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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Supporting and Facilitating the Arts: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Supporting and Facilitating the Arts: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: A lot more is an understatement.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I want to put on the record of the House my disbelief that last night Ireland passed into law a Bill that actually endangers nature and the wildlife of this island, a Bill that is anything but a Heritage Bill. We saw the shameless tactics deployed by the Government to get it over the line. At a committee meeting a year ago, the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, told me:It needs to be...

Seanad: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Yes.

Seanad: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Have they been moved?

Seanad: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Obviously, the amendment changes "may" to "shall" in a provision concerning the records the Minister releases, in this case under the new 20-year rule. In our opinion, a certain amount of accountability arises if, when the criteria are met, the Minister absolutely must transfer those records to the National Archives. It clears any ambiguity. Can I speak to amendment No. 8?

Seanad: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Can I move the amendment?

Seanad: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: The amendment allows the director of the National Archives to be part of the decision-making process on whether 20 year old State records are deemed to be of "significant historical or public interest". I do not think this decision should be an entirely political one, nor should politicians have the final say. The Bill leaves no scope for transparency or accountability for these decisions....

Seanad: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I moved amendment No. 8.

Seanad: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Yes.

Seanad: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 8:In page 4, lines 18 and 19, to delete “where he or she is satisfied that” and substitute “where the Director of the National Archives is satisfied that”.

Seanad: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Yes. Can I speak to the amendment?

Seanad: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I have some questions about the concerns the Attorney General had and whether those concerns were about resources.Before the Minister's time in the Department, the then Minister, Deputy Heather Humphreys, I and other members of the arts committee had lengthy discussions around the obligation of the State to release certain records and the failure of the State to do so in many cases. Is the...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: The Senator should not anticipate and should allow Senator McDowell to comment.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I support the contribution made by Senator Colm Burke. I was disappointed to see anti-vaxxers outside Leinster House yesterday. They have a right to protest but I could not help but notice the large number of young people and children among the protestors, that is, the people who these vaccinations protect. A number of months ago, I received my final vaccination at the gay men's health...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (11 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: In contrast to the Minister of State, I want to express my disappointment that amendments Nos. 41 and 42 have been voted down by the Dáil. I am particularly disappointed that Fianna Fáil Members of this House had supported the amendments and yet Fianna Fáil abstained on the same vote in the Dáil, making it inevitable that those amendments would fall. Without rehearsing...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: As I and others have stated, the Bill is rife with unintended consequences. This is another example. Notwithstanding the other elements of the Bill which I can only refer to as environmental sabotage, I and Sinn Féin have consistently called for a separate canals Bill, as originally intended. Such a Bill, one that enhances rather than hinders the canals activity, should still be...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: On a point of order, as the budget in this area has dropped from €20 million to €6 million, I do not think an appreciation of the Heritage Council will go very far tonight.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Proposed Legislation (12 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister to the House. Four weeks ago, the Houses of the Oireachtas took a progressive step in dealing with the sometimes shameful legacy of the State's treatment of the LGBTQI community by the passage in the Dáil of a motion apologising to those criminalised for homosexual activity. Similar legacy issues arise in respect of our Traveller and migrant communities and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Proposed Legislation (12 Jul 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I appreciate what the Minister of State said. I do not have figures to hand for other communities such as the Traveller community or other minorities, but in my case, despite marriage equality, we see this week that one in three LGBT couples will still not hold hands on the street. I have crossed the road with my boyfriend on many occasions - mainly at night - when we had a particular...