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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I will speak briefly in support of Senator Flynn. I attended the Traveller protest outside with many of our colleagues and it is time we stop fobbing off members of the Traveller community with committees and reports. I served on the committee examining key issues affecting the Traveller community in a previous parliamentary term but we must get the party leaders around the table to start...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022 : Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 8: "In page 12, to delete lines 15 and 16 and substitute the following: "(4) The Minister shall appoint the National Building Control Office as the registration body under subsection (2):"." I raised this issue on Second Stage so the Minister will be aware of it. The construction industry register is currently located on a voluntary basis in the head office of the...

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022 : Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I do not think the Government ever advanced the idea of a statutory register as proposed originally by Law Reform Commission. To this day, we are still looking at a register that is located within the industry. If the Minister envisages that will be the Construction Industry Federation and the Bill is designed in such a way that it will be the Construction Industry Federation, it is ironic...

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022 : Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 12: In page 14, line 8, after "person" to insert "through the Public Appointments Service". This amendment relates to the appointments made by the Minister. My party would like the appointments to be made through the Public Appointments Service, which should be used in every single case. That is all I will say on this section.

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022 : Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: On the issue of compensation, there is a register and a set of criteria that a provider must meet to get on the register. For example, if a registered provider is messing and a complaint is made to the registration authority, the provider can perhaps be sanctioned or struck off the register, but that is no good for redress. There should be compensation for the remediation of works. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister and the officials for joining us; they are welcome. I have reviewed both the second national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, DSGBV, and the 2017 national strategy for women and girls and neither make any reference to relationship and sexuality or education. What work has the Department undertaken on or contributed to the third national strategy,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I have a few other questions so I can put them now if the Chair wishes me to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: My concern is we will see improvement only in certain schools. We have known for so long that this is an issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: It is particularly upsetting that we are still here. People are tired and wondering if we will ever see a standardised curriculum across all schools so students can have an equality of opportunity to access inclusive sex education, for example. There is a reason the programme for Government makes a specific reference to LGBTI relationships and making legislative change, if necessary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: With all the reviews the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment is doing good work. I know the junior cycle review is to be published soon. We could have all these reviews and improvements, however, and still have loopholes that deny the education required for gender-diverse and young people who have same-sex attractions. Does the Minister envisage a need to use that element in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I was not expecting to go first. The written submissions provided by our guests, which I read yesterday, are excellent. I am particularly interested in the idea of giving students a chance to try subjects at primary level. Are our guests suggesting that secondary schools be used as a place for primary school students to try woodwork, home economics or engineering?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I did art, woodwork and music in school. I did as many practical courses as possible. The idea of having a discussion on the theory side of the class about who is not there is revolutionary and has never occurred to me. I wholly support that. I commend the witnesses for introducing class to the discussion. We will reflect on that for our report.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 208: In page 129, to delete lines 38 and 39, and in page 130, to delete lines 1 to 7 and substitute the following: “159E. (1) The Commission shall no later than 1st January 2023 and for the purposes of funding a scheme made under section 159F, make an order imposing a levy on the media service providers referred to in subsection (2) of not less than 3 per...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Acting Chair. Hopefully, we will get out by 9 p.m. This is a major amendment for us in respect of the content levy. It is concerned with setting a date for its introduction and setting a percentage for that levy that will be not less than 3% and not more than 5% of revenues. The funds raised would go towards independent Irish productions. Ultimately, this is about providing...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I would not mind taking a break and then I will come back in.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I would be grateful if the Minister spoke to amendment No. 208 in response to me, if that is okay.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I will speak to amendments Nos. 210 and 212.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I will deal with them now. Amendment No. 210 is similar to the previous amendment on the levy. It will provide additional clarity and certainty around who will pay the levy, when it will be paid, etc., to ensure that all those who should be paying the levy will be included by being more specific about the way we calculate it. I specifically mention advertising to ensure that companies are...