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Seanad: Value-Added Tax Consolidation Bill 2010: Report Stage (18 Nov 2010)

Alex White: For the purpose of clarity, did the Seanad take Second Stage of the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Bill 2010 and, if so, when did the debate take place?

Seanad: Value-Added Tax Consolidation Bill 2010: Report Stage (18 Nov 2010)

Alex White: I note the motion.

Seanad: Value-Added Tax Consolidation Bill 2010: Report Stage (18 Nov 2010)

Alex White: Was the Bill ever received for Second Stage debate?

Seanad: Value-Added Tax Consolidation Bill 2010: Report Stage (18 Nov 2010)

Alex White: Is it not necessary to hold Second Stage debates on legislation?

Seanad: Value-Added Tax Consolidation Bill 2010: Report Stage (18 Nov 2010)

Alex White: When was that decided?

Seanad: Value-Added Tax Consolidation Bill 2010: Fifth Stage. (18 Nov 2010)

Alex White: There is consensus on the importance and value of the work done in the preparation of this consolidation Bill. The extent to which legislation is codified, consolidated and made easier to understand and access is welcome. The officials involved in this very arduous work are to be congratulated on the legislation they have produced and which we will be happy to pass. I asked earlier about...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Alex White: We have a caretaker Government, a significant portion of which has essentially handed in its notice and is operating on the basis that the Dáil and Seanad will be dissolved early in the new year, although how early is not clear. We know the Finance Bill was enacted on 3 April this year. Does the Leader or the Deputy Leader have any view on what was meant by the reference to financial...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Alex White: He is not there yet.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Alex White: Disaster.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Alex White: That is false.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Alex White: She just did.

Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Statements (24 Nov 2010)

Alex White: I welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate on the plan published by the Government this afternoon. This plan is in many ways the bill for economic failure. Regrettably, it is a bill that must be paid over a period of some years. Having listened to Senator Boyle, I have a real sense that he is finding his voice on some issues and that he may be, in terms of some of the things he...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)

Alex White: The issue of growth is vital and there is precious little in the four year plan that gives any sense of the Government's plan or strategy on growth. It is correct that we should have the objective of reaching 3% by 2014, to which most parties have agreed. The question is how we get there and how quickly we think we can get there. The debate about this year's budget and whether it should be...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)

Alex White: We can easily bring the question of growth and stimulating our economy into our debate. We can have the growth as predicted or slow things down so far that we may have to close the whole place down. I am completely in favour of having the debate on the Croke Park agreement next week. We know the slowness of the progress on the Croke Park agreement. Various committees have been set up in...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)

Alex White: How can we talk about the four year plan without talking about the incredible crisis that affects not just our country but the eurozone and the entire European Union? We should be debating that point and finding out where we are in respect of those negotiations. A certain level of confidentiality must be maintained. What does the Government have in mind in respect of the interest rate and...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)

Alex White: No one said that.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)

Alex White: On a friendly point of information, there was no suggestion of extending the period. It was a question of the pace. Will Senator Boyle accept that is what I said?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)

Alex White: Just be honest and fair.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)

Alex White: Who proposed that?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)

Alex White: Senator Walsh should not give up too quickly.