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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I congratulate Ms Banotti on her appointment. I welcome our other guests to the committee. A constant theme at this committee, as alluded to by Senator Marie-Louise O’Donnell, has been speculation about the form this programme will take or intends to take. From what I have heard within the arts community, there is concern and scepticism about it. I will begin with the marketing and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Yes. While I respect and have got my head around the fact that the roles are different between Creative Ireland and our agencies and bodies, it is a significant sum of money that is not going into that space. In the context of a Department that has only so much money, it is very important that it is spent in the right place. That is disappointing. We do not have the figures up to this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Citizen engagement involves the print costs-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: -----online costs, digital costs, website costs etc.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Was there social media advertising in 2018?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Culture Ireland was given about €100,000 last week. It was not announced on budget day or the day after. We waited until Friday to get the updated press release that contained an increase for Culture Ireland. This is not a question for Ms Banotti but for the Minister. If Culture Ireland has got an increased allocation of €100,000, €250,000 was spent on advertorials...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I am uncomfortable with the idea, which we have seen with the strategic communications unit, of Government policy being spun back at taxpayers at their own expense and, in this case, at the expense of artists who could have benefited more. I commend the increases across the board. The budget was strong. On the Culture Ireland front, however, certainly the money spent in previous years on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Last week, there were promoted tweets around the budget. One tweet was, "Government makes good on its commitment to invest in #creativity #arts #culture under the Creative Ireland Programme with welcome increases to our colleagues". Fine Gael will be delighted with that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Mr. Ó Coigligh stated in his introduction that it is not advertising Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I commend Mr. Michael Barron, the former executive of Equate, who spoke out in last weekend's edition of The Sunday Business Postagainst the cruel and targeted complaints made through the Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPO, against Equate which resulted in it being shut down. While SIPO found no wrongdoing on Equate's part, these complaints hindered its ability to fundraise and it...

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Before the land is privatised.

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I will build on what Senator Mullen said about the Minister of State's comments on vacant housing. When I was mayor of South Dublin County Council, we had the fastest turnaround and the lowest numbers of vacant units in the State. It is estimated that, excluding holiday homes, there are 180,000 vacant units in the State. Perhaps that figure is contested by some but even 10% of it would be...

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Yes it was.

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: It related to advertising of overcrowded accommodation. I know that it is already prohibited to let overcrowded units but I refer to them being advertised. One sees it on websites constantly.

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I thought we were on amendment No. 6.

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Fintan Warfield: This relates to amendment No. 2, which was passed in the Dáil. Since then, there have been ongoing discussions with the Department based on how we can create a legal digital deposit scheme and how the Department can commit to doing that in the most legally prudent way that ensures the scheme is robust into the future. I will withdraw that amendment and reserve the right to return to it...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Deirdre Hargey, Lord Mayor of Belfast (8 Nov 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I commend the Cathaoirleach of this House on his work to establish this important series of events that will see the first citizens from across this island address this House. I welcome the Lord Mayor of Béal Feirste, Deirdre Hargey, to the Chamber. My boyfriend and I regularly spend time in Belfast. It is a city we have great affection towards and which is, from our experience, safe...