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

Alex White: Of course, the Minister does not know that; he just cannot say.

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

Alex White: I am reading plenty of things. Of course the Minister does not know definitively-----

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

Alex White: -----any more than I do. That is precisely the point I am making.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Alex White: That is the figure for the unemployed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Alex White: I assure Senator O'Toole that there are many in the legal profession who are just as appalled, shocked and amazed as he is at the story he related and the level of fees marked in the case mentioned. As the decision is being appealled, we cannot debate the matter in too much detail. However, the Senator's amazement is shared across the legal profession. It would be a mistake for anyone to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Alex White: I have no difficulty in having a debate on the PIAB. I respectfully disagree with Senator O'Toole on his point about the attempt made to exclude the possibility of people receiving the advice and assistance of lawyers in a personal injuries action. That was always wrong and the decision of the Supreme Court was correct, but that issue is separate from that of the level of fees claimed which...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Alex White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Alex White: The Green Party is a 2% margin of error.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)

Alex White: They had to give them something.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2010)

Alex White: When the House returns in the autumn after the summer recess - that is, if there is the same configuration in these Houses as there is at present and according to who is in Government - there will be a short period of three months or perhaps less, before the budget. We had many phoney debates in the House last year about the budget and about the proposals for cuts. The debate became quite...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2010)

Alex White: Has Senator Boyle read the document?

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2010)

Alex White: Has Senator Boyle read the document?

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2010)

Alex White: No problem.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2010)

Alex White: They should wobble to the left a little.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2010)

Alex White: Very sad.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2010)

Alex White: On the legislation dealing with the election of the Dublin mayor, I remind the House that there are only three sitting weeks remaining in the Dáil and I understand this House. Perhaps there will be another week-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2010)

Alex White: I am grateful that the Leader has confirmed that the House will sit for an extra week. I presume that the Bill will go before the Dáil first, if it is to appear before the summer. That leaves a period of only two weeks during which it can appear before the Dáil because I do not believe it is on the Dáil Order Paper to be taken this week. Is there any possibility that it will appear...

Seanad: Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Jun 2010)

Alex White: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, line 7, to delete "Section" and substitute the following: "In respect of the election due to be held in 2010 only, section". Ba mhaith liom an méid atá le rá ag an Aire a chloisteáil sula socróidh mé an gcuirfidh mé an leasú seo don vótáil.

Seanad: Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Jun 2010)

Alex White: Is prionsabal an-tábhachtach é go mbeidh na toghcháin ann. Mar a dúirt an Seanadóir Doherty, caithfidh an tAire cúis a thabhairt don Seanad, ní gá dúinn argóint a chur os comhair an Tí. Tá an Rialtas ag teacht isteach anseo le rá nach mbeidh toghchán ann. That is extremely serious; the Government comes into Parliament to propose that elections not be held. Sin toghchán a...

Seanad: Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Jun 2010)

Alex White: Glacaim leis sin ach is féidir go fóill go mbeidh an plean ag an Rialtas. Bhí vóta againn ar an Dára Céim agus anois is léir nach mbeidh toghchán i mí Dheireadh Fómhair. De réir an leasaithe atá curtha síos ag Páirtí an Lucht Oibre, ní tharlóidh seo arís. Mar a dúirt an Seanadóir Doherty, ní dhéanfaidh sin aon dochar. Is féidir a rá nach ndéanfaidh sé aon...