Results 241-260 of 2,414 for speaker:Fintan Warfield
- 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: For Ms McBride, as a board member with voting rights to determine the allocation of public funding, did that represent a conflict of interest? If so, would Ms McBride have removed herself from those board conversations?
- 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: With respect, we have a situation in which the Minister is clinging to section 24(2) of the Act which says "The council shall be independent in the performance of its functions under this section", that is in the funding of the arts. We are talking about more than €60 million in public moneys. If I see a conflict of interest, I think-----
- 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: With regard to funding from the Arts Council for an organisation that may have to settle cases in the future, is it possible for the board of that organisation to settle such cases with Arts Council moneys?
- 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: The Arts Council says its strategic funding agreements will in future require organisations to either confirm or submit their policies in these areas, as well as in the area of gender equality. What will happen if they are in breach of those policies?
- 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: With regard to the Department's involvement, was the Minister present today?
- 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: The Minister has consistently said in the press that the council should be independent in the performance of its functions with regard to the funding of the arts. What the Minister is failing to tell people is that in Part 2, section 5 of the Arts Act 2003, the Minister can issue a directive to the Arts Council to suspend funding or future funding to any organisation. Why is the Department...
- 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 understand that.
- 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: Yes, but it does not give a blank cheque. More than €60 million of public moneys is being delivered to the Arts Council so for the Minister to say she has no mandate contradicts the provision that "The Minister may, in relation to the performance by the Council of its functions ... give a direction in writing to the Council requiring it to comply with such policies of the Minister or...
- 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: Yes.
- 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: Only for the purposes of the four areas set out under section 24(1).
- 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: It is the artistic elements of this.
- 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: The council is only independent in the performance of its functions under this section for the purposes of the four areas set out under section 24(1). They are to stimulate public interest in the arts, promote knowledge, improve standards in the arts and assist in the development of advancing the arts. None of those areas concerns the policy that surrounds the issue we are working on and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Fintan Warfield: Last Saturday was the annual deadline by which members of the public could register to vote. This was yet another year in which the Department for Housing, Planning and Local Government failed to bring this deadline to the attention of young people and other potential voters in this State, leaving much of the responsibility for registration of potential voters to civic society groups. This...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Fintan Warfield: It is a rehash of the Creative Ireland brand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)
Fintan Warfield: During the progress of the Bill through the Seanad, a number of amendments were proposed to confine the hedge cutting extension to roadside hedges. Does the IFA believe that if the extension of hedge cutting into August was exclusive to roadside hedges, it would remedy most of its issues? I read an interview featuring a representative of the IFA who said he was hopeful that the Minister,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)
Fintan Warfield: A representative of the IFA said he was hopeful that the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, would deliver on a number of promises. Are the witnesses in a position to detail those commitments?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)
Fintan Warfield: I asked two questions as well of the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association about the Met Éireann statistics.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)
Fintan Warfield: Do the witnesses believe the Bill maintains or enhances natural heritage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)
Fintan Warfield: That is not right.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)
Fintan Warfield: Deputy Collins was looking over here.