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Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2011)

Alex White: On that issue, would the Leader, in his response, indicate the plans for the coming weeks? Whether the election is as soon as 10 March, April, May or, as somebody said to me earlier, June, we are entitled in this final session to some clarity from the Leader as to the likely timetable of legislation in the House. There is talk about the Finance Bill coming before the House at the end of...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2011)

Alex White: That would set a precedent for future years.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2011)

Alex White: Senator Walsh should not forget Arizona.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2011)

Alex White: Has the Senator-----

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)

Alex White: Senator Fitzgerald is absolutely right. Having spoken to citizens, I note many have gone beyond anger at this stage. There is a real sense of paralysis, particularly in recent days. It is extraordinary. People are filled with awe that they are expected to watch something that seems to pass for politics, namely, the circus that surrounds the leadership of Fianna Fáil which is being...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)

Alex White: The world has moved on from such cynicism. Senator Fitzgerald is right, we need change and a new Government. There is no reason the Government should stay in office beyond this week or, at most, ten days, in which the Finance Bill could be disposed of.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)

Alex White: Last week I asked the Leader a question and he stated he would revert to me with an answer. Perhaps he might do so today. What are the Government's intentions regarding the referendum on children's rights? A new wording has been prepared, but there are issues with it. The committee spent two years debating the question and a year has passed since we produced our report. There is a danger...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)

Alex White: That is not as long as the Seanad takes.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)

Alex White: The Leader would be very welcome to stand in the constituency.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)

Alex White: I thought it was just the Finance Bill that was to be taken.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alex White: The other night a lady asked me whether I believed Fianna Fáil's vote of confidence in the Taoiseach was part of an elaborate manoeuvre for the public, that something different would be done, people would be positioned in a particular way and look like they were resigning when they were not. I told her I did not believe even Fianna Fáil would engage in such an activity and that, in my...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alex White: Does the Leader agree with me? We are always asked to put what we have to say in the form of questions to the Leader, but he never answers them, as the Cathaoirleach knows.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alex White: For the purposes of procedure, I will put my comments in the form of questions. Does the Leader agree that what the Taoiseach has done amounts to a gross abuse of his important and solemn prerogative under the Constitution to appoint members of the Government? He stands accused of abusing this prerogative for naked political and electoral gain. He can chuckle away all he wants, as he did...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alex White: What about the corruption that led to the establishment of the tribunals?

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alex White: We have the tribunals because of corruption on the other side of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alex White: Then we had the challenge to the Taoiseach.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alex White: Corruption is defended by Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2011)

Alex White: Senator Fitzgerald is correct: the sooner the people — I was going to say "ourselves", but we do not count in the same way as the people — are put out of their misery and an election is finally called the better. It is somewhat odd to suggest it is regrettable that such questions as the civil partnership provisions in the finance Bill cannot be or are not being dealt with now. It is...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2011)

Alex White: Who is that interrupting?

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2011)

Alex White: It happens all the time.