Results 461-480 of 9,393 for speaker:Alex White

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Apr 2008)

Alex White: The position has become worse.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Apr 2008)

Alex White: So it is okay then.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Apr 2008)

Alex White: Absolutely, among others.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Apr 2008)

Alex White: What about Senator Norris?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Apr 2008)

Alex White: We thought the Leader was a shining light, too.

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (9 Apr 2008)

Alex White: Unlike my colleague, Senator Walsh, I do not have a difficulty with elevating the necessity for tax compliance to the level it is in legislation. It is important that all public officials are tax compliant, that they are seen to be tax compliant and can certify themselves as tax compliant. I would not exclude a member of the Judiciary from such a requirement. It is a novel suggestion that...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (9 Apr 2008)

Alex White: It is more of a courtesy and I accept it in terms of the protocol of the House. In terms of what was stated on the legal profession and fees, I would welcome a debate on lawyers' fees. We could have it in this House and I would have no problem participating in it. It might be more interesting than the brickbats which go across the House on this subject. Let us ask whether it is right that...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (9 Apr 2008)

Alex White: If the Green Party introduces a Bill, we will support it.

Seanad: Death of Former President: Expressions of Sympathy (15 Apr 2008)

Alex White: On behalf of the Labour Party, I wish to be associated with the tributes to the former President, Dr. Paddy Hillery. His death represents the passing of another member of an extraordinary generation of politicians, namely, those who were born immediately after independence and who came to prominence in the middle part of the previous century. As Senator Cassidy and previous speakers stated,...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)

Alex White: I support the comments of Senators O'Toole and Fitzgerald on the Lisbon treaty debate. I did not hear the Leader's remarks last week and, therefore, I cannot comment on them. It does not serve us at all to engage in such cross-party slagging about who is doing more on the issue. We all have a responsibility to explain the terms of the treaty. Fine Gael is doing that where I live. In case...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)

Alex White: What are we listening to now?

Seanad: School Accommodation (22 Apr 2008)

Alex White: I thank the Cathaoirleach for affording me the opportunity to raise this issue on the Adjournment. It concerns two combined schools on the same site in Knocklyon in Dublin, namely St. Colmcille's senior and junior schools. They are highly successful schools with exceptional input from their staff and students with a marvellous level of respect and support in the community. The difficulty is...

Seanad: School Accommodation (22 Apr 2008)

Alex White: I believe there will be considerable disappointment at the response given by the Minister of State. Describing the accommodation in these schools as constituting a shortfall is the greatest understatement I have heard recently. It is much more than a shortfall. These schools have serious needs. Does the Minister of State agree that the response represents a deterioration of any prospects...

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement and Lisbon Treaty: Statements (24 Apr 2008)

Alex White: I join my colleagues in welcoming the Taoiseach to the Seanad this afternoon. I assure the Taoiseach that the atmosphere in this House is not always as calm as it may seem today. We have had our less peaceful moments here, even in recent weeks. We welcome the Taoiseach here and take this opportunity to wish him well in the future. When I was trying to reflect on when I first heard the name...

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage. (30 Apr 2008)

Alex White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage. (30 Apr 2008)

Alex White: I thank colleagues on all sides for their contributions. I strongly agree with the emphasis Senator Doherty put on the importance of freedom of information. I also agree with him on the context in which he placed it. I represent something of an unreconstructed approach to freedom of information, namely, that the presumption should be precisely that freedom of information. The case should...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Alex White: On the subject of human rights monitoring, colleagues may know that the report of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Thomas Hammarberg, has been published. Will the Acting Leader arrange a debate on this important report's findings and conclusions which are both positive and negative in respect of Ireland? I agree with the Commissioner that some developments have been...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Alex White: It is still the case.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Alex White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Alex White: Hear, hear.