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Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Alex White: So has Senator Leyden.

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Alex White: On a point of order——

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Alex White: On a point of order——

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Alex White: Pursuant to Standing Orders, will the Minister of State take a question, as provided for in the Standing Order dealing with statements?

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Alex White: If the Minister of State is agreeable, it can be done under Standing Orders.

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Alex White: I want to ask the Minister of State only one question.

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Alex White: Check the Standing Orders.

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Alex White: That is wrong. They have to send them back, and they should.

Seanad: Community Child Care Subvention Scheme 2008-2010: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Alex White: He said there was no scheme at all.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Alex White: It did not appear to take the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, too long to learn one tactic from his Fianna Fáil colleagues in his attempt to deflect responsibility on the waste issue onto Fine Gael and Labour.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Alex White: If I could prefix my remarks by saying the notion that one can blame the Opposition for the failure, or absence, of policy in Government is extraordinary. The Minister appears to have learned quickly to pick up that tactic from his colleagues.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Alex White: I am putting this in the context of calling for a debate because it is a matter we must revisit in this House. It is extraordinary that there is a decision of An Bord Pleanála on a major infrastructural project and there is a policy in place for a number of years, but the Minister states he disagrees with it. How can we have government when, for example, on an issue like Shannon there are...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Alex White: The Minister, having made a promise that an incinerator would never be built when he was in Government, has now said he will launch a review of waste policy which will take nine months. He said he is confident that at the end of that period it will be shown that the incinerator is redundant, unviable or both. What will he say if the review proves otherwise?

Seanad: Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Nov 2007)

Alex White: I move amendmentNo. 1: In page 3, line 25, to delete "inserted" and substitute "as substituted". This is a relatively straightforward technical amendment. Prior to the 1994 Act there was a section 60(2) but the word "insertion" into legislation implies that there was nothing there previously. Inserting means adding something new to the Bill. The word "substitute" would be more accurate in...

Seanad: Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Nov 2007)

Alex White: We all work on them.

Seanad: Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Nov 2007)

Alex White: I did not refer to amendment No. 4, which is in this group. It is also a technical amendment proposing that the relevant section of the amending Act be referred to in order to maintain consistency between sections 1 and 2. The difference between inserting and substituting is clear. I understand the Minister's point in respect of the Parliamentary Counsel's advice but for people reading...

Seanad: Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Nov 2007)

Alex White: I move amendmentNo. 5: In page 6, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following subsection: "(4) Regulations made in whole or in part under section 12 of the Roads Act 1920 which relate to matters other than those referred to in subsection (3) and are in force immediately before or upon the coming into operation of the Local Government (Roads Functions) Act 2007, continue in force and may...

Seanad: Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Nov 2007)

Alex White: I was not describing the amendment as superfluous, as I think the Minister suspects. I was anticipating that the Minister would describe the amendment thus but I was not embracing the term. Section 2(3) of the Bill states: "Regulations made in whole or in part under section 12 of the Roads Act 1920 which [a and b] continue in force and may be amended or revoked in respect of those matters...

Seanad: Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Nov 2007)

Alex White: I move amendmentNo. 7: In page 6, between lines 43 and 44, to insert the following subsection: "(2) The Roads Act 1920, the Roads Acts 1993 to 2001 and section 2(3) may be cited together as the Roads Acts 1920 to 2007.". I am moving this amendment because I am interested in hearing the Minister's response. I referred to section 2(3) a moment ago regarding another amendment and it is a...

Seanad: Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Nov 2007)

Alex White: It is intriguing that the Minister suggests that if this were to have been done, it should have been done in the Roads Act 2007. It appears the Minister is saying that because it was not done then it cannot be done now, but it can be done now. I am interested in the notion that this cannot be done in a Bill of a technical nature. I am not aware of any restriction on the Minister in respect...