Results 9,161-9,180 of 9,393 for speaker:Alex White
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)
Alex White: I also read The Economist, as do most of the contributors to this debate. It is interesting to reflect on the rather stark example given by Senator Mary White of the contrast between 1997 and 2007. However, I would not take the measure of success of The Economist as being the only such measure for an economy or society. It is interesting and important but it is not the sole measure. We...
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)
Alex White: It is true major developments have occurred over the past decade and we all rejoice in the economic success of the country and participated in it. Various Members have come at this debate from various perspectives. The Minister of State, whom I welcome to the House, approaches it having a strong background in business as do Senators Quinn and Mary White. As we are ticking the boxes on where...
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)
Alex White: Keep the jobs.
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)
Alex White: Will the Government move forward the process?
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)
Alex White: Initially, the Government has the obligation.
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)
Alex White: The Opposition parties are up for it as well.
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)
Alex White: The Government should come forward with proposals and we willââ
- Seanad: European Union Reform Treaty: Statements (12 Dec 2007)
Alex White: I hope the Supreme Court agrees in due course.
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)
Alex White: No, that is the Leader of the House.
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (12 Dec 2007)
Alex White: The Senator says that to all the guys.
- Seanad: European Union Reform Treaty: Statements (12 Dec 2007)
Alex White: I welcome the Minister of State to the House to kick off this debate on the Reform Treaty or Lisbon treaty. I saw Manuel Barroso interviewed on television last night and he called it the "Lisbon" treaty, perhaps for national reasons. We shall see what it ends up being called. There is no question that our experience of EU membership has been of major benefit to the country. Perhaps this...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)
Alex White: I do not wish to interrupt but could I correct the Leader on a factual matter?
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)
Alex White: May I raise a point of order?
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)
Alex White: The improvements on the M50 will not be finished by next year. Only one section of it will be finished.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)
Alex White: I originally asked if I could correct a factual point.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)
Alex White: It is Freudian.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)
Alex White: I note the Taoiseach referred briefly to Seanad reform in the other House yesterday. Does the Leader agree that he effectively dismissed taking any steps beyond perhaps introducing legislation to deal with the outcome of the 1979 referendum? This is a disappointingly modest approach. The House spent half of a day debating Seanad reform recently and will, I understand, return to the issue...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)
Alex White: What about electoral abuses?
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)
Alex White: Housing is a greater issue than welfare. It is a structural issue, which the Senator used to appreciate before he went to the other side of the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)
Alex White: The Senator knows it is a considerable structural issue.