Results 1,441-1,460 of 9,393 for speaker:Alex White
- Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)
Alex White: -----who holds shares in one of the international banks towards which the Minister of State wants to deflect our concern. I accept that what has occurred in Goldman Sachs has been despicable, but are persons who hold shares in the Irish banks that have been party to ruining our economy now to be the subjects of criticism by the Minister of State, whether they are sitting in front of him or...
- Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)
Alex White: -----and unworthy attack by the Minister of State. I am not sure what it was motivated by, but it was not motivated by any serious attempt to address the issues in this debate.
- Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)
Alex White: The State investment bank.
- Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)
Alex White: Here it is.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2010)
Alex White: Yesterday there was a report on third level education which gave information that might have been obtained under freedom of information legislation. I ask the Leader to arrange a debate as soon as possible on the important question of funding third level education. Apparently, the Higher Education Authority is of the view that there will be a requirement for more than â¬4 billion - a...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2010)
Alex White: I join others who have expressed their sympathy on the recent very sad death of Gerry Ryan. As somebody who spent some years working in the same building as him, I feel a really profound sense of sadness and loss at his passing. When we talk about people being frank and perhaps talking about things they would find difficult to deal with, Gay Byrne cracked the glass but it can truly be said...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2010)
Alex White: Senator Boyle is deluding himself.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2010)
Alex White: It has â¬1.3 billion worth of implications.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2010)
Alex White: They should stick to insurance.
- Seanad: Ministerial Pensions: Motion (5 May 2010)
Alex White: I will start with a question to the Minister of State relating to the summary he gave of the Attorney General's legal advice. The Attorney General said pensions were earned but deferred income, to which the person concerned had a property right. I cannot disagree with this; it defines what is a pension. Therefore, there was a constitutional impediment to removing pensions, particularly...
- Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (6 May 2010)
Alex White: I move amendment No. 37: In page 45, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: "(2) Regard shall be had to the views of the child, having regard to the child's age and understanding. Prior to taking steps under this section, the court shall give such directions as are appropriate where the Health Service Executive proposes to take steps to which the child does not consent.". We had a...
- Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (6 May 2010)
Alex White: It is necessary to remind the Minister of State of precisely what he said on Committee Stage: I am inclined to accept the first part of that amendment, which states that "Regard shall be had to the views of the child, having regard to the child's age and understanding, prior to taking steps under this section". I think it is worth inserting that in the Bill. I will therefore accept that...
- Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (6 May 2010)
Alex White: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (6 May 2010)
Alex White: I move amendment No. 53: In page 66, to delete lines 20 to 26 and substitute the following: "22.âSection 45 (as amended by the Act of 2004) of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following section for section 45â "45.â(1)(a) Where a child leaves the care of the Health Service Executive, the Executive shall, in accordance with subsection (2), assist him or her for so long as...
- Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (6 May 2010)
Alex White: Without being unnecessarily critical, that is essentially what the Minister of State said on Committee Stage. I do not doubt his commitment to this and entirely accept his bona fides, but the wheels of change move very slowly. The Minister of State will certainly have the support of my party for anything he can bring forward in this regard. I do not regard this as a matter of controversy...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 May 2010)
Alex White: At the time the bank guarantee was provided in September 2008 the Minister for Finance said in this House that a compelling argument in favour of the Government's actions was that it would protect our economic sovereignty. In truth, our economic sovereignty and room for manoeuvre have been steadily eroded since. In a radio interview yesterday the Taoiseach was asked about the Government's...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 May 2010)
Alex White: When he describes economic and budgetary policy, he talks about what is expected of us by the European Commission instead of taking a strong, robust and independent line, as Senator Fitzgerald has said, on job creation and the development of the economy, thereby coming across in a positive way, as the Opposition has, with actual proposals as to how we, as a sovereign Irish Government, could...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 May 2010)
Alex White: Good luck with it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 May 2010)
Alex White: On a point of order, I seek the protection of the Chair. To make a political charge is not to smear a member of the Government. To make a political criticism is not a smear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 May 2010)
Alex White: It is not a smear. The Senator knows what smears are.