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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion with Irish League of Credit Unions (19 Sep 2012)

Alex White: Although I indicated their names at the outset, Mr. Brennan can introduce them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion with Irish League of Credit Unions (19 Sep 2012)

Alex White: We will come back to this point during the questions. Mr. Brennan may proceed.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2012)

Alex White: I am very happy to support the Government amendment expressing confidence in the Minister for Health. When one listens to this debate as I have done, like others, for the past hour one tries to work out the basis for the motion because if people-----

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2012)

Alex White: -----from the Fianna Fáil Party or anywhere else came in here and had objections or criticisms on policy grounds of what the Minister was doing I would take them seriously. I would have taken Deputy Kelleher seriously. I would have even taken Deputy Dooley seriously-----

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2012)

Alex White: -----if he had come in here and set out the basis upon which, on policy grounds, he had objections to what the Minister for Health and the Government are doing. That has not occurred, not once. The basis for the Fianna Fáil motion of no confidence in the Minister for Health, as far as I can define it, reduces itself to three objections.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2012)

Alex White: One is in regard to the savings announcements that were made last week or the week before that Deputy Kelleher complains about, justifiably in some respects. It is not clear from him whether he has a difficulty with the announcements themselves or with the fact that it was clarified afterwards that some of those matters were not going ahead. He cannot make up his mind which it is but he...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2012)

Alex White: This Government is keeping faith in terms of what was said in the general election. This Government will bring about reform in the health service with no thanks and no support, which we understand and expect, from those on the opposite side. I support the Government amendment.

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Alex White: I am pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate on the Personal Insolvency Bill 2012. As Deputy Hannigan noted, it is complex legislation and is a vital element of the response of the Government and the Oireachtas to the broader issue of debt and debt resolution faced by so many people and which is faced at a macro level by the economy. As Deputy Hannigan suggested, it...

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Jul 2012)

Alex White: I commend Deputy Pearse Doherty and his Sinn Féin colleagues on giving us an opportunity to debate this difficult and complex issue. The Deputy has done us a service in this regard. When I listened to the examples given by Deputies Lyons, Mitchell O'Connor and others, it struck me that moneylending is an ever-present phenomenon across the country. I do not think it is entirely confined to...

Constitutional Convention: Motion (10 Jul 2012)

Alex White: We can discuss that.

Constitutional Convention: Motion (10 Jul 2012)

Alex White: I welcome this motion tabled by the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste. The Taoiseach said in his contribution that the convention would be innovative, independent and influential. On the basis of what has been set out and on what he has said, it will be each of those things. Certainly, the proposed composition for the convention is innovative. It involves for the first time, uniquely, a direct...

Constitutional Convention: Motion (10 Jul 2012)

Alex White: There will be 66 people in it. They will be included.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Jul 2012)

Alex White: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the recent controversy regarding tax compliance by persons in receipt of two pensions, if he will consider reviewing section 17 (4)(b) of the Finance Act 2003 with a view to enabling Revenue to extend the period of review from its current four years to a longer period, allowing greater reconciliation of liabilities; and if he will make...

National Cultural Institutions: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2012)

Alex White: This is a time of enormous flux and uncertainty for the country and its citizens but certain constants remain, among which are our cultural, literary and artistic heritage. The ongoing debate about national identity and sovereignty that continued today with the publication of the Van Rompuy pre-summit report - I am speaking in the right debate - has profound importance for the country but,...

Statute Law Revision Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (21 Jun 2012)

Alex White: I welcome the publication of this Bill, which is the third in a series of initiatives that have been taken in respect of statutory revision. Statutes are not proposed for repeal on the basis alone that they are old or on the basis alone that they are British. They are proposed for repeal because a judgment has been formed that they have become spent, obsolete or otherwise unnecessary. As I...

Statute Law Revision Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (21 Jun 2012)

Alex White: Indeed.

European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Jun 2012)

Alex White: The normal parliamentary niceties do not usually extend to colleagues commenting on the progress of the debate and how long people have spoken for. Nevertheless, it is somewhat striking, if not nauseating, to recall that on the Order of Business this morning there were several war dances on the other side of the Chamber because of the amount of time afforded to the debate, because it was not...

European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Jun 2012)

Alex White: Deputy O'Brien does not have any idea what is taking place and his party has rendered irrelevant by its actions in the past four weeks-----

European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Jun 2012)

Alex White: -----in circumstances in which it is no longer - if it ever was - willing to engage in honest debate with other parliamentarians. It crossed a line in recent weeks and that will not be forgotten by many people. If it wants to engage in politics in an honest manner, it will have to stop telling lies, which it appears fundamentally incapable of doing.

European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Jun 2012)

Alex White: We listen to lectures from the Opposition benches all the time and normally we do not interrupt. I do not mind being interrupted if it is done to raise an issue to which I could respond. What is the alternative to making funding available under the European Stability Mechanism? Deputy Boyd Barrett is clear that his approach would be to default, refuse to pay and walk away. We know what...