Results 8,421-8,440 of 9,393 for speaker:Alex White
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Alex White: On a point of information-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Alex White: Will the Deputy Leader take a point of information?
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Alex White: Of course, there is.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Alex White: Of course, there is.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Alex White: What about consistency with Fianna Fáil before the general election?
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Alex White: Did the Green Party have differences with Fianna Fáil before the general election?
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Alex White: Did the Green Party have differences with Fianna Fáil before the general election?
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Alex White: There is no agreement between Fine Gael and the Labour Party. There is no Fine Gael-Labour Party position.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Alex White: The Deputy Leader should write it down.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Alex White: The Deputy Leader should write it down.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Alex White: On a point of order, I accept what the Cathaoirleach said about respecting the Leader and the Deputy Leader. However, if the Deputy Leader uses this opportunity to direct political charges across the Chamber which cannot be answered, it places Members of the Opposition in a very difficult situation. It is one thing to respond-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Alex White: This is an issue of order.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Alex White: It is an issue of order. The point of order is that if the Deputy Leader, in response to the Order of Business, makes direct political charges across the floor, not even through the Cathaoirleach, it is unreasonable in any parliament that they cannot be answered.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Alex White: Then the Deputy Leader should be accurate in what he says.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Alex White: If the Government wishes to take some crumbs of comfort from the IMF report regarding the perceived praise of the measures the Government is taking to address the economic crisis, it cannot in logic avoid dealing with the devastating critique of its actions and inactions during the period from 2002 to 2007 in particular. Senator Boyle's party can avoid that in logic and in fairness to it...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Alex White: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Alex White: Nostradamus himself.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)
Alex White: I support Senator Fitzgerald's call for a debate on frontline services. I agree with what she said about Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin. There is an urgent need for a debate on the services that are provided in the wards of this city's most important children's hospital. I hope Senator Fitzgerald will allow me to second the amendment she has proposed to today's Order of...
- Seanad: Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009: Second Stage (18 Jun 2009)
Alex White: While it is perfectly reasonable for us to comment on the wider context of this Bill, including the Government's proposal on NAMA and the background to the development of this crisis, we must remind ourselves that this Bill deals with just one discrete element of what is described by the Government as a strategy for dealing with this crisis. While one could query whether the Government's...
- Seanad: Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009: Second Stage (18 Jun 2009)
Alex White: Some of the Minister of State's colleagues claimed it.