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Seanad: Period Poverty: Motion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Senator Ruane is rather confident. She does not even know what I am going to say and yet she has thanked me for being here.

Seanad: Period Poverty: Motion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I will not be opposing the motion. I commend the motion. It has been drafted by the parliamentary caucus - the women's caucus. It shows great leadership especially in terms of breaking down stigma. It also shows the progress that has been made in terms of the representation in these Houses. It reflects the importance of the recent lengthy national conversations we have had about women's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the witnesses for their informative submission and responses. This time last year, I was driving to Leinster House during what must have been fostering fortnight, to which they referred, as an interview on Sean O'Rourke's programme with a couple who had fostered many, many times and gone on to adopt was broadcast. It raised the matter in my consciousness as something to be explored...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: We respect GPs and nurses who have received powerful public support. However, public support is not so high profile here. Ms Bond mentioned terms and conditions and pay. Is pay an issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I ask this because there is a role for us to play. We occupy public spaces when we make or write speeches. In making contributions, we should recognise those positive effects. The witnesses replied to the question of whether there was a shortage of prospective foster carers but do they think issues relating to social worker retention affect the number of persons who will consider providing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Does Ms Bond say it is unique in Ireland because it is an alternative to institutional care?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: In the opening statement there was information front-loaded from the Irish Penal Reform Trust that children in foster care are not involved in the juvenile justice programme. Was there a reason that information was front-loaded? I would have no expectation that children in foster care would be involved in the juvenile justice system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I appreciate that. What numbers of social workers should we be aiming to recruit for the entire system to be fit for purpose?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: On the enhanced rights for carers, everyday issues such as school tours should not be a problem. How much notice would a foster carer have to give a social worker to get consent for a school trip?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I can see an issue around medical consent being a step too far.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Would it require legislative change in the Act?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Sorry, Chairman, I have to run.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: It is no longer tenable for the Government to claim that the housing policy or Rebuilding Ireland is working.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: The number of children in homelessness is up 490% since Fine Gael took office. Those figures are much more than disappointing. It cannot in one breath claim that those figures are disappointing and in another suggest that Rebuilding Ireland is working yet the Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, spent the weekend lying about Sinn Féin's record on policy and has the neck to mock our policy on...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Serial-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Spin.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: It was on "The Week in Politics" actually.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: To reflect on what Focus Ireland has said, is it time to draw a line in the sand? This is a symbolic moment and I use "symbolic" for want of a better word - 10,000 people in homelessness. The Minister also said on "Morning Ireland" that rent caps have led to rents falling but Dublin rents have increased by 8% since 2017 according to the RTB. We can do something about this. Members of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: There is no scientific evidence that someone's sexuality can be changed. That is the evidential basis.