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Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)

Alex White: Fianna Fáil has made an art form out of it.

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

Alex White: I welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate on the plan published by the Government this afternoon. This plan is in many ways the bill for economic failure. Regrettably, it is a bill that must 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...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Alex White: That is false.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Alex White: She just did.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Alex White: We have a caretaker Government, a significant portion of which has essentially handed in its notice and is operating on the basis that the Dáil and Seanad will be dissolved early in the new year, although how early is not clear. We know the Finance Bill was enacted on 3 April this year. Does the Leader or the Deputy Leader have any view on what was meant by the reference to financial...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Alex White: He is not there yet.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Alex White: Disaster.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2010)

Alex White: The 1911 census was published.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2010)

Alex White: No, the 1911 census was published within 100 years.

Seanad: Value-Added Tax Consolidation Bill 2010: Report Stage (18 Nov 2010)

Alex White: For the purpose of clarity, did the Seanad take Second Stage of the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Bill 2010 and, if so, when did the debate take place?

Seanad: Value-Added Tax Consolidation Bill 2010: Report Stage (18 Nov 2010)

Alex White: I note the motion.

Seanad: Value-Added Tax Consolidation Bill 2010: Report Stage (18 Nov 2010)

Alex White: Was the Bill ever received for Second Stage debate?

Seanad: Value-Added Tax Consolidation Bill 2010: Report Stage (18 Nov 2010)

Alex White: Is it not necessary to hold Second Stage debates on legislation?

Seanad: Value-Added Tax Consolidation Bill 2010: Report Stage (18 Nov 2010)

Alex White: When was that decided?

Seanad: Value-Added Tax Consolidation Bill 2010: Fifth Stage. (18 Nov 2010)

Alex White: There is consensus on the importance and value of the work done in the preparation of this consolidation Bill. The extent to which legislation is codified, consolidated and made easier to understand and access is welcome. The officials involved in this very arduous work are to be congratulated on the legislation they have produced and which we will be happy to pass. I asked earlier about...

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 2010: Motion (17 Nov 2010)

Alex White: I listened to the debate with some interest. Some of the points made were not without significance, especially one or two points made by Senator Boyle to which I will return. I was most struck by what Senator Quinn said. I understood him to say, essentially, that this debate, unfortunately, can be reduced to the proposition - these are not his words, I am paraphrasing what he said - that...

Seanad: Death of Member: Expressions of Sympathy (17 Nov 2010)

Alex White: On behalf of the Labour Party, I extend my sympathy to the family of the late Senator Kieran Phelan, as well as to the Fianna Fáil Party, the Leader and the Cathaoirleach on the loss of a close friend and associate. This is not a partisan occasion and I am saddened but privileged to have an opportunity to honour a true colleague with whom I worked for several years in the Seanad. We are...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)

Alex White: As was said this morning, there are not words we can think of to describe the horrors that occurred yesterday in Limerick and Cork other than to say, for what it is worth, that we communicate and pass on our condolences to the families of those people who have been affected by these dreadful tragedies. I agree with what my colleagues suggested in what they said and I reiterate my party's...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2010)

Alex White: I see our economy and our borrowing requirements are once again the lead story in the Financial Times today. It is worth noting, in view of what the Taoiseach said yesterday, that it is not the Opposition spokespersons or anyone else who are putting the country on the front page of the Financial Times. That newspaper is simply reporting the facts and the true position which, unfortunately,...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2010)

Alex White: Perhaps the debate could be organised after the budget. It is something that would wait a few weeks. This summer, I went to the valley of the Somme and visited the grave of a granduncle of mine who was killed in the First World War. I am sure many people in this Chamber have a similar knowledge of people who were killed in that battle. We are reminded of it today more than any other day....