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Seanad: Ombudsman for Children Report on Children First Guidelines: Statements (19 May 2010)

Alex White: Promised a year and a half ago.

Seanad: Ombudsman for Children Report on Children First Guidelines: Statements (19 May 2010)

Alex White: It is a question of accuracy. Accuracy would help.

Seanad: Ombudsman for Children Report on Children First Guidelines: Statements (19 May 2010)

Alex White: The Senator should be accurate.

Seanad: Ombudsman for Children Report on Children First Guidelines: Statements (19 May 2010)

Alex White: Her statement was entirely inaccurate.

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Second Stage (19 May 2010)

Alex White: The Minister of State referred to practising politicians' experience of discussing with subcontractors their difficulties and real dilemmas. We are all very keenly aware of these. We would have to be on another planet not to be aware of the very genuine and serious problems people face. I refer, for example, to people who have abandoned their employment and whatever protections they had as...

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (20 May 2010)

Alex White: I counsel Senator Boyle against deploying too many ethnographic or cultural explanations for problems that particular countries may face. I understand what he was driving at, but at the risk of engaging in political correctness, Greece's location in the Mediterranean which is part of our Continent is not the full explanation for what has occurred there.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (20 May 2010)

Alex White: I will be supporting this measure. We all do, even the Minister, with certain reservations. Some two weeks ago when this loan facility was first introduced, it was suggested it was a godsend that the Government could lend to Greece at a higher rate than the rate it would have to borrow the money. I was glad this argument did not feature in the Minister's speech here or in the Dáil. I was...

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (20 May 2010)

Alex White: I am quaking in my boots.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (20 May 2010)

Alex White: It is not an embarrassment in the least. I dealt with that last week and I will deal with it again shortly.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (20 May 2010)

Alex White: He will be very concerned about that.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (20 May 2010)

Alex White: I will get back to the Senator on that later.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 May 2010)

Alex White: I will wait for Senator Twomey to respond.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 May 2010)

Alex White: The amendments make a lot of sense. A quarterly basis report from the European Commission to the lenders will be available in any event. The rationale behind the Fine Gael amendments is that the Minister should use this as a benchmark for reporting to the Oireachtas. There is a lot of merit to this suggestion, which runs through most of the amendments, although amendment No. 4 provides...

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 May 2010)

Alex White: I do not think there is another Bill dealing with Greece, although presumably there will be more legislation in respect of the broader fund that is coming down the tracks. I am being led to some extent by Senator Twomey, as they are his amendments, but it would seem to be more satisfactory if the changes could be made to this Bill.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 May 2010)

Alex White: The Senator should be aware that there was a certain amount of shoe-horning of issues in the Second Stage debate earlier, which was quite entertaining.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 May 2010)

Alex White: It is true that the accountability issue has been raised again in sharp relief in the context of the matter raised by Senator Fitzgerald and the investigations into the deaths of children in care. Given how often we are told that there is such a large amount of public resources devoted to the health services administered by the HSE, the blockage between those of us elected to these Houses...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 May 2010)

Alex White: Members and, judging by what he has stated, the Minister of State cannot establish basic information without there being a competition between us and the HSE about legal advice. It is incredible that any democratic country is unable to have a proper debate or to establish information directly in the Houses. The HSE might have the best will in the world, but the manner in which it is...

Seanad: Death of Member: Expressions of Sympathy (26 May 2010)

Alex White: I also express my sympathy and that of my colleagues in the Labour Party to the family of the late Senator Kieran Phelan on his untimely and shocking passing. This is a very sad day for all of us. I also extend my sympathy to the Leader of the House, the Fianna Fáil Party and Fianna Fáil colleagues on the opposite side who must be feeling a great sense of loss on the passing of such a...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

Alex White: Would the Cathaoirleach please clarify for the record whether the Committee on Members' Interests has any role in relation to this matter? As my colleagues have said, it is a matter of serious urgent concern.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

Alex White: My understanding is that the committee can raise matters of its own volition. Therefore, this is a matter it could consider.