Appointed as Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
It is a great honour to have been appointed as Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and I look forward to working with my new Cabinet colleagues.
It is a great honour to have been appointed as Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and I look forward to working with my new Cabinet colleagues.
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One of my last acts as Minister of State for Primary Care was to sign regulations to enable authorised cannabis-based medicinal products to be legally prescribed by medical practitioners and used by patients.
I warmly welcome live register figures released by the CSO which show that the number of those signing on the live register in the Nutgrove/Rathfarnham area has dropped by 9.21% between June 2013 and June 2014. The Dun Laoghaire region has also seen a reduction in those signing on the live register of 8.61% between June 2013 and June 2014.
Today IÂ welcomed the inclusion of a substance misuse measure in the Dormant Accounts Action Plan 2014. The Dormant Accounts Action Plan was recently adopted by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.
My Final Campaign Message to Labour Members
Dear Member,
The new Leader of the Labour Party will be announced this Friday after an energising election process. I’d like to thank you and the many members who have engaged with this process whether by attending a husting, sharing your views or casting your vote.
I want to pay tribute to RuairĂ for his work as Minister for Education and Skills in this Government. He has been a champion of reform and has fought successfully for investment in education in difficult times.
Speech at the Mansion House, Dublin
Thursday, June 26th 2014
Comrades and Friends,
These four weeks have been immensely energising for me as a candidate for the Leadership of this great Party. It has been an extraordinary experience. The debates have been wide-ranging and often inspirational. People have phoned me out of the blue to share their views. I have travelled all over the country to meet and listen to Party members, and I have come back with two simple messages:
Minister of State with responsibility for Primary Care, Alex White TD, today welcomed Dáil approval of the Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014.
Labour Leadership Husting Speech
Portlaoise, 21st June 2014
I would like to begin by thanking Labour Youth for hosting these election hustings as part of the annual Tom Johnson Summer School. Debate, argument, and the contest of ideas has always been central in the life of the Labour movement, and Labour Youth are to be congratulated for keeping this tradition very much alive, year to year.
I once wrote to Brendan Corish, leader of the Labour Party, looking for a signed copy of the 1969 election manifesto. That was in 1971 when I was 12. It arrived shortly afterwards and I still have it.