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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2010)

Alex White: On a point of order, what briefing documents from the Leader's office are being referred to? What are they? I have never heard of them.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2010)

Alex White: Does the Leader write all the briefing notes himself?

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2010)

Alex White: It does to some extent.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2010)

Alex White: I am happy to allow Senator Norris to make a Bloomsday entrance into the Chamber.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2010)

Alex White: Absolutely. I agree with my colleagues on what occurred yesterday. Senator Fitzgerald captured the essential emotion of the occasion. It was a deeply, searingly emotional event for the people directly involved, the people of the city of Derry, the wider population of Northern Ireland, this country and the United Kingdom. It was an event of truly momentous importance, not just for what...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2010)

Alex White: I welcome the publication last week of the two reports into the banking system. We will have the opportunity to debate them later but there is so much to discuss and so much material in these reports, it will not be possible for us to deal with them in one debate and it will be an issue to which we will have to return in the coming days, weeks and months. There is much talk in the Houses...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2010)

Alex White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jun 2010)

Alex White: There is an emerging crisis in the funding of higher education. Given its seriuosness, I ask the Deputy Leader to arrange a debate on the matter urgently. I ask him to explain, if he can - I do not see how he can - how it is possible to reconcile very deep cuts in the funding of the third level sector which have now been signalled to take place this autumn and the constant refrain about...

Seanad: Whistleblowing in the Financial Sector: Statements (2 Jun 2010)

Alex White: One of the most frustrating things about these debates on transparency and the need for new legislation and measures to deal with whistleblowing and related matters is the extent to which people give the impression that there has only been a recent discovery or realisation of the necessity for such measures. Senator Ross referred to this. Senator Boyle hopes there will not be another...

Seanad: Whistleblowing in the Financial Sector: Statements (2 Jun 2010)

Alex White: Senator Boyle, rightly, said legislation was an important element of what required to be done and he hoped it would be done quickly. When will the Minister bring forward these proposals? It is not good enough to say it will happen in the autumn, although I know that anti-corruption legislation is planned. We have heard an impressive survey of the problems and obstacles associated with...

Seanad: Whistleblowing in the Financial Sector: Statements (2 Jun 2010)

Alex White: I wish to share time with Senator Hannigan.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

Alex White: Would the Cathaoirleach please clarify for the record whether the Committee on Members' Interests has any role in relation to this matter? As my colleagues have said, it is a matter of serious urgent concern.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

Alex White: My understanding is that the committee can raise matters of its own volition. Therefore, this is a matter it could consider.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

Alex White: As a member of the committee, I believe it should, in fact, address this issue urgently.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

Alex White: I agree. It is an urgent matter. A meeting of the committee should be arranged at the earliest possible date in order that it may be addressed in that forum. On the debate which the Leader has arranged for tomorrow evening, I welcome the fact that we are to have a debate on the situation in Gaza. All reasonable persons would agree that what occurred yesterday morning was most shocking and...

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

Alex White: I also express my sympathy and that of my colleagues in the Labour Party to the family of the late Senator Kieran Phelan on his untimely and 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...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 May 2010)

Alex White: It is true that the accountability issue has been raised again in sharp relief in the context of the matter raised by Senator Fitzgerald and the investigations into the deaths of children in care. Given how often we are told that there is such a large amount of public resources devoted to the health services administered by the HSE, the blockage between those of us elected to these Houses...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 May 2010)

Alex White: Members and, judging by what he has stated, the Minister of State cannot establish basic information without there being a competition between us and the HSE about legal advice. It is incredible that any democratic country is unable to have a proper debate or to establish information directly in the Houses. The HSE might have the best will in the world, but the manner in which it is...

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (20 May 2010)

Alex White: I am quaking in my boots.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (20 May 2010)

Alex White: It is not an embarrassment in the least. I dealt with that last week and I will deal with it again shortly.