting...

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (2 Dec 2003)

Mary White: I thank the Minister and his officials for listening so attentively today and for the vision for the women of the next generation shown in the Chamber. As I said, I feel very strongly that mothers should not have to work and breastfeed. I maintain my position that, if they are breastfeeding for six months, they are entitled to be at home. Regarding the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission,...