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

Alex White: I second the amendment.

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

Alex White: I move amendment No. 53: In page 66, to delete lines 20 to 26 and substitute the following: "22.—Section 45 (as amended by the Act of 2004) of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following section for section 45— "45.—(1)(a) Where a child leaves the care of the Health Service Executive, the Executive shall, in accordance with subsection (2), assist him or her for so long as...

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

Alex White: Without being unnecessarily critical, that is essentially what the Minister of State said on Committee Stage. I do not doubt his commitment to this and entirely accept his bona fides, but the wheels of change move very slowly. The Minister of State will certainly have the support of my party for anything he can bring forward in this regard. I do not regard this as a matter of controversy...

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: Order of Business. (5 May 2010)

Alex White: Senator Boyle is deluding himself.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2010)

Alex White: It has €1.3 billion worth of implications.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2010)

Alex White: They should stick to insurance.

Seanad: Ministerial Pensions: Motion (5 May 2010)

Alex White: I will start with a question to the Minister of State relating to the summary he gave of the Attorney General's legal advice. The Attorney General said pensions were earned but deferred income, to which the person concerned had a property right. I cannot disagree with this; it defines what is a pension. Therefore, there was a constitutional impediment to removing pensions, particularly...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2010)

Alex White: Yesterday there was a report on third level education which gave information that might have been obtained under freedom of information legislation. I ask the Leader to arrange a debate as soon as possible on the important question of funding third level education. Apparently, the Higher Education Authority is of the view that there will be a requirement for more than €4 billion - a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Alex White: There is a very attractive map in today's newspapers which shows how the new Dublin Bus network will look if the changes proposed by the company are implemented. I welcome the fact the company has addressed something as basic as bus routes across our capital city. It is based on the old tram system and many numbers on the buses hark back to an earlier age. Can we have a debate on public...

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Alex White: I listened carefully to the speakers opposite, including the Minister of State, who started their speeches by telling us how they were satisfied or pleased that matters were starting to turn around and the position was changing. The phrase from the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, in the budget was that we were "turning the corner". All these phrases were used. I sat back as I...

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Alex White: I want to respond to some of the Minister of State's comments. It is almost laughable for him to come to this House speaking about the "honest and full disclosure by the Government and its agencies of the appalling mess within our banks". I cannot believe the term "honest and full disclosure by the Government". I did not know whether to laugh or cry when I heard him saying that. What...

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Alex White: The Senators on the other side are obviously so clueless-----

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Alex White: -----they cannot even pay attention to what is actually being said. That is a problem Senator Butler has from time to time. He thinks he hears statements he did not actually hear.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Alex White: No such statement was made.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Alex White: In so far as Senator Butler is paying attention to this, Bank of Ireland is likely to be the only NAMA bank that will not be in majority State ownership. There is significant State involvement in all of this and the notion that we have acted correctly is a sham. It is an attempt to create spin on the part of the Minister, which is unacceptable. On that note, I was here for the Minister of...

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Alex White: He was not discussing the ethics of Irish Nationwide, Anglo Irish Bank, the absent regulation or the failure and culpability of Government policy, a Government of which he is a member, during the past ten or 12 years. He was not discussing the ruination of the economy. He was making a snide and nauseating attack on a Member of this House-----

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Alex White: -----who holds shares in one of the international banks towards which the Minister of State wants to deflect our concern. I accept that what has occurred in Goldman Sachs has been despicable, but are persons who hold shares in the Irish banks that have been party to ruining our economy now to be the subjects of criticism by the Minister of State, whether they are sitting in front of him or...

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Alex White: -----and unworthy attack by the Minister of State. I am not sure what it was motivated by, but it was not motivated by any serious attempt to address the issues in this debate.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Alex White: The State investment bank.