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The Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore T.D. this afternoon announced that he has proposed Deputy Alex White for the role of Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility for Primary Care.

It’s expected that the formal appointment of Deputy White as Minister of State will be made at the next Cabinet meeting on Tuesday October 2nd.

The Tánaiste said that he looked forward to working with Deputy White in his new role as Minister of State in implementing the commitments in the Programme for Government on health service reforms. Deputy White is currently Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform.

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Note to Editors:

Alex White T.D. is Labour TD for Dublin South and a Senior Counsel. He is a graduate in Economic and Social Studies from Trinity College Dublin (1981), where he was President of the Students Union. He qualified from the Kings Inns in 1987 and was called to the Irish Bar in July of that year.

Between 1984 and 1994 Alex White was a current affairs producer with RTE, working on a wide range of radio programmes, including coverage of major events such as general elections. He was editor of the Gay Byrne Show for four years before leaving RTE to take up practice as a barrister.

Alex White has been a leading practitioner in employment and labour law since 1994, appearing regularly before the Irish Courts and in employment tribunals on behalf of employee and employer clients. He was called to the Inner Bar in 2010.