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Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Order for Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I move:That Committee Stage be taken now.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the fact that amendments Nos. 1 and 2 have been ruled out of order. We need to create the space in which to craft a new discourse. That is particularly relevant in the time that faces the European Union, because what we are talking about here is local and European elections. I refer to a European discourse that includes citizens from diverse settings, beliefs and cultures about...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I commend all of the young people who have expressed their aspirations to our political representatives over the past week. I introduced First Stage of this Bill in the Seanad on 12 July 2016. I remember it well as it was my first piece of legislation. I worked alongside Senator Lynn Ruane and felt immense pride in being in a position to introduce the legislation. I again thank the...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I was going to suggest that the Senator speak through the Chair-----

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: -----in line with Standing Orders.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: We all think about local democracy, schools, communities and the young people who came forward calling for gun control following the mass shooting in the high school in Parkland in Florida. The latter group were taking on the most redundant stereotypes of young people as apathetic and stuck on smartphones and they were the adults in their community in that situation. They are in...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I report progress.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (22 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: We are speaking to the first group of amendments. I am supportive of the amendments, except for amendments Nos. 25 and 39. On amendment No. 25, I wish to quote from Article 9.1 of the GDPR, which states:Processing of personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data,...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (22 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 18:In page 26, to delete lines 1 to 39, and in page 27, to delete lines 1 to 14.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (22 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Yes. I move amendment No. 19:In page 26, lines 3 to 9, to delete all words from and including “(1) The” in line 3 down to and including line 9.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (22 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 23:In page 28, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “39. (1) No application to access data processed for journalistic purposes may be made by any party, including, for the avoidance of doubt, an authorised officer, An Garda Síochána, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commissioner, the Revenue Commissioners or the Defence Forces, except...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I am incredibly proud to play a part in a debate that will ensure the people will have a say on the eight amendment. As the youngest Member of Seanad Éireann and the only Member of this House in his 20s, I think of what the eighth amendment has meant to my generation - a boat, a plane or a pill. The pills are as safe as any drug available in a club or pub or at a festival on a night...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Mr. Edwards continued: "On referendum day, on behalf of all we love, vote yes." I remember about two years after the thirty-fourth amendment of the Constitution, the referendum for civil marriage equality, was passed I was in my boyfriend's house and I read the Article, which he had never read, and Senator Ruane spoke about the number of words that make up the proposed change, which states:...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Curriculum (28 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. As he may know, calls for inclusive and robust relationships and sexuality education, RSE, and social, personal and health education, SPHE, curricula have been made for some time. It is has come to the fore in recent months, having been reflected in the ancillary recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Joint Committee on the Eighth...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Curriculum (28 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister of State for agreeing to convey the sentiment. The issues raised here need to be met by Department-led initiatives. I take the opportunity to welcome the Minister, Deputy Harris's, document that specifically references potential reforms to the RSE curriculum as part of the ancillary recommendations to the report of the joint committee. I ask that the Minister would...

Seanad: Appointment of Members of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Motion (29 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I wish those who are set to be appointed to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission the best of luck. I wish to use this opportunity to remind those involved that it is okay to rock the State boat and to criticise where fair criticism is required. It is okay to hold the Government to account and call it out on its failures in the area of...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2018)

Fintan Warfield: The amendment relates to the national planning framework and it calls on the Government to ensure that a vote is held in the Seanad and the Dáil before the document is placed on a statutory footing. I will call a vote on this amendment when it is appropriate to do so. If the vote falls I would like to return to the matter on Report Stage. This is because of legal advice that has been...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Contrary to what the Minister of State said, I certainly do not consider myself a planning expert. However, I am keen to point out that I do not believe the Bill is entirely faithful to the spirit of the recommendations from the Mahon tribunal.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2018)

Fintan Warfield: What about a stand-alone planning regulator?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I am pressing amendment No. 34 and I also reserve my right to resubmit it on Report Stage.