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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Social Welfare Scheme for Artists (15 Feb 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister. We will feed into any review. The ideas are for an extension of the scheme to performing artists and a longer review time for self-employment. Sweden, for example, has three years compared to our one. An exemption from non-relevant training courses or reactivation schemes would also be welcome, as would robust copyright legislation that allows artists to make a...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy English, to the House. We all understand adequate housing is one of the most basic human needs and, consequently, one of the most important human rights. Last week, thejournal.iepublished an in-depth analysis on whether it was cheaper to pay rent or get a mortgage in the State. The article brought up some stark realisations. In Dublin 7, where there...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I refer to the desperate situation with which students in the Six Counties are faced because of the Conservative Government's failure to provide adequate information on solutions which will allow for the continuation of the Erasmus+ programme after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. The UK agency for Erasmus+ issued a Brexit update in December which stated the...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Fintan Warfield: My point is-----

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Fintan Warfield: My point is that the Irish Government must not allow Mrs. Theresa May's Government to do this and that the Department of Education and Skills should defend the right of students in the North to take part in Erasmus+ programmes. Such programmes provide them with vital funding to enable them to undertake third year placements that are a compulsory component of their degree programmes. Will...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Without wanting to repeat the points made by the Independent Senators, as Senator Ruane said, this is a redraft of the amendment on Committee Stage. I agree it is an improvement on what exists there. I watched Committee Stage from my office and there was a clear message from the House that the autonomy of the students union in the Bill must be absolute. That message was clear from the...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Senator Coffey still says he is not against the amendment.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Fintan Warfield: The amendment deals with ethos, with the institutions promoting an ethos that would support entrepreneurship. The ethos is separate from the laudable matters outlined in the Senator's speech. Senator Gavan mentioned America and I was there. The only support one gets in America is through entrepreneurship. The only grants that governments are willing to give out relate to entrepreneurship....

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I wish to propose an amendment to the Order of Business that we take No. 22 before No. 1. Item No. 22 is the Sinn Féin Bill entitled the Arts (Dignity at Work) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018, which is, "an Act to enable the Arts Council to ensure that funding is contingent on compliance with employment law and for that purpose to amend the Arts Act 2003; and to provide for related...

Seanad: Arts (Dignity at Work) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: First Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to enable the Arts Council to ensure that funding is contingent on compliance with employment law and for that purpose to amend the Arts Act 2003; and to provide for related matters.

Seanad: Arts (Dignity at Work) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: First Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I wish Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh well and to be associated with the comments made by Senators across the Chamber. I first met Trevor at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology when I studied film and television production in Galway, a UNESCO City of Film. I campaigned with him and the party during the February election at the time. I had been designing leaflets for the party for...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Gender Recognition (7 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House to take this matter. I commend the work of the Transgender Equality Network of Ireland, TENI, and the #ThisIsMe campaign which has been raising issues about a clinic for some time. I also commend the work of the Department and the HSE which have committed to the provision of additional resources for the clinic which should help to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Gender Recognition (7 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: The waiting list time and the admission that this service has developed on an ad hocbasis proves that this model simply is not working or is not economical in the long term. I accept that the waiting list data are extracted and do not differentiate specific procedures for transgender patients. However, if we accept that there are 1,900 people on the waiting list and compare that figure with...

Seanad: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Is maith an rud é go bhfuil Bliain na Gaeilge againn le h-aitheantas a thabhairt do thábhacht na Gaeilge mar sheoid cultúrtha atá beo, bríomhar agus mar chuid lárnach de phobal na Gaeltachta. Ní féidir, mar sin féin, an Ghaeilge a cheiliúradh gan dianscrúdú a dhéanamh ar na nithe...

Seanad: 100 Years of Women's Suffrage in Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I congratulate the Minister on her appointment. As the spokesperson for the arts in Sinn Féin, I look forward to working with her. On that point, I received an email from a member of these Houses yesterday that said "spokesman". If we could do one thing today, please do not be too specific in how we identify the roles of spokespeople. There is no point in calling oneself a spokesman...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment. We heard the news this week that Trinity College Dublin had introduced a €450 flat fee for examinations at undergraduate level. This move disregards the student voice that was balloted and overwhelmingly objected to such a move mainly because it would disproportionately affect the vulnerable among the student body. While students are represented at governing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: The Traveller accommodation budget in 2008 was approximately €40 million, and last year it was approximately €8.7 million. It has increased a small bit this year, but not by a great deal. What level of increase does the Minister of State hope for? It is clear we need to get back to 2008 levels at a minimum. If all social housing budgets were cut by 90%, why has the...