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Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Jul 2008)

Alex White: I propose that the Bill be recommitted in respect of amendment No. 4.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Jul 2008)

Alex White: Senator Boyle appears to be chomping at the bit to speak to the substance of the amendment, although he failed to speak on Committee Stage. He has shown contempt for the House by submitting an amendment and allowing it not to be moved, thus preventing Senators from speaking on it.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Jul 2008)

Alex White: I was invited to speak.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Jul 2008)

Alex White: It seems some Members opposite do not know on what they voted. They had to be told they voted against the recommital of an amendment which they drafted. In any event, they will find out in due course if they have any interest. I thank the Minister of State for his time. I can only endorse what Senator Regan said. At certain stages this afternoon, this exercise approached high farce....

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2008)

Alex White: I support Senator Fitzgerald's call for a question and answer session with the relevant Minister on the proposal or decision brought forward by the Government. With regard to the bail-out as described, it is not entirely clear whether we have a decision or a proposal. We were told this morning the justification for the decision is to avert a catastrophe, and the word "catastrophe" was used...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: It is misleading for anybody to give the impression that the package proposed in the legislation currently before the Dáil does not come at a cost to the State and the Exchequer. The extent to which that was suggested, implied or, I believe, stated by the Taoiseach yesterday was that no money is changing hands. On the face of it, that is true, but it is only half or a very small part of...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: There is not a bank big enough.

Seanad: European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: Like my colleagues I have no difficulty with the substance of the proposal but I am reflecting on what Senator Regan said. Whereas I share his frustration in respect of this matter being tabled while such a range of other matters are not, I would come to a different conclusion. As we reflect on some of the issues that are still live in respect of what was contained in the proposed Lisbon...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: I agree with Senator Cummins. This Bill started out as emergency legislation but it is quickly losing its tenor as such given what happened yesterday. It is no longer emergency legislation. The Government has made a decision and is now looking to both Houses to pass the legislation. On the 10 p.m. issue, Committee Stage of the Bill will resume in the other House at 8.30 p.m. and there are...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: On a point of order, if the debate in this House is to occur tonight, is there a rule or convention in place in respect of the timescale applying to the moving of amendments? I wish to signal now to colleagues that the Labour Party intends to move the 12 or 13 amendments that are being moved in the Dáil on Committee Stage in this House.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: There is no real basis for doing that.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: Senator O'Malley felt she had to revise her comments on the basis of Senator Ross's contribution. I am in a slightly different position in the sense that I endorse almost all of what Senator Ross said, which is an unusual position for me. With all respect to the Senator, we sometimes approach issues from differing political perspectives. Everything he said was compelling. I will repeat...

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: The Minister will have plenty of time to respond. A speaker opposite had an anxiety attack earlier when people interrupted him, so I might be given my two minutes.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: Without spin, I ask for a precise explanation of what happened and who was involved. Who approached whom?

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: I am sure he can remember very well.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: I ask for clarity on the matter. The Minister might then answer the bigger question of what happened between July and last Monday. What happened over the past six weeks? Do Senators MacSharry and Hanafin really believe their claims that we live in a cocoon of virtue or that the problems are arising in the United States? If they repeat their claims often enough maybe they will believe them....

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: I ask to be allowed to speak for a further 20 seconds to make up for the Minister's interruption. The Minister of State stated that the Bill carries no significant risks. Manifestly, however, risks will arise because we do not have a continuing guarantee to the banks. The decision has been made to extend this guarantee, so it is out of the ordinary. Presumably the Minister weighed the...

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: That was before it happened.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: The Senator knew before the Minister.