Results 941-960 of 9,393 for speaker:Alex White

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2009)

Alex White: The Leader will have to speak in the debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Alex White: In regard to the Ryan commission report, has a suggestion I made to the Leader yesterday been considered by him? Will he revert to me in respect of the redress board and aggravated damages which could be paid to persons who have appeared before it? Senator Twomey touched on the aftermath of the Ryan report and the debate taking place. Since the publication of the report, many people have...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Alex White: They have not lost their jobs.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Alex White: What does the Government intend to do with regard to the deficit?

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Alex White: What are the Government's proposals?

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Alex White: Including Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Alex White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2009)

Alex White: Our thoughts and solidarity should be with the tens of thousands of people who took to the streets in Tehran over the past 48 hours and who are still protesting at events in Iran in recent days. Whenever I see such demonstrations and such a response by people in their tens of thousands, I am struck by the fact that when people abandon fear, anything can happen. Many people in Iran have...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2009)

Alex White: On a point of information, it is only a convention; it is not a requirement or a regulation.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2009)

Alex White: Once again, today, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin has taken what can only be described as a leadership role in the debate on the future of education, especially of primary school education, by describing the position of the Catholic church. He appears to be ahead of the debate in many cases, certainly ahead of many people who purport to speak on behalf of church interests in this...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (17 Jun 2009)

Alex White: The Labour Party will not be opposing the renewal of the sections of the Act, as proposed by the Minister of State on behalf of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. However, I have some concerns. They are about the manner in which the proposals are being dealt with rather than with their substance. I strongly disagree with Senator O'Donovan's suggestion that we give up our...

Seanad: Death of former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (17 Jun 2009)

Alex White: On behalf of the Labour Party, I wish to be associated with the condolences to the Howard family on the sad loss of former Senator, Michael Howard. Unlike other party leaders, I was not personally acquainted with him, but I know from my Labour Party colleagues that he was a man who was held in considerable affection and respect in the House over the 20 years he served so loyally here and on...

Seanad: Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009: Second Stage (18 Jun 2009)

Alex White: While it is perfectly reasonable for us to comment on the wider context of this Bill, including the Government's proposal on NAMA and the background to the development of this crisis, we must remind ourselves that this Bill deals with just one discrete element of what is described by the Government as a strategy for dealing with this crisis. While one could query whether the Government's...

Seanad: Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009: Second Stage (18 Jun 2009)

Alex White: Some of the Minister of State's colleagues claimed it.

Seanad: Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009: Second Stage (18 Jun 2009)

Alex White: The Minister of State was more generous than some of his colleagues.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Alex White: I support Senator Fitzgerald's call for a debate on frontline services. I agree with what she said about Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin. There is an urgent need for a debate on the services that are provided in the wards of this city's most important children's hospital. I hope Senator Fitzgerald will allow me to second the amendment she has proposed to today's Order of...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Alex White: If the Government wishes to take some crumbs of comfort from the IMF report regarding the perceived praise of the measures the Government is taking to address the economic crisis, it cannot in logic avoid dealing with the devastating critique of its actions and inactions during the period from 2002 to 2007 in particular. Senator Boyle's party can avoid that in logic and in fairness to it...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Alex White: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Alex White: Nostradamus himself.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Alex White: Has Senator Hanafin read it? I can pass over a copy.