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Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the fact that the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, recently met transgender and non-binary young people. She said that she felt so inspired listening to these young people who are so articulate, self-aware, insightful and brave. She said that even though they have been hurt by their experiences, they are optimistic and witty about and...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: The Irish labour market is a scary place for young people. It is a savage place. Young people are essentially being deprived of citizenship. The long-term outlook for the cost of precarious work to society is huge. People have an entitlement to citizenship and if we consider ourselves republicans we, as politicians and political activists, have to deal with it and have to listen to young...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Arts Funding (26 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House. I raise the announcement by Fáilte Ireland that a funding agreement has been reached with local authorities. The new funding arrangement will replace Fáilte Ireland's annual regional festivals and participative events programme next year. Fáilte Ireland has informed applicants and promoters seeking that funding that...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Arts Funding (26 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister of State for his response and welcome his commitment to start that conversation with the Minister. His reply seemed to suggest the changes will not have any bearing on existing funding for the arts via local authorities. The arms length principle is an integral element of the artistic process and ensures good governance and freedom in the creation and curation of work....

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2017)

Fintan Warfield: This week, there are big initiatives to attempt to mobilise people and get them to register to vote. Some 60,000 people have become eligible to vote as a consequence. I commend the National Youth Council of Ireland on its initiatives to increase the number on the electoral register and participation. Imagine if the 60,000 were 500,000. Data from Census 2016 indicate there are 535,475...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting Rights for Residents) Bill 2017: First Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the provisions of the Electoral Act 1992 to extend the right to vote in Dáil and European Elections to all adults of voting age who have been legally resident in the State for five years; and to provide for related matters.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting Rights for Residents) Bill 2017: First Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2017)

Fintan Warfield: RTÉ has announced that it will carry out a review of the operations of its orchestras. It currently operates the National Symphony Orchestra and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, each of which consists of approximately 40 musicians. There has been a total of 25 vacancies in the orchestras in the past seven years and there are fears the number may rise to 40, the number required for one...

Seanad: Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, for coming to the House. I wish to talk about sexual health. In 2016 HIV transmission rates in the State rose to more than 500 new cases in a year for the first time this century. We are going in completely the opposite direction to our European counterparts. As part of the Department of Health's national sexual health strategy from 2015 to...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the vote in favour of marriage equality in Australia. Some 63% of voters supported the call for equal marriage rights for LGBTQI citizens. There remains something problematic about putting the issue of human rights to a referendum, especially in Australia where the parliament had the ability to legislate for them. I hope the format adopted in Ireland of holding a referendum on...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I join colleagues in supporting the proposal by Senator Alice-Mary Higgins for a debate on the EU proposals for permanent structured co-operation on security and defence. Sinn Féin has always made clear that the Lisbon treaty has the potential to threaten our neutrality. I propose an amendment to the Order of Business such that No. 18 on today's Order of Business, Statistics (1926...

Seanad: Statistics (1926 Census Release) Bill 2017: First Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act Bill entitled an Act to amend the Statistics Act 1993, in relation to the first census of the population of Ireland taken since the establishment of the State; to afford that census a special heritage status and to have such released to the public for genealogical, historical and other research.

Seanad: Statistics (1926 Census Release) Bill 2017: First Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I want to express my disbelief at the Government's decision to approve our involvement in the European Union's permanent structured co-operation, PESCO, at a recent Cabinet meeting. Involvement in PESCO is the biggest policy decision relating to the Defence Forces since Irish soldiers were first sent on UN duties in the 1960s. Article 29.4.9° of the Irish Constitution specifically...

Seanad: Student Universal Support Ireland: Statements (23 Nov 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I join my colleague, Senator Gavan, in thanking the committee for its work. I am glad to have the opportunity to join the discussion relating the third level maintenance grant. I commend the Wake-up SUSI campaign group and support its cause. The grant needs to be more robust. There have been ongoing issues with that grant since my time in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sexual Harassment in the Arts and Culture Sector: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the contributors. I commend the women in the arts who have come forward, who told their stories and who have all contributed to this watershed moment. I commend Grace Dyas on her bravery. We are being told by Government that laws are in place. I am not so sure about that. Ms Karan O'Loughlin has mentioned more than once the opportunities on the legislative front for us, as...