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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)

Alex White: From anybody at all? Pull the other one.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2007)

Alex White: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2007)

Alex White: On a point of order, will we all be permitted to have supplementary questions when the Deputy Leader is responding to the Order of Business? This has happened three or four times in the last few minutes and it is not fair to other Members. I would like to come back in with supplementary questions as well.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2007)

Alex White: I agree with Senator Fitzgerald that Senators should examine how the House does its business. If the other House holds a debate on its role, the Seanad should certainly have such a debate on how it orders its business and addresses issues of concern. I also agree with the Senator's views on a point I raised in the House yesterday regarding public and political accountability. The meeting we...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)

Alex White: Everybody other than the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)

Alex White: I support Senator Fitzgerald's call for a debate on cancer services. Political accountability is a fundamental part of this discussion and Senator O'Toole touched on this, the notion that politics should be taken out of politics, in other words, that difficult issues should be taken out of politics. While the Taoiseach is bemused that people wish to politicise the issue, the question of...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Nov 2007)

Alex White: I strongly agree with what Senator Norris said and indicate to this House that my party, having raised the matter in the other one yesterday, will not flinch or pull back from raising it again. It will seek the maximum level of rights under our Constitution for gay people in this State. What Senator Norris said was absolutely right and he was, as always, eloquent and to the point. This is...

Seanad: Witness Protection Programme Bill 2007: Second Stage (31 Oct 2007)

Alex White: I thank the Minister of State and colleagues for their contributions, including those who said it was a meritorious Bill but could not find their way to vote for it. That is one of the curious experiences one has as a newly elected Member. It is a pity that when one sees merit in something, one cannot find it possible to vote for it. I do not make that as a personalised remark to anybody...

Seanad: Witness Protection Programme Bill 2007: Second Stage (31 Oct 2007)

Alex White: Nor is that the point the Senator made, as he well knows. He can check it himself.

Seanad: Witness Protection Programme Bill 2007: Second Stage (31 Oct 2007)

Alex White: I do not agree with what Senator Harris said. While I understand all the slanging about the Law Library, every day prosecutions are secured in our courts. The protection of the principles of innocence until proven guilty, about which we all know, and proof beyond a reasonable doubt by the prosecution is not an obstacle to the fight against crime. Prosecutions will continue to be secured....

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (31 Oct 2007)

Alex White: On behalf of the Labour Party, it is a sad honour to pay tribute to my late colleague, Joe Sherlock, a former Member of both Houses of the Oireachtas. As previous speakers said, Joe served for many years in public life and he gave strong public service throughout his career. He was a deeply principled man who was truly dedicated to the people of Mallow and east Cork. Like many of his...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (31 Oct 2007)

Alex White: Senator Norris will be pleased to know that I secured some 165 votes in the election. By the time he retired, Joe had accumulated 40 years of unbroken service in elected office. This is a significant achievement in anybody's book. He contested a Dáil election for the first time in 1973 and continued to challenge for a seat until he was successful in 1981. As the Leader said, he was...

Seanad: Witness Protection Programme Bill 2007: Second Stage (31 Oct 2007)

Alex White: It is important to reinforce the Bill's proposals. A witness protection programme exists in the State but the Bill proposes it be established on a statutory basis. It would allow the Houses of the Oireachtas and the community to participate in understanding what the programme should entail and putting it into law. It would also allow the programme's operation to have the wider confidence...

Seanad: Witness Protection Programme Bill 2007: Second Stage (31 Oct 2007)

Alex White: If Senator Walsh allows me to develop my point, it is possible he might agree with me. An important issue such as crime, where people's lives are at stake, may be most amenable to parties on both sides of the House working together.

Seanad: Witness Protection Programme Bill 2007: Second Stage (31 Oct 2007)

Alex White: I note the Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Seán Power, is smiling. It is an issue on which all parties could work together to ensure the cycle of violence in our community is addressed. This is the spirit in which the Bill has been proposed and the basis on which we ask the Government side of the House to support it. I doubt the Bill, as...

Seanad: Burma: Motion (11 Oct 2007)

Alex White: This morning, The Independent of London reported the following voice from Burma: There were about 400 of us in one room. No toilets, no buckets, no water for washing. No beds, no blankets, no soap. Nothing ... The room was too small for everyone to lie down at once. We took it in turns to sleep. Every night at 8 o'clock we were given a small bowl of rice and a cup of water. But after a...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Alex White: That is very convenient.

Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (11 Oct 2007)

Alex White: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, to delete lines 23 and 24 and substitute the following: "(3) The collective citation "the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2007" includes Part 3.". This is essentially a technical amendment. I still have a concern with the collective citation of "the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2007". As I understand it, the Water Services Act 2007 has already created a...

Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (11 Oct 2007)

Alex White: I am grateful to the Minister of State for accepting the amendment.

Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (11 Oct 2007)

Alex White: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: "(4) This Act (other than section 7) shall come into operation on the first making of regulations under section 42A of the Principal Act inserted by section 7.". I wish to repeat the concern I raised on the last occasion. This amendment deals not so much with a technical issue as with a matter of some...