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Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Fintan Warfield: That is fine. I thank Ms Gibney.

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister to the House and I welcome the Bill. The gender pay gap is not the same as equal pay for equal work. Paying men and women differently for the same role is illegal, and gender is one of the nine grounds provided for in the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2015 that protect women's entitlement to be treated equally in regard to work and jobs. There are several causes...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Directives (15 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: The final Commencement matter comes from Senator O'Donovan who was in the Chair when many of my own Commencement matters were discussed. I think I might have had more selected when he was Cathaoirleach.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Directives (15 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: The Minister of State has been busy today.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Hundreds of millions of people do not have access to vaccines that could save their lives because they were born in the wrong place. The waiving of patents should have been sorted at the very start, but now millions of lives are at risk due to inaction on the part of von der Leyen, Macron and Merkel, all of whom are in the hands of big pharma. The European Parliament backed a motion to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: -----is that this is not only an ethical decision, the EU will be judged on it and it is a big political mistake to make. It does not bode well for the challenges we face in our world and it will have lasting impacts and consequences because the rest of the world will view this as a betrayal.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I thank all our guests for their contributions. They have been very informative and helpful. I know the Connemara film-maker Bob Quinn always fought against ads during children's programming while he was on the RTÉ Authority. Are any of the guests aware of the breakdown of time during which children and young people see these ads when we compare online and traditional media? If it is...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Body image would be one of the main ones.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: In the context of children's advertising, are we talking about advertising that relates to clothing and school necessities as well as toys?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: This is significant planning legislation. I wish to put on the record that legislation as significant as this should not be pushed through the Oireachtas. I acknowledge, as others have done, that members of the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage received a briefing on the general scheme. It was agreed that they would not push for pre-legislative scrutiny on the basis...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I am sorry, I am talking. Is there no other motive? Can the Minister indicate how many and which local authorities have identified a need for provisions to allow for the extension of existing county development plans and are seeking these provisions? Has the Minister considered the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020, and orders provided under the new section...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I would be grateful if the Minister could elaborate on the reason behind this approach. I also have concerns about the impact that granting planning extensions will have on appropriate assessment processes and strategic environmental assessment, SEA, processes. Is it the intention of the Bill that the consideration of the appropriate assessment and strategic environmental assessment applies...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: It is a disgrace that this House has not had a chance to discuss that scheme. I do not believe-----

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I do not believe it is in conflict with the Bill. Indeed, a pro-developer shared equity scheme is precisely---

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: It should never have been in an affordable housing Bill in the first place.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: That is not what-----

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: The Minister has not-----

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: It is interesting that I was told the very same thing from the Government benches, that this would be done and that there was no need to push for a vote, when debating my amendment on co-operatives and community housing trusts. I called a vote and it was passed.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I had a question on the open market dwelling last time. I would like the Minister to explain as clearly as possible what he means by open market dwelling. I am not being in any way hostile about this. The Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, did not clarify the term for me and there was a bit of discussion in the House. Can the Minister give us a concrete example in plain English of what an...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Can I just ask-----