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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Energy Policy: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (3 Dec 2015)

Alex White: ...There will not be a moment next year, the year after or almost certainly for as long as any of us might have a chance of being in this House that we will be able to say that we have turned off the tap on all of the fossil fuels or that we will no longer have any reliance on them. We will have a reliance but it will be a reducing reliance on fossil fuels in the years and decades ahead. It...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (19 Nov 2013)

Alex White: ...Expert Body and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland advise that there is no significant evidence of any adverse effects to the health of infants consuming infant formula made up with fluoridated tap water. I am unaware of any EU Ambassadors in this country advising their nationals not to use tap water in the making of infant formula. Fluoride concentrations in Irish tap water pose no...

Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) (Repeal) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Nov 2013)

Alex White: ...water is safe. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland and the expert body also advise that there is no significant evidence of any adverse effects to the health of infants from consuming infant formula made up with fluoridated tap water. Fluoride concentrations in Irish tap water pose no known medical problems either for infants or for the population in general. Contrary to what was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (20 Nov 2012)

Alex White: ...the quantity of hydrofluosilicic acid used plus the quantity of water treated in order to calculate the concentration of hydrofluosilicic acid in the water. The HSE undertakes monthly sampling of tap water and can access the daily records of the water services authorities if an issue arises regarding fluoridation levels. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) collects and analyses...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Alex White: ...another group of opportunists, investors with international connections, offered a solution to the Minister for Finance. A picture comes to mind of the Minister for Finance sitting in his office, tapping his fingers on the desk almost waiting for people to come to him with suggestions. Surely, it should be the Minister who makes such bold moves. I do not agree with Senator O'Toole that...