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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Alex White: ...such care units. However, the State faces a severe problem. As Jamie Smyth reports in The Irish Times this morning, the sad thing in reading the reports is that the children in question appear to feel more at risk in the units than they felt in the community. That is a shocking statement which the House must acknowledge in drawing conclusions on how these units are managed and operated....

Seanad: Budget Statement 2011: Statements (8 Dec 2010)

Alex White: ...not talking about €4.5 billion but about €6 billion. It was all about optics and how it would look. How does it look to people who are facing a reduction in welfare payments? How does it feel to them? What are the optics of the situation for the people who must sustain the effect of this much larger adjustment? The Minister of State in the House, Deputy Brady, will understand the...

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

Alex White: ...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 said, feeling a sense of political liberation. I agree with much of what he had to say. There is a sense that people have been codding politicians, and not perhaps only Government politicians, and that...

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (3 Nov 2010)

Alex White: ...to a minimum. I congratulate Senator O'Toole and his colleagues on tabling the motion. There is an element of this debate that is profoundly depressing because it is shot through with a terrible feeling of déjÀ vu. This is at least the third time in my short time in this Chamber - although not as short as that of Senator Dearey - when I have stood up to make pretty much the same...

Seanad: Announcement on Banking by the Minister for Finance: Statements (20 Oct 2010)

Alex White: ...companies by which they were previously employed still have assets at their disposal. Can Members imagine the frustration to which this gives rise? Can they understand how the people in question feel, particularly in the context of their helplessness and, in fairness, that of the system to recover these assets? We have in place a regime for dealing with receivership and liquidation....

Seanad: Organisational Review Programme: Statements (13 Oct 2010)

Alex White: ...of staff being uneven, the issue of staff morale, the confusion among staff about the role of the Department, the lack of clarity around who the Department's customers are, coupled with the feeling of being constantly under fire politically and in the media, and so on. It does not surprise me that this issue exists with the Department of Health and Children. That brings me to the second...

Seanad: National Economy: Statements (Resumed) (6 Oct 2010)

Alex White: ...the Government rightly, in a rhetorical sense, seeks all the time. That simply will not happen. I agree with what my colleague had to say during that general private discussion. Many people feel the same way. At the time of a general election the reality is that the public will have to be persuaded by way of debate that there are, regrettably, some public services that we simply are...

Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Alex White: ...scenario. Even in the economic context, the Minister's speech tonight contained claims, which one often hopes are true, about turning corners and other such phrases. Nobody sees these corners or feels that we are turning any corners. However, claims are constantly made that this is the case. I cite the example of the costs for NAMA. I do not have the exact quotes from the Minister....

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

Alex White: ...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 dear colleague. As others mentioned, it could be fairly said it was impossible not to like Kieran Phelan. He was a great and wonderful...

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (6 May 2010)

Alex White: ...parties. I cannot speak for Fine Gael, but, as far as my party is concerned, the Minister of State will receive our support in bringing forward such a measure. I am disappointed that he does not feel he is able to do something more today than he was prepared to do on the last occasion. The last occasion was positive, but things have not become more positive today in terms of where we...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2010)

Alex White: I join others who have expressed their sympathy on the recent very sad death of Gerry Ryan. As somebody who spent some years working in the same building as him, I feel a really profound sense of sadness and loss at his passing. When we talk about people being frank and perhaps talking about things they would find difficult to deal with, Gay Byrne cracked the glass but it can truly be said...

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (31 Mar 2010)

Alex White: ...no suggestion of a veto or that the views expressed by the parent would have to prevail but that they should be taken into account prior to taking any steps. Again, to provide comfort to those who feel it might be necessary to take urgent action, there is an exception by the inclusion in the amendment of the wording "save where such steps are urgent, the court shall give such directions...

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (31 Mar 2010)

Alex White: ...(1)(a) to the care of the Health Service Executive includes special care provided under Part IVA (as amended by the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2010).".". Now that this amendment has been moved, I feel secure in the knowledge it has not been ruled out of order. At the significant risk of cutting off my nose to spite my face, I must say I find it difficult to understand how other amendments...

Seanad: Report of Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children: Statements (24 Feb 2010)

Alex White: ...should unpick the provisions on education or include a right to secondary education. Several colleagues even argued for the inclusion of a right to third level education. However, members did not feel the terms of reference of the committee extended that far and I believe we reached the correct conclusion. The Bill published in 2007 delineated to a considerable extent the work of the...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2009)

Alex White: ...slag off, are actually the people on whom we depend, with their leadership skills and qualities, in order to make progress on these issues. People can criticise them all they want if it makes them feel better, whether in the House or anywhere else, but, to paraphrase Fergus Finlay's quote about the Northern Ireland peace process, talks are not worth a penny candle unless the people who...

Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)

Alex White: ...or we do not. One party cannot state that everyone must agree on its terms because that is not agreement, it is a recipe for disaster and of course people will leave the negotiating table if they feel trust has broken down. I do not know how the Government will persuade the trade union movement to come back into talks. I do not know whether it thinks it should do so or is interested in...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Alex White: ...set aside our serious and genuine objections to what the Minister is proposing. Like other Senators, I recognise the Minister's good faith about the way he has approached this matter. I sometimes feel uncomfortable making that point in respect of Government Ministers. I assume good faith on the part of members of the Government, whereas other Senators often use half of the time available...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Alex White: ...was the Commission on Taxation tasked with setting out the various options in this regard if its findings were to be jettisoned? I am not saying that anybody in the Labour Party or elsewhere would feel particularly comfortable standing up and advocating tax increases. Nobody likes to do that, but it is part of the picture and we have to deal with the balance between cuts and taxation...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Alex White: ...jury service would not be the most welcome thing in the world, to put it mildly. It sounds as though I am diminishing the point, although I do not wish to. I am sure there is nobody who would feel particularly good if he or she were being impanelled on a jury to deal with one of these trials. I accept that and I agree that people would be concerned. However, we should not underestimate...

Seanad: Enforcement of Court Orders (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Jul 2009)

Alex White: ...exposed when their cases are heard before the courts. I welcome the important development in this legislation, whereby the right to legal aid is clarified. I do not know why Senator Walsh always feels tempted to start a discussion on tribunals. I do not think many of those who have appeared before the tribunals have availed of legal aid. The Senator always takes a cut at the Bar when he...