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Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: The Minister will have plenty of time to respond. A speaker opposite had an anxiety attack earlier when people interrupted him, so I might be given my two minutes.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: Without spin, I ask for a precise explanation of what happened and who was involved. Who approached whom?

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: I am sure he can remember very well.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: I ask for clarity on the matter. The Minister might then answer the bigger question of what happened between July and last Monday. What happened over the past six weeks? Do Senators MacSharry and Hanafin really believe their claims that we live in a cocoon of virtue or that the problems are arising in the United States? If they repeat their claims often enough maybe they will believe them....

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: I ask to be allowed to speak for a further 20 seconds to make up for the Minister's interruption. The Minister of State stated that the Bill carries no significant risks. Manifestly, however, risks will arise because we do not have a continuing guarantee to the banks. The decision has been made to extend this guarantee, so it is out of the ordinary. Presumably the Minister weighed the...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: There is not a bank big enough.

Seanad: European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: Like my colleagues I have no difficulty with the substance of the proposal but I am reflecting on what Senator Regan said. Whereas I share his frustration in respect of this matter being tabled while such a range of other matters are not, I would come to a different conclusion. As we reflect on some of the issues that are still live in respect of what was contained in the proposed Lisbon...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2008)

Alex White: It is misleading for anybody to give the impression that the package proposed in the legislation currently before the Dáil does not come at a cost to the State and the Exchequer. The extent to which that was suggested, implied or, I believe, stated by the Taoiseach yesterday was that no money is changing hands. On the face of it, that is true, but it is only half or a very small part of...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2008)

Alex White: I support Senator Fitzgerald's call for a question and answer session with the relevant Minister on the proposal or decision brought forward by the Government. With regard to the bail-out as described, it is not entirely clear whether we have a decision or a proposal. We were told this morning the justification for the decision is to avert a catastrophe, and the word "catastrophe" was used...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Alex White: Senator Bacik is seeking an explanation.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Alex White: On a point of order, in order that we can all sing from the same hymn sheet, to what provision in the Bill does the Minister of State refer?

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Alex White: If it is not, is there to be any order in this debate? I am on my feet. The Senator raised an issue——

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Alex White: ——and the Minister of State answered a different one and he does not even know which question he is answering.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Jul 2008)

Alex White: Is there a list of Report Stage amendments?

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Jul 2008)

Alex White: I apologise. I did not realise the list was issued.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Jul 2008)

Alex White: I propose that the amendment be recommitted.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Jul 2008)

Alex White: It is the same amendment.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Jul 2008)

Alex White: I have a point of order.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Jul 2008)

Alex White: It is on the printed list of amendments and on that basis, the matter can be discussed. It should not detain the House.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Jul 2008)

Alex White: I will put down a motion to recommit the amendment.