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Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Alex White: There are some differences.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Alex White: I was not dismissive on that point. I can clarify that for the Senator if she wishes.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Alex White: The Senator mistook what I said.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Alex White: At all costs.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Alex White: Where are we to get the money?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Alex White: The Leader is pontificating now.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Alex White: The Leader is good at pontificating.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Alex White: The Leader is going back to the 1920s.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Alex White: Fianna Fáil's leader is on the way out.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Alex White: I agree with the comments made by colleagues regarding Íngrid Betancourt and the Labour Party would support anything we can do in these Houses to make our position known. To return to the issue of the budget, I hear shouts from the other side of the House to the effect that it was a great budget——

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Alex White: ——but there is complacency regarding the issues Senator Fitzgerald mentioned earlier. What should be the benchmark in terms of the budget, and is it a subject for debate in this House? How do we decide whether it is or is not a great budget? I heard people say on a radio programme this morning that there was a warm welcome for the stamp duty changes, but when I listened further it was...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Alex White: We are way down on the list.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Alex White: We are way down on the list.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Alex White: That is spin.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Alex White: We are less equal now than we were 15 years ago——

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Alex White: ——according to the OECD's figures.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (Resumed) (5 Dec 2007)

Alex White: On the basis of what the Minister has said I will withdraw my amendment. However, I may revisit it at a later stage.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (Resumed) (5 Dec 2007)

Alex White: We can return to this issue when it arises, but I am concerned on behalf of the plaintiff by Senator Norris's proposal. If the potential plaintiff — the little man or woman as described — must face multiple defendants in one action and decide who is responsible——

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (Resumed) (5 Dec 2007)

Alex White: I know, but it could be the unintended effect of what the Senator has in mind. I welcome the Government amendment and the language in the Bill. Senator O'Donovan raised the question of justification and was concerned that we would move from it to truth. The Minister was right to state that they are the same. The 1961 Act uses the word "truth" in seeking to explain what it means by...

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (Resumed) (5 Dec 2007)

Alex White: If we had continued with the term "public importance" the courts would have been adjudicating as to what constituted a matter of public importance. Controversy would have arisen with the inevitable and almost paternalistic sense as to what a court thinks is an issue of public importance. I welcome the substitution as the concept of public interest is known to us. Although it is not without...