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Seanad: National Economy: Statements (Resumed) (6 Oct 2010)

Alex White: ...has gone wrong. Colleagues opposite have the idea that this has been a golden era and what we are facing is a blip caused by the international recession, but that is completely wide of the mark. We are where we are because Government decisions that ought to have been made were not. In the future there will have to public discussion and confidence in measures that will be extremely...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 May 2010)

Alex White: ...give an indication of the timetable for its production? It is interesting to note that last week the Taoiseach - to the extent that he did so, I welcome it - appeared to move from the narrative of "we are where we are" and made an attempt to recognise the significant contribution he himself and Governments of which he had been a member had made to the situation at which we had arrived,...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Alex White: ...and Senator Leyden. He is making it very clear that he believes we are being too extreme or adopting a politically correct position. I have heard this before but it is part of the reason we are where we are in this country. Senator Leyden may smile, laugh and joke about it all he wants. While we have resisted partisan comments for most of this debate, I must say the system he is...

Seanad: OECD and IMF Reports: Statements (10 Jul 2009)

Alex White: ...we are all interested in, but we cannot look to the future unless we are honest about how we got to where we are. Senator MacSharry is a good colleague in this House who often uses the phrase: "We are where we are." That covers a multitude. It is easy for a Minister or someone else to say it, but how did we get to where we are? This is part of the analysis required to see how we get...

Seanad: Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009: Second Stage (18 Jun 2009)

Alex White: ...a laudable objective and is what we all want to do because we want a bright future and to ensure it is brighter than it currently looks. That said, in response to Senator MacSharry's remark that we are where we are, I have said previously, perhaps to the point of repetition because when speakers on the Government side repeat their points, it falls to us to make the same responses, that...

Seanad: Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Statements (5 Feb 2009)

Alex White: ...said that, it would be absurd to suggest that there is no room in this debate for an analysis or assessment of how we got here. I often hear Senators on the Government side using the phrase, "We are where we are." I even heard Senator O'Toole use it today. That, and nothing more than that, is supposed to be the basis for discussion. It is suggested that we should confine ourselves to...