Results 681-700 of 9,393 for speaker:Alex White
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Alex White: Can the Leader indicate how many more changes, reversals or climbdowns are likely to result from the Budget Statement the Minister for Finance made in the other House last week? Does he agree that our community and society is a laughing stock, internationally and domestically, because the budget, which is the major economic statement of the year, has degenerated into such a shambles over...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Alex White: Senator Ormonde will support the amendment.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Alex White: There is more than one Opposition spokesperson on health.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Alex White: It is about tax.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Alex White: There will be more tomorrow.
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Statements (21 Oct 2008)
Alex White: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy John Moloney, to the House. He has been having a rather rocky day, I understand, but I welcome him to the House. I am afraid I cannot agree with Senator de Búrca and I cannot go along with her congratulating the Minister or the Government on this issue. When at some time in the future we look back over the great achievements of the past ten to 15...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Alex White: I second Senator Frances Fitzgerald's amendment to the Order of Business. We need to have a debate on the medical card for the over-70s issue today. Senator Joe O'Toole is correct that everyone in the country is talking about these issues while we seem to be the only body that is not, apart from the opportunity to raise it on the Order of Business. We should amend the Order of Business to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Alex White: The communitarian ideals the Minister argued in the Supreme Court in the BUPA case should be extended across the board. For once and for all, let us face up to the need to have a proper health service with the same minimum standard of health care for all citizens, irrespective of income. The risk equalisation scheme was interrupted in 2005 and has not yet come into place. When will the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Alex White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Alex White: Keep it going.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Alex White: Is that the best you can do? That is pretty pathetic.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Alex White: The Senator does not even understand our position. That is nonsense.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Alex White: On the right.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Alex White: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Alex White: What is the position regarding legislation relating to the risk equalisation scheme?
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Alex White: What is the position regarding legislation on risk equalisation?
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2008)
Alex White: Lest the Government parties think the issues being debated throughout the country such as, last week, the medical card for those over 70 and, this week, class sizes can be neatly compartmentalised into weeks and can be dealt with individually week by week, they should be very clear that these issues will not go away. I agree entirely with the comments of Senators Twomey and O'Toole about the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2008)
Alex White: Senator Mullen did the opposite.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Oct 2008)
Alex White: Get your foot out of your mouth.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Alex White: Hear, hear.