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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2008)

Alex White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2008)

Alex White: Where is it?

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2008)

Alex White: How did Senator Butler get on with the motion? Was it passed?

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2008)

Alex White: Is that a point of order?

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2008)

Alex White: Somebody has been doing a little work on the figures.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2008)

Alex White: Picking up on the frustrations expressed by my colleagues, it seems that these Houses are the last place the people should look to see what is being debated and what are the major decisions of Government. Ministers have come to this House in recent weeks on the request of Members from both sides to present the economic plans or proposals they may have. They have failed lamentably to do that...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

Alex White: I, too, wish to express my satisfaction with the resolution of our difficulties with the Order of Business on Fridays. I thank the Leader for meeting us on the issue. I concur with what has been said on the Lisbon treaty and the involvement of this House. We held a reasonably good debate on Tuesday but I note that some of my colleagues felt their contributions were curtailed towards the...

Seanad: Report of Sub-Committee on Ireland's Future in the EU: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Alex White: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate and I also welcome the Minister of State to the House. The sub-committee's report provides and interesting and timely opportunity for us to revisit the issues we have previously discussed in the House. Like others, I do not want to repeat all the arguments in which we have engaged on the various occasions we have discussed the Lisbon...

Seanad: Report of Sub-Committee on Ireland's Future in the EU: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Alex White: I can see the Senator is there. I genuinely believe that because in a sense people are predicating their political response on a fear which in most cases is not well founded. While I do not believe the question can be put to the people again in the same format, the question of our relationship with the European Union must be revisited. If it is bullying, I am sorry, but whether people like...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2008)

Alex White: I second Senator Norris's proposal that the Order of Business be amended to allow for a debate on No. 23 on the Order Paper. On the comments made in regard to the Veritas advertisement, I point out that it is only a few short months since this House debated this question in the context of the Broadcasting Bill. While I do not necessarily expect anybody on the opposite side to point that out...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2008)

Alex White: There is one upside to this; at least we will not have to listen to the Senator.

Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)

Alex White: What of PPARS and the voting machines?

Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)

Alex White: The Fianna Fáil election manifesto of 1977 was the problem. The Minister of State is rewriting history.

Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)

Alex White: Senator Boyle wants the pay freeze extended. Is he not a supporter of the Government?

Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)

Alex White: We are left with 100,000 empty houses.

Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)

Alex White: The Government blew it.

Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)

Alex White: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, to the House. In doing so, I recognise it is a pity the Minister for Finance has other commitments, which we all understand. I presume he had a commitment at 11.30 a.m., which may be the real reason we started this debate at 10.30 a.m. rather than 11.30 a.m. Perhaps if we had been told this earlier in the week by the Leader, everybody would...

Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)

Alex White: An element of honesty might be forthcoming from the Leader in future in regard to the arrangements in this House as well as a little more courtesy to the Opposition leaders and all leaders in the House. In this important debate, it is a pity the Minister for Finance, while I do not criticise him personally, has not had the opportunity to hear the contributions of all of the party leaders in...

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2008)

Alex White: The Minister of State has still not given a reason this activity is not included. If the legislation was passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas and signed by the President, and Senators Buttimer, Norris, Bacik or myself tabled a similar amendment in six months, would he support that and, if not, why not? Nothing he said suggests he would not do so. He has not given us a reason of...

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2008)

Alex White: I have doubts about this basis for legislation. If we accept the Minister of State's proposition that an existing practice is being secured and codified but we want to make a reasonable proposal to add to it, as legislators, we are entitled to know why the Government will not accept it. If there is an explanation why it cannot be or is not proper for it to be included, all these matters can...