Results 1,461-1,480 of 2,414 for speaker:Fintan Warfield

Seanad: Live Industry Supports: Statements (16 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I will not take the full four minutes if it allows the Acting Chairman to make a contribution if he so wishes.

Seanad: Live Industry Supports: Statements (16 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister to the House and commend Senator Black on calling for the debate. I acknowledge her service to the industry and advocacy on its behalf in recent years. I also echo the request for the Minister to meet the Oireachtas group, although I am not a member of it. It has sought a meeting and Deputy Ó Snodaigh and I have also requested a meeting. We would appreciate...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: This is an amendment we had submitted previously and I thank Senators Boyhan and Higgins for putting it forward now. A legal challenge in a judicial review is not on the substance of the planning application. It is not returning to whether it is a good or a bad application. It is being appealed on a point of law or a point of process. If the environmental impact assessment directive...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Key Priorities and Legislation of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (24 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Chairman for allowing me in at this point as I have to leave this meeting at 2.30 p.m. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, and the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers. I have a number of questions for the Minister. Where is the creative industries roadmap, as promised in the programme for Government? The Creative Ireland website states that Creative Ireland has...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Key Priorities and Legislation of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (24 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Will the Minister address the issue of the legal deposit scheme? It has been more than a year. The Minister is in breach of an Act in the context of bringing forward a report on the scheme.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Key Priorities and Legislation of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (24 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: We need a scheme that is substantially better than the one that is in place. It should not be the job of the National Library of Ireland to reach out and make requests in respect of websites. We know it is understaffed compared with its equivalent national libraries elsewhere in Europe. It should not be its job to request web records. It is a significant job of work. We need to allow it...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Elimination of Abuse Towards Referees, Officials and Players in Sport: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Chair and all of our witnesses for this interesting conversation. My notes are a bit scattered here, but I want to pick up on the under-reporting side of this. Do the organisations' representatives think there is under-reporting both internally, within the associations, as well as to An Garda Síochána? There is no need to reinvent the wheel. We see under-reporting of...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Elimination of Abuse Towards Referees, Officials and Players in Sport: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I am probably oversimplifying it, but it seems that in rugby the only player that can talk to the referee is the captain. That is a simple step FIFA and UEFA could take that would make the lives of people easier. However, I may be oversimplifying it.

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

Fintan Warfield: That is why I started now, so we will have a little time. I hope Senator Murphy may be able to get in as well. I thank the witnesses for their work, for being very proactive citizens on this issue and for bringing it all the way to Leinster House. It is important that we hear from Waterways Ireland and Westmeath County Council. I know the solutions are not easy. There is no perfect...

Seanad: The Impact of Covid-19 on Primary and Secondary Education: Motion (19 Jan 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister to the House. I also welcome Deputy Keogh. The report was published last January following a series of sessions of the education committee with children's rights groups, students, teachers' unions and student unions. Many of the recommendations centre around providing additional funding to schools for Covid safety measures and to allow students to catch up on missed...

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I thank Senator Malcolm Byrne for proposing the Bill. As I have read it, and as I understand it from listening to the debate, it seeks to allow councillors to use fixed CCTV, mobile CCTV and drones for relevant offences specified under the Waste Management Act 1996 and the Litter Pollution Act 1997, and to allow processing of data as per the Data Protection Act, ensuring that the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the chairman and general secretary of RTÉ, Ms Doherty and Ms Forbes, respectively. In her opening statement Ms Doherty said that she was one those who called for The Future of Media Commission. Is it frustrating to her or Ms Forbes that we have yet to see the publication of the report of The Future of Media Commission? The commission's inaugural meeting was on 29 October...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Fintan Warfield: It is frustrating for me that there have been leaks in the press. I do not know where they are coming from. A Government party Senator who spoke here earlier criticised those leaks. It appears we have a three party Government running in three different directions. A considerable amount of public moneys was allocated to that commission. It cost €420,000 to set up that commission to...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I will move on to linear broadcasting which, I accept, is probably not part of the brief for today. I have never had the opportunity to ask questions about 2rn or Saorview so this may just be an opportunity for me to make a comment if the witnesses cannot come on it. Some 10% of television households receive services through Saorview. With the exception of RTÉ, all channels are...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister. It is great to see visitors back in the Public Gallery once again. People who have engaged in and led the campaign relating to this Bill have filled the Gallery. It is a relief to see citizens back in their Parliament. It is glaring that there are no Government amendments to the Bill. There should always be an onus on Government to proactively engage in respect of...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Solar Panels for Public Buildings, Schools, Homes and Other Premises) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Fintan Warfield: It is fair to say that things take longer when a fire is not lit under an issue or the Government. There is a fire under every one of us; the planet is on fire and people are impatient for change because they have been calling for it for so long. The Minister of State can come in and say the Government has started this, probably with thanks to the Green Party and the programme for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Feb 2022)

Fintan Warfield: We marked Seanad 100 this week. It is three years since the Seanad reform implementation group gave its report to the Department of the Taoiseach. The committee was set up by the then Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar. Many Senators here served on it and Deputies as well. Some of the points proposed by Sinn Féin that were in the final report related to the following: a greater gender...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: A Safe and Respectful Working Environment in the Arts: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Fintan Warfield: Many of my questions have been asked. I thank the witnesses for attending the meeting. To pick up on Ms Daly's comment, I believe it relates to the first recommendation in the ITI report about mobilising sectoral institutional leaders, key talent and public figures. What do the witnesses think is holding people back from discussing these issues? Is it the next gig? Why are we not seeing...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: A Safe and Respectful Working Environment in the Arts: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I appreciate that.