Results 321-340 of 9,393 for speaker:Alex White
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: If that is the question-----
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: If that is the question the Deputy wants to ask, when she talks about the misery and how this was caused, we can do that-----
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: -----but I do not believe that would be productive.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: We know the housing crisis came about.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: We know what happened and we know where we are now.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: What we are about is solutions.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: That is what this Government is about.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: What we are about is actually delivering solutions and delivering action.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: I do not know the exact individual circumstances of the person the Deputy mentioned. I have no doubt the case she raised is a genuine one and she has authenticated what she has said today. What I would say to that lady and others in terms of what we are dealing with-----
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: There is no need for personal abuse. Let us just keep to the debate. What we are dealing with here is a Government that is actually addressing the situation somebody like Máire is facing.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: I will give an example of what I would say to her if she were here. I would say the Government-----
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: -----will ensure that new houses are built and there will be an opportunity for her and her family to avail of one of those houses.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: The Government is ensuring that local authorities have systems in place whereby-----
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: -----if she wishes to apply or approach her local authority, her individual situation will be addressed in a sensitive way.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: If she were concerned about rent certainty-----
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: -----I would tell her what was in the legislation we are bringing through the House to bring about rent certainty to ensure she has protection in her house.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: I make the point to Members on all sides of the House that they can debate energy policy, for example, for which I have the privilege to be responsible and I will return to the issue of wind energy. They can and should debate these issues, but they cannot reduce them to a backbiting effort to embarrass this or that Minister about this or that set of regulations. There is a legitimate issue.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: Will the Deputy just listen for one minute?
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: There is a legitimate issue Members can debate, but can they not think big, even for a few minutes, about the challenges facing us as a people and the planet?
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Alex White: I appeal to Deputy Robert Troy and his party, as well as others, as many Deputies do understand the importance of these issues. On the question of energy wind, I will answer the Deputy bluntly and clearly. I have no doubt that the development and advancement of onshore wind energy projects will be and must be a significant element of Ireland's energy policy and its approach to combating...