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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I commend the Leader on wearing a red ribbon today. Yesterday was World AIDS Day. It is 40 years since the discovery of AIDS and the start of the epidemic. I would like to place on record the memory of all those who have died from AIDS-related illnesses and reiterate the message of U=U, or undetectable equals untransmittable. This is the scientific fact that if you are on effective...

Seanad: Covid-19 and the New Measures (Education): Statements (2 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister to the House. I can appreciate the frustration out there. The Minister said, in her contribution, that the decision to introduce new measures is not one that has been taken lightly. I recognise that it presents yet another challenge for students and their schools. I have an issue with the fact that children were sent back to school with fewer mitigation measures in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I want to raise the serious work of the Future of Media Commission. We have yet to see the publication of its report, which sits with the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, and the Taoiseach. The Future of Media Commission is not to be confused with the future media commission, whoever came up with that. It is an independent panel set up under the programme for Government. It had its...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I am here to moan, complain and give out - shock horror. While Senator Garvey was speaking, I was reminded of looking over the edge at Loop Head in her home county of Clare. I looked down at the Atlantic and watched the whales for hours. That is a nice thought on this day. I commend everyone in the Department who worked to prepare this mammoth Bill. I have never held a Bill so big. I...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges Facing the Broadcasting Sector as a Result of Covid-19: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the witnesses. I apologise if this has been covered as I had to leave the meeting for a moment. I want to ask about the integration of the broadcasting (amendment) Bill into the online safety and media regulation Bill. I suppose this concerns the independent commercial broadcasters and, as the witnesses know well, the community stations. In terms of the community station, it is an...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: A Safe and Respectful Working Environment in the Arts: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Go raibh maith ag all the witnesses for coming and discussing these issues in our Parliament and with our Oireachtas joint committee. I wish to commend some people, while at the same time acknowledging I will, unfortunately, leave out some people, for which I apologise. I appreciate the huge amount of work going on to create a level playing field in the arts and to create an environment...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: A Safe and Respectful Working Environment in the Arts: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I thank everyone for their contributions. It has been a very constructive meeting. I want to comment on recommendation 1 in A Call for Change, which is about demonstrating leadership and building cross-sectoral support for change. We need to action that and mobilise institutional leaders, key talent and public figures in the arts to speak publicly about the immediate need for change. I...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 26: In page 30, to delete lines 1 to 9 and substitute the following: “(2) Not later than one month following the passing of this Act, the Minister shall commence and carry out a review of the existing NMPF to— (a) review its compliance with the MSP Directive, (b) provide for interim protections for the marine environment, and (c) in respect of the...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 30: In page 30, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(3) Within two months following enactment, the Minister shall implement a process to provide for interim protection in the marine environment of the existing NMPF to ensure the designation of marine protected areas in accordance with Article 13(4) of Directive 2008/56/EC is not compromised and...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 39: In page 35, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(3) Notwithstanding anything elsewhere in this Act, the competent authority (D) shall prepare a DMAP, or any amendment to a DMAP, in accordance with the following sections, and as if the reference to “MSP” in those sections was construed to read “draft DMAP”, and the...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I am conscious that the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has completed six or seven sessions on this Bill. At three hours per session, that means 20 or 21 hours of work has been done by the committee and I commend the committee members on that. I also know that this issue was discussed at length on Committee Stage in the Dáil. There is a hierarchy of plans, and...

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

Fintan Warfield: There are reasons people find it so difficult to live at peace with who they are and to whom they are attracted, both physically and emotionally. The criminalisation of homosexuality until 1992 created a dark cloud over our country, enabling the kind of homophobia that existed in the institutions of the State, an Garda Síochána, in these Houses or among people who took it upon...

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

Fintan Warfield: Let us not do that.

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

Fintan Warfield: Senator McGahon was not here.

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

Fintan Warfield: There was €500 million in the budget. Why do we not-----

Seanad: TRIPS Waiver: Motion (15 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I commend my colleague, Senator Malcolm Byrne, on his contribution and on taking a stand on the issue. There was an email from Oxfam that stood out for me. I will not expand much on it. It said that a failure to vaccinate the world is not just economically and epidemiologically foolish but also diplomatically and morally unacceptable. Before I go any further, I wish to commend the work of...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petitions on Unauthorised Developments (9 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I am sorry to interrupt. Senator Murphy and I might have to go to the Seanad for a vote, which may take up to 15 or 20 minutes. I do not want to miss the remainder of the discussion. Could I come in now?

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petitions on Unauthorised Developments (9 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I thank Mr. O'Sullivan. I will have to step away.