Results 1-9 of 9 for destroyed speaker:Mary White

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Mary White: ...commemorate and revere the people who died for their country. They were willing to put their lives down. As such, will the Minister of State for God's sake ask that woman to reverse what she is trying to do? She is destroying the Labour Party as far as I am concerned.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Mar 2015)

Mary White: ...witnessed by a peace commissioner or a commissioner for oaths. Another issue raised by Treoir is a scenario where a statutory declaration for joint guardianship is signed and subsequently mislaid or destroyed, resulting in no evidence of the fact that the father has guardianship rights to his child. This can have dire consequences, such as a father losing contact with his child or not...

Seanad: Flood Management: Statements (27 Nov 2014)

Mary White: Yes. When will the works take place? A man died as a result of the situation. His house flooded and he took his own life about three years ago as a result. I saw the house which had been totally destroyed. The situation and the landmass is very vulnerable there. It is also appropriate to mention the recent flooding on Friday, 14 November in Nutgrove Avenue. The flooding happened on the...

Seanad: Situation in Gaza and Ukraine: Statements (31 Jul 2014)

Mary White: ...ingrained problems of the region remain unsolved. As long as the fundamental framework remains unchanged in the coming months and years, we will once again be visited with images of families destroyed in the Gaza Strip and the people of southern Israel fleeing for bomb shelters, as we have seen so often in the past decade. The international community must resurrect the lost promise of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Mary White: The black economy in the construction sector is destroying legitimate business.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Mary White: ..., I do not see why we cannot debate it then. This is an urgent national issue. Child abuse is a most cruel act that also affects the victims' parents, families and friends. People's lives are destroyed by it. The Catholic Church cannot be above the law and must be responsible to the State. We have let off bankers and are now letting off church people. They must stand before the law...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2009)

Mary White: ...all the recommendations and would implement them. One of the report's key recommendations was that there should be a memorial to the men and women who were abused, many of whose lives are still destroyed. I suggest that we should have a national day of remembrance to show our respect for the Irish children who were physically and emotionally abused by civil servants, volunteers, doctors,...

Seanad: Animal Diseases: Statements. (20 Oct 2005)

Mary White: ...and can affect all species of birds, which by their nature do not respect national borders. Since 2003, this particularly virulent strain has caused more than 125 million birds to die or be destroyed in south east Asia. Eradication is proving extremely difficult. Outbreaks have also occurred in 2004 in the USA, Canada and South Africa and in this year in Russia and Kazakhstan. Recent cases...

Seanad: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Second Stage. (11 May 2005)

Mary White: .... In my company, for example, an ambulance is called immediately. There are rules and procedures in place and we regularly practise the drill in the event of an accident because accidents can destroy a business if there are any misunderstandings or mistakes. The Minister said in his speech that the Bill modernises health and safety laws. He described it as a significant piece of social...