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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the vote in favour of marriage equality in Australia. Some 63% of voters supported the call for equal marriage rights for LGBTQI citizens. There remains something problematic about putting the issue of human rights to a referendum, especially in Australia where the parliament had the ability to legislate for them. I hope the format adopted in Ireland of holding a referendum on...

Seanad: Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, for coming to the House. I wish to talk about sexual health. In 2016 HIV transmission rates in the State rose to more than 500 new cases in a year for the first time this century. We are going in completely the opposite direction to our European counterparts. As part of the Department of Health's national sexual health strategy from 2015 to...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2017)

Fintan Warfield: RTÉ has announced that it will carry out a review of the operations of its orchestras. It currently operates the National Symphony Orchestra and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, each of which consists of approximately 40 musicians. There has been a total of 25 vacancies in the orchestras in the past seven years and there are fears the number may rise to 40, the number required for one...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2017)

Fintan Warfield: This week, there are big initiatives to attempt to mobilise people and get them to register to vote. Some 60,000 people have become eligible to vote as a consequence. I commend the National Youth Council of Ireland on its initiatives to increase the number on the electoral register and participation. Imagine if the 60,000 were 500,000. Data from Census 2016 indicate there are 535,475...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting Rights for Residents) Bill 2017: First Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the provisions of the Electoral Act 1992 to extend the right to vote in Dáil and European Elections to all adults of voting age who have been legally resident in the State for five years; and to provide for related matters.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting Rights for Residents) Bill 2017: First Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Arts Funding (26 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House. I raise the announcement by Fáilte Ireland that a funding agreement has been reached with local authorities. The new funding arrangement will replace Fáilte Ireland's annual regional festivals and participative events programme next year. Fáilte Ireland has informed applicants and promoters seeking that funding that...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Arts Funding (26 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister of State for his response and welcome his commitment to start that conversation with the Minister. His reply seemed to suggest the changes will not have any bearing on existing funding for the arts via local authorities. The arms length principle is an integral element of the artistic process and ensures good governance and freedom in the creation and curation of work....

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: The Irish labour market is a scary place for young people. It is a savage place. Young people are essentially being deprived of citizenship. The long-term outlook for the cost of precarious work to society is huge. People have an entitlement to citizenship and if we consider ourselves republicans we, as politicians and political activists, have to deal with it and have to listen to young...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the fact that the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, recently met transgender and non-binary young people. She said that she felt so inspired listening to these young people who are so articulate, self-aware, insightful and brave. She said that even though they have been hurt by their experiences, they are optimistic and witty about and...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Last night, the Seanad progressed legislation recognising the rights of the deaf community. It came to the attention of many of us after the debate -and to my attention online - that the Oireachtas could not facilitate access to the full broadcast of that debate. This opens up the wider conversation of why the Oireachtas and this Parliament does not face outwards and why broadcasts of the...

Seanad: Child Care: Statements (18 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Yes.

Seanad: Child Care: Statements (18 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Senator Paul Gavan will take two minutes. I welcome the SIPTU representatives and the representatives of the child care sector in the Gallery today. Currently, child care is one of the greatest financial pressures facing families in the State, especially young families, as Senator Richmond has outlined. We have some of the highest child care costs in the world, and the cost is commonly...

Seanad: Child Care: Statements (18 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I join previous speakers in expressing my condolences to the families and friends who lost loved ones during Storm Ophelia yesterday. I wish to be associated with many of the comments that have been made. A friend of mine works as a manager in a store in this city. The company in question employs over 1,000 people across this State. He waited until 11.30 a.m. to hear from the company's...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (17 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: On behalf of Sinn Féin, I commend Senator Daly. I understand the Minister of State is supportive and Sinn Féin is also proud to support the legislation. I was reading a contribution by Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin in the Dáil on 10 November 2016 about the report of the committee on justice and equality. He mentioned, as Senator Norris did now, the interpreters...