Results 1,441-1,460 of 9,393 for speaker:Alex White
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: The Government intends to respond to the remaining reports of the Constitutional Convention in the current session.
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: Deputies on all sides of the House will have every opportunity to raise issues in that context. The legislation was published yesterday and it is intended that Second Stage will be taken in the coming weeks. There will be every opportunity to air those issues.
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: In the normal fashion, the question of whether the Dáil would have a debate on a matter is one for the Whips and can be addressed with them. The health information Bill is intended to be taken later this year.
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: No date is set as yet for the publication of the EirGrid Bill. The intention is to publish the public transport Bill this year.
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: The health reform Bill is still within the policy process and it is not possible to state when precisely it will be brought forward. It is certainly not the case that the Minister for Health or any Minister is asleep at the wheel. Very considerable action has been taken by the Minister and the HSE on that matter. For example, there has been a very considerable improvement in regard to...
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: The Deputy, who is in the House much longer than I am, knows that the question of facilitating debates is a matter for the Whips which can be dealt with in that context. The Minister for Finance is frequently available to the House and the relevant committee and I am sure that an opportunity will be taken on an early occasion by Deputy Broughan or others to raise that issue with the...
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: The broader question of energy prices generally in a liberalised environment is obviously a live issue, including a live political issue, and I have no problem debating that with the Deputy at some point in the future. I have no proposal to bring forward legislation.
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: Consultations are still ongoing with the Criminal Assets Bureau in that regard and no date is yet set to bring forward that legislation. I take the points raised by the Deputy on board.
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: I expect to bring forward the legislation on Eircode in the coming weeks. No date is set for any particular Bill on broadcasting to be brought before the House in the immediate period. I remind the Deputy that my predecessor and the programme for Government did not propose to introduce a new burden on any individual but in fact to replace the television licence fee with a new broadcasting...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: I will communicate the Deputy's insights to the Minister, Deputy James Reilly. Many of the points he raised are valid. It is not a question of the Government waking up to the importance of child care. We are very conscious of the importance of proper systems of child care and investing in the sector. Like every other sector, its ability to expand was arrested by the fact that resources...
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: As both Bills listed for today have already been brought to a conclusion, it is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) the sitting shall be suspended immediately after the Order of Business until 2 p.m. at which time Topical Issues shall be taken; and (2) the next fortnightly Friday sitting for the purposes of Standing Orders 21(1)(a) and 28(3) shall be on 6 March...
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: It will be taken on 20 March.
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: I may have inadvertently misled Deputy Thomas P. Broughan. The date he is seeking is 27 March, not 20 March.
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: That is correct. I apologise for misleading the Deputy. With regard to the changes made yesterday, I am advised that they were made at the request of the Opposition. However, a considerable volume of legislation will be introduced in the weeks and months ahead. There is a measure of agreement that we should press on with the Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015, although we...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: The Deputy has raised a number of issues. Glimpses of reasonableness come out here and there in what he said about what the Government is doing. He is acknowledging fairly that the Government is bringing forward policies in the area of apprenticeships. These are substantive and, ultimately will be, successful policies on apprenticeships. There was an increase of over 40% in...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: Members can be critical-----
- Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: -----can call for more action, can suggest more needs to be done with JobBridge and can press for more apprentices but they cannot deny the facts that are staring them in the face, which is that the Government has turned around the economy and more jobs are being created every day of the week. No Deputy on the Opposition side can deny it because they can see it in their constituencies. Of...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: I thank Deputy Tom Fleming for raising this important issue. The Government will invest €260 million in child care this year, supporting child care provision for more than 100,000 children in the State. Despite budgetary pressures, the Government was determined to protect the early childhood care and education programme so that children continue to have access to this vital...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: The Minister for Justice and Equality has dealt very carefully and very well with this issue-----
- Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2015)
Alex White: -----particularly with regard to the resourcing of An Garda Síochána and the Prison Service. It is extraordinary for Deputy Collins to talk about the moratorium having been continued by this Government when it was his party in Government which put it in place. I find it difficult sometimes to understand the position of Fianna Fáil Deputies. Do they agree with what this...