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Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I support this amendment around various things the mayor should be doing, such as chairing the joint policing committee, and having powers in terms of waste management, regeneration and the public realm and, importantly, the introduction of a living wage, and promoting that initiative. The mayor having an ambassadorial role in the delivery of a living wage, which by the way is a programme...

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Fintan Warfield: ...tourist destination. (8) The Mayoral role shall have responsibility for the organizing and chairing of the Joint Policing Committee. (9) The Mayor shall have executive powers in the realm of waste management. (10) The Mayor shall executive powers for public realm improvements including disused and unused public spaces. (11) The Mayor shall have oversight with regards to the...

Seanad: Local Government Matters and City and County Councillors: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Fintan Warfield: ...the power structure in Irish politics. Governance and decision-making should occur as close to the people as possible, and they should be carried out by people elected by the people. The current management structure was introduced in 1940. Consistently, for decade after decade following partition, we followed a colonial policy of centralisation. Looking at it today, where do we find...

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Fintan Warfield: ...the Bill. As I have read it, and as I understand it from listening to the debate, it seeks to allow councillors to use fixed CCTV, mobile CCTV and drones for relevant offences specified under the Waste Management Act 1996 and the Litter Pollution Act 1997, and to allow processing of data as per the Data Protection Act, ensuring that the surveillance is necessary, proportionate and...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: ...support it. It will curtail the democratic oversight of elected members in regard to the disposal of land. We have one of the most centralised governments in Europe. Whether in the context of water or waste, power has consistently been taken away from local authorities, with our council buildings and county halls having been hollowed out continually over decades. The LDA will be...

Seanad: Councillors' Pay: Motion (22 Feb 2021)

Fintan Warfield: ...of the power structure in Irish politics. Governance and decision-making should be made as close to the people as possible. It should be made by people who are elected by the people. The current management structure was introduced in 1940. We consistently, for decade after decade following partition, followed a colonial policy of centralisation. Looking at it today, where do we find...