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Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (31 Mar 2010)

Alex White: On a point of order, an amendment was missed.

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (31 Mar 2010)

Alex White: I will not detain the House on this matter. I presume I will have an opportunity to oppose it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (31 Mar 2010)

Alex White: Very good.

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (31 Mar 2010)

Alex White: On a point of order, Committee Stage has been completed and Report State will be taken on another day.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2010)

Alex White: Will the Leader be able to assist in answering a question I and others have about Anglo Irish Bank which has arisen in recent days? One of the many justifications put forward for adopting the current strategy towards Anglo Irish Bank is that it is not like Lehman Brothers, the balance sheet of which was apparently worth only a small percentage of the full value of the US economy, in that its...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2010)

Alex White: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2010)

Alex White: The answer is "Yes".

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2010)

Alex White: I would be delighted to do so.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2010)

Alex White: I would relish the opportunity.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2010)

Alex White: Every day is 1 April for Senator Leyden.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Alex White: Given there is no public element to the inquiries into the banking system which we are told are taking place, perhaps a progress report in terms of what precisely is happening in those examinations could be made to the Houses so that we can get some sense or insight into what if anything is happening. My colleagues are correct that there is a need for public information so that there can be...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Alex White: On a point of order, there is no requirement on the party leaders to raise any issue with the Leader in respect of what Members propose to raise on the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Alex White: There is a very attractive map in today's newspapers which shows how the new Dublin Bus network will look if the changes proposed by the company are implemented. I welcome the fact the company has addressed something as basic as bus routes across our capital city. It is based on the old tram system and many numbers on the buses hark back to an earlier age. Can we have a debate on public...

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Alex White: I listened carefully to the speakers opposite, including the Minister of State, who started their speeches by telling us how they were satisfied or pleased that matters were starting to turn around and the position was changing. The phrase from the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, in the budget was that we were "turning the corner". All these phrases were used. I sat back as I...

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Alex White: I want to respond to some of the Minister of State's comments. It is almost laughable for him to come to this House speaking about the "honest and full disclosure by the Government and its agencies of the appalling mess within our banks". I cannot believe the term "honest and full disclosure by the Government". I did not know whether to laugh or cry when I heard him saying that. What...

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Alex White: The Senators on the other side are obviously so clueless-----

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Alex White: -----they cannot even pay attention to what is actually being said. That is a problem Senator Butler has from time to time. He thinks he hears statements he did not actually hear.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Alex White: No such statement was made.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Alex White: In so far as Senator Butler is paying attention to this, Bank of Ireland is likely to be the only NAMA bank that will not be in majority State ownership. There is significant State involvement in all of this and the notion that we have acted correctly is a sham. It is an attempt to create spin on the part of the Minister, which is unacceptable. On that note, I was here for the Minister of...

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Alex White: He was not discussing the ethics of Irish Nationwide, Anglo Irish Bank, the absent regulation or the failure and culpability of Government policy, a Government of which he is a member, during the past ten or 12 years. He was not discussing the ruination of the economy. He was making a snide and nauseating attack on a Member of this House-----