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

Alex White: Nobody argues with what the Minister of State describes as "the compelling rationale" for the legislation. We on this side of the House understand and support it. The Minister of State has not, however, dealt with the possibility of a limbo situation arising. The only reassurance he offers the House is that he thinks it unlikely that authors would seek to exercise a right in the...

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

Alex White: I move amendmentNo. 3: In page 6, line 34, after "establishment" to insert the following: ", subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the Minister,".

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

Alex White: We dealt with educational establishments on Committee Stage when the Minister of State correctly pointed out that there is a definition of educational establishments in the principal Act. There is, however, a basis for considering this amendment. The purpose is to limit the blanket exemption for educational establishments. We suggest limiting it by giving power to the Minister to prescribe...

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

Alex White: I move amendmentNo. 4: In page 7, line 19, before "of" where it firstly occurs, to insert the following: ", subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the Minister,".

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

Alex White: This is the same as amendment No. 3. In deference to Senator Callely's existential concerns about how we do business here, we have already dealt with the substance of the amendment and I will not press it.

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

Alex White: I also thank the Minister for his attention to the contributions made in this House in respect of this Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Alex White: I felt like I was sitting in the middle of an orchestra pit for a few moments, with all of the sounds to be heard. While I support my colleagues' call for a debate on victim impact statements, the judge in question has performed an important service for the community in making his remarks for which he has been criticised and for the context in which they were made but the legal profession,...

Seanad: Access to Education: Motion (10 Oct 2007)

Alex White: Why can we not have Adamstowns in the north, south, east and west? That is the difficulty. South Dublin County Council is a very progressive body, but that level of input does not seem to be replicated in other parts of the country. The Minister's notes state she is anxious that more local authorities use certain conditions to ensure new schools are in a position to be ahead of or in line...

Seanad: Access to Education: Motion (10 Oct 2007)

Alex White: I thank my colleagues of all parties for their contributions to this debate. I also thank the Minister for her close attention to the points made in the course of the discussion. Senator Keaveney made the point, which was reflected by the Minister, that there were concerns about figures obtained from baptismal records. Senator Keaveney seemed to suggest that because there were difficulties...

Seanad: Access to Education: Motion (10 Oct 2007)

Alex White: ——and not to abandon the idea of utilising demographic information. Senator Ormonde seemed to think there was no problem with the extent of public debate on these issues. I know Adamstown. I am a former member of South Dublin County Council, as is the Senator. If that level of planning is good enough for Adamstown it is good enough for the rest of the country.

Seanad: Access to Education: Motion (10 Oct 2007)

Alex White: The problem is not that Adamstown is not a great beacon, which clearly it is, but why we do not have more Adamstowns.

Seanad: Access to Education: Motion (10 Oct 2007)

Alex White: I move: That Seanad Éireann, affirming the principle that no child should be denied access to education on the grounds of religion or race, notes with deep concern the crisis which occurred this September in the provision of primary school places; further notes that this crisis, which has had profoundly unacceptable consequences, arises from: the haphazard manner in which new school sites...

Seanad: Access to Education: Motion (10 Oct 2007)

Alex White: Did the Senator go to Fingal?

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Alex White: Senator Boyle should reintroduce the legislation in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Alex White: The Minister for Finance has recently published a report by the decentralisation implementation group. Will the deputy leader request the Minister to attend the House for a debate on that report? Despite all the spin used to soft-soap the issue, the report shows that progress has been lamentably slow concerning the Government's so-called decentralisation programme. The report also shows...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Alex White: That is the fault of the Senator's party.

Seanad: Coroners Bill 2007: Second Stage (4 Oct 2007)

Alex White: I welcome the Minister to the House and I welcome this Bill on behalf of the Labour Party. I am relatively new to this issue although many of us will have personal experience of the coroner service, as I have over the years on sad occasions. I have also professionally represented families before coroners. I am dealing with this issue in the round for the first time and I commend the...

Seanad: Coroners Bill 2007: Second Stage (4 Oct 2007)

Alex White: Is it really proposed to take Committee Stage of this Bill so soon?

Seanad: Coroners Bill 2007: Second Stage (4 Oct 2007)

Alex White: I understand.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Alex White: We will invite the Leader to our meeting later on.