Results 181-200 of 2,414 for speaker:Fintan Warfield
- Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024: Motion (15 Feb 2024)
Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 1: To insert the following after “25th January, 2024.”: “This order shall take effect only after the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 has been amended to provide for the Accommodation Recognition Payment Scheme termination date to be extended for the following: - existing recipients with respect to the beneficiaries of temporary...
- Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024: Motion (15 Feb 2024)
Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister to the House. First, let me take the opportunity to once again condemn Russia and its illegal war in Ukraine. I want to reiterate my support, as well as the support of my Sinn Féin colleagues, for the Ukrainian people, for the integrity of the territory of their country and for the sovereignty of their country. Over the past two years, we have witnessed images...
- Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024: Motion (15 Feb 2024)
Fintan Warfield: Yes.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Fintan Warfield: I thank our witnesses. We are here to discuss transparency of RTÉ's expenditure, governance issues and the future funding challenges facing RTÉ. I will focus my attention on the latter. We heard much talk today about how RTÉ has failed to advertise the TV licence and how we look forward to the day when we can talk about the future funding of RTÉ. That day is today....
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Fintan Warfield: If we really wanted to sort out RTÉ and the problems RTÉ and public sector broadcasting faces, we would accept the recommendation by the Future of Media Commission that RTÉ and public service broadcasting should be funded by the central Exchequer. It is not just RTÉ that is waiting for the Government to stop faffing around, it is an entire industry that ranges from...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Fintan Warfield: In the strategy, A New Direction for RTÉ, what does Mr. Bakhurst really mean by a hybrid production model?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Fintan Warfield: Does Mr. Bakhurst foresee output deals like TG4 has, as a natural part of increasing commissioning? For example, it could do a deal for four years and at a cost of X to produce Y amount of programming hours.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Fintan Warfield: Could Mr. Bakhurst give us assurances that no more land will be sold at the radio centre? Is it safe? There is an excellent studio there. I cannot remember the name of the big studio.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Fintan Warfield: For an organisation that says it supports the arts, it would be a big deal if space could be made available for the arts and for artists. We live in a city that has an office vacancy rate of 17%. This is empty space, yet there are only 529 artist studios based in the city. Ms Ní Raghallaigh will know the difficulties facing artists in terms of space. I appeal to RTÉ to use that...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Fintan Warfield: I thank Mr. Bakhurst.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)
Fintan Warfield: On Friday night I was in Tallaght Stadium, where there was a record attendance. I commend South Dublin County Council on the new stand.It is by a huge margin the most developed stadium in the League of Ireland. Yesterday was also an important day for Bohemians and I welcome the news that Dublin City Council has approved planning for Dalymount Park. We need to see funding secured for that...
- Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
Fintan Warfield: I support this amendment around various things the mayor should be doing, such as chairing the joint policing committee, and having powers in terms of waste management, regeneration and the public realm and, importantly, the introduction of a living wage, and promoting that initiative. The mayor having an ambassadorial role in the delivery of a living wage, which by the way is a programme...
- Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 11: In page 14, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “(6) The Mayor shall have, as a function, an ambassadorial role in the promotion and delivery of a living wage in businesses contained within the administrative area covered by Limerick City and County Council. (7) The Mayoral role shall have promotional and delivery responsibilities in the...
- Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 18: In page 17, line 27 to delete “The director general, after consultation with the Mayor,” and substitute “The Mayor, after consultation with the director general,”.
- Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 38: In page 24, to delete lines 7 and 8 and substitute the following: “(a) subject to paragraph (b), three times in each year at intervals of not more than 4 months, and”.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Cultural Institutions (8 Feb 2024)
Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for taking this Commencement matter. There was a very good article in The Guardianbefore Christmas about an Irish woman, Isabella Walsh from Limerick. A previous article in The Guardianinspired her to return her late father's collection of 19th century African and Aboriginal objects to their countries of origin. She is from...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Cultural Institutions (8 Feb 2024)
Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister of State, and the Minister, Deputy Martin, and her officials in the Department for the update. I wish the advisory committee well, including Lynn Scarff, the director of the National Museum of Ireland, and Virginia Teehan, the chief executive of the Heritage Council, and all of the folks on the advisory committee. I wish them all the best. It is a complex issue; of...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2024)
Fintan Warfield: I raise the issue of licensing laws. Last year, in May or June, Sinn Féin brought forward a Private Members' motion urging the Government to save the night-time economy. Fine Gael has made a lot of political capital out of announcement after announcement but still there has been no change. The response from the Minister, Deputy McEntee, to a parliamentary question last November stated...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2024)
Fintan Warfield: At last, we have a breakthrough in the negotiations in the North of Ireland and we all expect the Assembly will elect a new Executive before the 8 February deadline. That will mean Northern institutions will be back up and running. There will be a fully functioning Assembly and an Executive, as well as the full operation of the Good Friday Agreement. The democratic outcome of the Assembly...
- Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (30 Jan 2024)
Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The Coroners (Amendment) Bill, will ensure that an appropriate number of coroners can be recruited to operate in the Dublin district and ensure that additional temporary coroners can be appointed to the Dublin district and other districts, if required.It is an urgent Bill to ensure the smooth running of the Coroner Service in dealing with...