Results 9,061-9,080 of 9,393 for speaker:Alex White
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: If that is the question the Deputy wants to ask, when she talks about the misery and how this was caused, we can do that-----
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: -----but I do not believe that would be productive.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: We know the housing crisis came about.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: We know what happened and we know where we are now.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: What we are about is solutions.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: That is what this Government is about.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: What we are about is actually delivering solutions and delivering action.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: I do not know the exact individual circumstances of the person the Deputy mentioned. I have no doubt the case she raised is a genuine one and she has authenticated what she has said today. What I would say to that lady and others in terms of what we are dealing with-----
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: There is no need for personal abuse. Let us just keep to the debate. What we are dealing with here is a Government that is actually addressing the situation somebody like Máire is facing.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: I will give an example of what I would say to her if she were here. I would say the Government-----
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: -----will ensure that new houses are built and there will be an opportunity for her and her family to avail of one of those houses.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: The Government is ensuring that local authorities have systems in place whereby-----
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: -----if she wishes to apply or approach her local authority, her individual situation will be addressed in a sensitive way.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: If she were concerned about rent certainty-----
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: -----I would tell her what was in the legislation we are bringing through the House to bring about rent certainty to ensure she has protection in her house.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: It is true we do not have the complete solution for every individual faced with this situation-----
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: -----today, because as the Members opposite must accept, one cannot produce houses in a day or a week.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: What one can do, however, is ensure the funding is put in place to deliver those houses, ensure the money is there and bring it forward.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: One can have measures, such as modular housing, which the lady in question could well avail of.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: One could have measures in the rent legislation, which we are producing in this House.