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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Fintan Warfield: They have to ask the executive producer.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Fintan Warfield: Have we learnt anything from children's programming. Would I be right to suggest SIPTU is more worried about this idea of a hybrid model or a commissioning house, given that news might be kept in-house?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Fintan Warfield: Yes.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I studied film and TV production in Galway. It always seemed to be a bit of a pipe dream to get into RTÉ from college. Would Ms O'Kelly have a vision of an RTÉ where young people can come in at entry level? It seems a very difficult organisation to get into. Does she share that impression?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I wish to move an amendment to the Order of Business, that No. 12 be taken before No. 1. No. 12 is our Bill to amend the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 to ensure that the online content and digital output of our country is preserved in order that citizens and researchers within the country and abroad are guaranteed permanent access to the online intellectual and cultural memory of our...

Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) (Web Archive) Bill 2024: First Stage (17 Apr 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 to ensure that the online, digital output of the nation is collected and preserved so that citizens and researchers, within the country and abroad, are guaranteed permanent access to the intellectual and cultural memory of the nation.

Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) (Web Archive) Bill 2024: First Stage (17 Apr 2024)

Fintan Warfield: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: School Enrolments: Motion (17 Apr 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I thank Senators O’Loughlin and Malcolm Byrne for tabling the motion. I commend the families and campaigners who have worked tirelessly to ensure that many children have access to education. This motion is welcome because it lays out the bare fact that, once again, hundreds of young people and families are facing confusion and uncertainty about the availability of school places. We...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Taithí Oibre agus Intéirneachtaí do Chéimithe Tríú Leibhéal i TG4 - Féidearthachtaí agus Deiseanna: TG4 (17 Apr 2024)

Fintan Warfield: Táim chun labhairt as Béarla ach táim sásta freagra a fháil i nGaeilge. Beidh mé ag éisteacht ar an Sony Walkman anseo. I read five days ago on the politico.com website that the French President, or possibly Prime Minister, was calling on French countries to coalesce around the need to take on the social media companies because the French language is under...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Taithí Oibre agus Intéirneachtaí do Chéimithe Tríú Leibhéal i TG4 - Féidearthachtaí agus Deiseanna: TG4 (17 Apr 2024)

Fintan Warfield: Keep up the good work on BLOC TG4. I follow it on Instagram.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I will speak very briefly about the creative industries in the context of the Research and Innovation Bill 2024, which is coming through the House at the moment. I met with the Department and may submit an amendment to the Bill. I flag the importance of the creative and cultural industries in the future work of the new Taighde Éireann, which will replace Science Foundation Ireland and...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 9: In page 7, line 4, after “writing” to insert “, or by any other manner and in any such system as may be prescribed by the Minister for Justice following consultation with the Minister for Health in accordance with subsection (6),”. I am standing in for Senator Gavan, who regrets he cannot be here.I will speak briefly to the three...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I am happy to withdraw amendment No. 9 and reserve the right to resubmit it.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 10: In page 7, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(6) The Minister for Justice may, following consultation with the Minister for Health, prescribe by way of regulation the systems which shall be used to record warnings issued under subsection (2).”.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 11: In page 8, line 3, after “review” to insert “in particular as it relates to evaluating the effectiveness of the system for recording warnings issued by An Garda Síochána pursuant to section 5(1)”.

Seanad: EU Regulations (Police Co-operation on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings): Motion (11 Apr 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister to the House and congratulate her on her reappointment. I also welcome our guests in the Public Gallery. They are very welcome here. It is paramount that Ireland remains steadfast in our commitment to international solidarity for those affected by war and conflict globally, but also that we remain steadfast in our opposition to further EU militarisation and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Policy (20 Mar 2024)

Fintan Warfield: The Housing Commission has completed its work on a referendum in respect of housing. I commend the work of the commission. I tabled this matter to give the Minister and the Government an opportunity to discuss the right to housing being enshrined in the Constitution, which the Seanad supported by way of a motion earlier this term. Often, Private Members' referendum Bills in the Dáil...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Policy (20 Mar 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I am somewhat confused. My understanding was that two reports had been furnished to the Government but I will bring the response away and consider it further. Back in early November, the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, said he expected in quite a short space of time to be able to bring a report and recommendations to Cabinet. The Acting Chair is a member of the housing committee. I am sure...

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the opportunity to speak briefly to the Bill. In the coming weeks I look forward to reviewing it in more detail with colleagues and, possibly, to tabling amendments as well. I hope this Bill is not merely the coming together of two existing research funding bodies but is a new departure for promoting research and development in Ireland. Ireland has underinvested in research and...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the witnesses. They are very welcome to the committee. Céad míle fáilte rompu. I will start with the issue of research and tracking figures from the industry. When I look at heritage figures, the arts sector and the audiovisual sector, we have a range of reports from different years. According to the Olsberg SPI report, in 2015 the wider audiovisual sector had a...