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Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 May 2011)

Alex White: No one is unaffected. That people's expectation, legitimate or otherwise, five years ago that this pot would grow and grow, assisted by the tax reliefs provided, will not be realised is unfortunate. We are faced with a crisis. We must get people back to work and this requires intervention. The Government has intervened in an imaginative way by way of this temporary claw-back. The...

Government and Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Alex White: My two colleagues have dealt with the Technical Group motion and been reasonably critical of the group for bringing it forward. I will not repeat those comments and I will not add to the criticism on this occasion as the actions of the Technical Group have been helpful. There is no reason there should not be debate in this House about the need to change the way the House operates and the...

Government and Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Alex White: We are still in parties.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (8 Jun 2011)

Alex White: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the abolition of mortgage interest relief for first time buyers and the proposal to introduce a new relief for those who purchased homes between 2004 and 2008; how a person will qualify under the new scheme; the stage of house purchase that must have been completed by 31 December 2008 in order to qualify; and if he will make a...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Jun 2011)

Alex White: How many more times is the Deputy going to mention it?

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Jun 2011)

Alex White: The Deputy has done so twice in ten seconds.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Jun 2011)

Alex White: Seconded.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Jun 2011)

Alex White: On Deputy Doherty's stated position on section 4, as I understand it even if the Minister were disposed to introduce an amendment along the lines proposed by Deputy Fleming, Deputy Doherty would in any event vote against it because he is opposed to section 4. A not unreasonable point has been raised by Deputy Fleming in relation to ARFs. There has been a useful discussion on the matter. I...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (21 Jun 2011)

Alex White: Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the problems faced by children of two naturalised parents in obtaining third level education as an Irish-EU national these children are being asked to pay international fees as they are unable to apply for citizenship prior to their 18th birthday or receive the relevant stamps from him; if he will...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2011)

Alex White: Will the Deputy indemnify the costs of the plaintiff?

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2011)

Alex White: I also welcome the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011. It constitutes an important advance and as other speakers have noted, it forms a single element of a highly ambitious programme of reform the Government has set out to achieve and introduce. It is important that Members bear this point in mind. One of the most important measures that has been agreed in the programme for Government is the...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2011)

Alex White: -----fighting what would have been my second by-election within the lifetime of the previous Dáil. However, it is important to get away from the temptation that exists for all governments but which was particularly unacceptable and remarkable during the last Dáil, when for naked political advantage, there was a clear attempt to avoid facing the people and to avoid being obliged to face a...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Jul 2011)

Alex White: Question 601: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the need for an arrangement to be made between the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin, and one or other nearby Dublin hospital for the provision of a dedicated intensive care bed due to the lack of such a facility at this particular hospital; if he will facilitate this arrangement; and if he will make a...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Alex White: I take the opportunity of congratulating the Minister on her appointment. I know it is some months ago now but I have not had an opportunity to do so in the House and wish her well in her new position. As she will recall, we soldiered together in the Upper House, as did the Acting Chairman, on many issues, including on this one. We were also members together on the constitutional committee...

Order of Business (19 Jul 2011)

Alex White: The Bill would not work.

Order of Business (19 Jul 2011)

Alex White: The Bill is fundamentally flawed. I will explain to Deputy Martin later.

Order of Business (19 Jul 2011)

Alex White: It is flawed.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (19 Jul 2011)

Alex White: It is not unreasonable for Deputy O'Dea to introduce this Bill so we can have a debate on the issue. Apart from one or two issues that appear in the Bill, it is largely the same as the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2009, which I supported and spoke in favour of in the Seanad. The Deputy is correct in saying it was an attempt to anticipate the likely frailty and ultimate fate of a...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (19 Jul 2011)

Alex White: It is not going to happen.

Written Answers — Coastal Protection: Coastal Protection (19 Jul 2011)

Alex White: Question 305: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action he has taken to ensure compliance with the dune restoration order for Tinnaberna Dune, County Wexford, signed in January 2011 under the 2010 EC natural habitats directions pursuant to Regulation 19 of the EC (Natural Habitats Regulations) 1997; the reason more than half of the site was covered in dung and weeds...