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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Dance as a Performance Art: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. They were informative and interesting. This is not an art form I know much about. I am a musician. Will the witnesses detail what areas of the art form are most popular among younger people and various age groups? Irish music is my area. I see sean-nós dancing is very popular. Some older neighbours of mine are learning it. Others...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Dance as a Performance Art: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Is the €3.5 million an Arts Council figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Dance as a Performance Art: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Fintan Warfield: The Arts Council probably gets applications for and can gauge the popularity of varying forms of dance based on the applications.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Dance as a Performance Art: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Does Ms Meaney believe it is time we enabled young people, perhaps through their guardians as the legal agent in their application, to receive funding from the Arts Council?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the ending of what has been a denial of rights for a long time in the Six Counties. The delay has been frustrating, hurtful and very costly for many. There are people around the world who wake up today and see that in a corner of Ireland their campaigns and objectives have been realised after a very long fight. These two issues are intimately connected. Irish women and the LGBT...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b) I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I apologise that I had to step out and I am sorry if I cover ground that has already been covered. There are substance abuse issues across all of our marginalised groups and minority groups. Decriminalising that space will go a very long way in helping us to engage openly and honestly about those issues without fear. Some of the witnesses have called for ethnic identifiers. It is...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I commend Senator Devine on this legislation which cuts to the heart of mental healthcare in the State and the agency we provide to those receiving healthcare from the State. In particular, the Bill seeks to provide for current advance healthcare directives legislation to be extended to involuntary patients. An involuntary patient does not, by definition, lack the capacity to make decisions...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Fintan Warfield: What is needed is a robust overhaul of legislation via a new mental health Act, whether it is to implement the recommendations of A Vision for Change, which is now 13 years old, or the various reports completed in the intervening years. The State's response has left us with out-of-date legislation as evidenced by the discussion today. That response upholds stigma and provides inadequate...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I too was shocked, disappointed and ashamed to be a Member of this House when the Fine Gael amendment was passed last week, particularly given, as Senator Ruane said, that we had already in previous weeks passed a Government amendment to allow for the designation of a natural heritage area to cease on the basis of sporting needs. Why, then, is there a need for a reference to golf courses? I...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Fintan Warfield: We support amendments Nos. 45 and 46. They are reasonable measures. Amendment No. 46 ensures that bogs subject to agreement with turf cutters will be protected and that we utilise peat to heat homes while allowing it to regenerate and continue its role in carbon sequestration. The terms of the regulation will largely be at the Minister's discretion. This will create a clear path to show...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I thank all the witnesses for their contributions. They have been very informative. If I take one thing away from our parliamentary work, it will be that we must hold the State to account for the implementation of its various ongoing strategies. It can often be difficult to get a sense of how a strategy, such as the inclusion strategy for 2017-2021, is going midway through it. We might...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Fintan Warfield: It has to come from the State but people have to move with it as well. Nelson Mandela was great on gay rights, but I have a friend from South Africa who has been granted asylum here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Fintan Warfield: My point is that Mandela could say great things about gay rights but South Africa is still not a safe place to be gay. That happened over many years. We need to be serious about bringing people with us as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Promoting Nightlife, Economy and Culture: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I thank all the witnesses for their contributions. Today has already been a huge success, given the fact that the Departments of Justice and Equality, and Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht are surely listening at this point. Judging from people I speak to, young people in our towns and cities right across the country are looking for sustainable places in which to dance, staggered opening...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Promoting Nightlife, Economy and Culture: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Yes.