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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Digital Archiving (23 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister of State. I requested the presence of the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to address the upcoming Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018 in the knowledge that it would soon be taken in the Chamber. It was my hope some clarity could be provided on the amendment to section 198 of the principal Act. It is my belief and that...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Digital Archiving (23 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister of State. His response was extremely positive until the second last paragraph which stated that the amendment would allow copyright deposit institutions to accept publications in electronic format and require publishers to comply with any request. It is impossible for the National Library of Ireland, for example, to contact the several million websites we have in this...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the announcement yesterday by the National Youth Council of Ireland, NYCI, that based on preliminary figures, 125,000 young people have been added to the supplementary electoral register ahead of this week's referendum. This highlights that young people have a deep affinity with the issue of abortion and that they will respond and vote in droves when engaged. They are major...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I am sometimes anxious that I might talk too often on a certain issue but I also subscribe to the view "If not you, who?". Today marks International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. On this day, global and state policymakers are asked to consider their progress in eliminating bigotry and prejudices that damage the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex,...

Seanad: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I congratulate the Minister on the passing of the Bill in this House. We have made our concerns and our support known. I am sure it is a matter of great pride for the Minister to get the Bill passed.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Children and Family Services Provision (16 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister of State. This is the fifth occasion on which I have raised this issue. I have raised it three times on the Order of Business and this is the second Commencement matter I have tabled in respect of it. More than six months have passed since I raised it by way of a Commencement matter. At that point, it had already been two and a half years since enactment of the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Children and Family Services Provision (16 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome the fact that he has committed to prepare legislation - should that be needed - and bring it through the Houses as soon as possible. I also welcome the opportunity for a briefing for Oireachtas Members. However, it is not good enough for those parents whose families have been left vulnerable for the Department to repeat that discussions are ongoing...

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (16 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I do.

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (16 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 8:In page 4, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 15 of Principal Act 4. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):“(3) The period referred to in subsection (1) may be further extended by order made by the consultant psychiatrist concerned for a period...

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (16 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I congratulate my Fianna Fáil colleagues and the Deputy who has joined us on their work on this very important Bill. Sinn Féin is supporting the Fianna Fáil amendments. Our amendment is an amendment to section 15 of the principal Act. It seeks to resolve an issue raised by a recent Court of Appeal ruling in the case of AB v. St. Loman’s Hospital. The court ruled that...

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (16 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I am just reflecting on our engagement with civil society on this. I have a note from Mental Health Reform which reminds us that, over three years ago, the expert group, when reviewing the 2001 Act, indicated that the third renewal order of up to 12 months is too long and recommended that it should be reduced to a period not exceeding six months. Mental Health Reform's note also states that...

Seanad: European Court Decision: Motion (16 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome Mr. Shannon to the Gallery. I am very grateful for the opportunity to speak on an issue which goes to the core of human rights. Operation Demetrius was a British military operation which flagrantly disregarded the human rights of communities in the North. Not only were these men tortured, but 342 people were interned without trial. This number grew to 1,981 by December 1975. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I thank our guests for contributing to this somewhat emotional committee hearing. I know someone who has said their experiences would have been different if they had been given this information when they were younger. Two years after I left school, I was the victim of a sexual assault. It took me five years to realise what consent was. After I watched an RTÉ documentary called...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the witnesses for joining us in the committee. On a side note, did Scouting Ireland ever pursue the policy of each individual den, group or troop - I might not have the language - being an individual entity rather than being part of Scouting Ireland itself?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Would there be any implications from this ongoing investigation for that decision? Could there be an increase in responsibility on local groups? Has there been a reaction from local scouting groups to these issues and, indeed, that move to align with the North in how Scouting Ireland recognises local groups?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Can the witnesses quickly identify the impact withholding or withdrawing the funds will have on Scouting Ireland in the short and long term? This may be a question for the Minister but is the role of Jillian van Turnhout a voluntary position and, if not, is there a cost to the Exchequer or would the cost be taken on by Scouting Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: When it comes to making a decision on cases is the board briefed on each individual case or is the decision made by child protection elements within Scouting Ireland with the board simply signing off on those recommendations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Please do, if possible.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Standards in Public Office Commission (8 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I was taking my lead from the title on the television when I was in the anteroom. I welcome the Minister to the House. As he will be aware, we are in the full swing of a referendum campaign. This referendum in particular has taken a turn that is unprecedented. The use of social media has been a growing campaigning platform for the past ten years or so. Unlike other platforms, it has a...