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Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Curriculum (28 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister of State for agreeing to convey the sentiment. The issues raised here need to be met by Department-led initiatives. I take the opportunity to welcome the Minister, Deputy Harris's, document that specifically references potential reforms to the RSE curriculum as part of the ancillary recommendations to the report of the joint committee. I ask that the Minister would...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I am incredibly proud to play a part in a debate that will ensure the people will have a say on the eight amendment. As the youngest Member of Seanad Éireann and the only Member of this House in his 20s, I think of what the eighth amendment has meant to my generation - a boat, a plane or a pill. The pills are as safe as any drug available in a club or pub or at a festival on a night...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Mr. Edwards continued: "On referendum day, on behalf of all we love, vote yes." I remember about two years after the thirty-fourth amendment of the Constitution, the referendum for civil marriage equality, was passed I was in my boyfriend's house and I read the Article, which he had never read, and Senator Ruane spoke about the number of words that make up the proposed change, which states:...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (22 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: We are speaking to the first group of amendments. I am supportive of the amendments, except for amendments Nos. 25 and 39. On amendment No. 25, I wish to quote from Article 9.1 of the GDPR, which states:Processing of personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data,...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (22 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 18:In page 26, to delete lines 1 to 39, and in page 27, to delete lines 1 to 14.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (22 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Yes. I move amendment No. 19:In page 26, lines 3 to 9, to delete all words from and including “(1) The” in line 3 down to and including line 9.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (22 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 23:In page 28, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “39. (1) No application to access data processed for journalistic purposes may be made by any party, including, for the avoidance of doubt, an authorised officer, An Garda Síochána, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commissioner, the Revenue Commissioners or the Defence Forces, except...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Order for Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I move:That Committee Stage be taken now.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the fact that amendments Nos. 1 and 2 have been ruled out of order. We need to create the space in which to craft a new discourse. That is particularly relevant in the time that faces the European Union, because what we are talking about here is local and European elections. I refer to a European discourse that includes citizens from diverse settings, beliefs and cultures about...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I commend all of the young people who have expressed their aspirations to our political representatives over the past week. I introduced First Stage of this Bill in the Seanad on 12 July 2016. I remember it well as it was my first piece of legislation. I worked alongside Senator Lynn Ruane and felt immense pride in being in a position to introduce the legislation. I again thank the...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I was going to suggest that the Senator speak through the Chair-----

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: -----in line with Standing Orders.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: We all think about local democracy, schools, communities and the young people who came forward calling for gun control following the mass shooting in the high school in Parkland in Florida. The latter group were taking on the most redundant stereotypes of young people as apathetic and stuck on smartphones and they were the adults in their community in that situation. They are in...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I report progress.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment. We heard the news this week that Trinity College Dublin had introduced a €450 flat fee for examinations at undergraduate level. This move disregards the student voice that was balloted and overwhelmingly objected to such a move mainly because it would disproportionately affect the vulnerable among the student body. While students are represented at governing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: The Traveller accommodation budget in 2008 was approximately €40 million, and last year it was approximately €8.7 million. It has increased a small bit this year, but not by a great deal. What level of increase does the Minister of State hope for? It is clear we need to get back to 2008 levels at a minimum. If all social housing budgets were cut by 90%, why has the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Gender Recognition (7 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House to take this matter. I commend the work of the Transgender Equality Network of Ireland, TENI, and the #ThisIsMe campaign which has been raising issues about a clinic for some time. I also commend the work of the Department and the HSE which have committed to the provision of additional resources for the clinic which should help to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Gender Recognition (7 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: The waiting list time and the admission that this service has developed on an ad hocbasis proves that this model simply is not working or is not economical in the long term. I accept that the waiting list data are extracted and do not differentiate specific procedures for transgender patients. However, if we accept that there are 1,900 people on the waiting list and compare that figure with...

Seanad: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Is maith an rud é go bhfuil Bliain na Gaeilge againn le h-aitheantas a thabhairt do thábhacht na Gaeilge mar sheoid cultúrtha atá beo, bríomhar agus mar chuid lárnach de phobal na Gaeltachta. Ní féidir, mar sin féin, an Ghaeilge a cheiliúradh gan dianscrúdú a dhéanamh ar na nithe...

Seanad: 100 Years of Women's Suffrage in Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I congratulate the Minister on her appointment. As the spokesperson for the arts in Sinn Féin, I look forward to working with her. On that point, I received an email from a member of these Houses yesterday that said "spokesman". If we could do one thing today, please do not be too specific in how we identify the roles of spokespeople. There is no point in calling oneself a spokesman...