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

Fintan Warfield: Amendment No. 43 compels the Minister to commence the Act within a specified timeframe. Sinn Féin supports this amendment and will not support amendment No. 42.

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

Fintan Warfield: To follow on from the contribution of Senator Higgins, I note that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights includes the right not to be discriminated against as a result of cultural choices. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights includes the right to access culture in accordance with Article 15 thereof. There is a right to cultural expression in accordance...

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

Fintan Warfield: Sinn Féin supports the amendment to the amendment, which provides that "provision of or availing of a remote, web-based service shall, if the Irish Sign Language user consents, be sufficient to meet the obligations of a public body under this section." This means that the user will be in control of the decision as to whether the service is sufficient. As we see so often, the individual...

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

Fintan Warfield: I encourage the Minister of State to take on board this amendment. I proposed legislation to amend the Gender Recognition Act. Thankfully, a review of the Act's operation after two years was provided for in the legislation. The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, will commence the review and I hope that it will be informed by the legislation in...

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

Fintan Warfield: On behalf of the Sinn Féin team, I thank all of the contributors, the community, Senators Mark Daly and Lorraine Clifford-Lee and the Minister of State. On two occasions this evening, I thought about Nelson Mandela, first, when the interpreter at his funeral was mentioned, and, second, when Senator Victor Boyhan referred to the challenges facing campaigners in our society. He set out a...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: During his election campaign the Taoiseach committed to double State funding for culture over a seven-year period. Justin Trudeau made the same commitment, but, ironically, it is a commitment on which Canada has delivered. It is time, therefore, for the Government to road-map its intentions. To quote what the Minister for Finance, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, said today, "Additional funding to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: The relationship between the Department and this committee has been a topic of conversation in this committee. I am new here and I have no experience of relationships between committees and Departments. From the Minister's end, is she content that the relationship between the committee and the Department is good, that we are kept in the loop around initiatives and that attendance at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I note that a number of launches are scheduled under the Creative Ireland programme. Has Creative Ireland replaced Culture 2025?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Culture 2025, then, is the State strategy for culture. The first document in it is the public consultation discussion document and the second document, the green document, is the framework policy. Creative Ireland, then, is the implementation plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Will there be a further publication?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: The Creative Ireland booklet states: "a number of launches are scheduled under the Creative Ireland programme for later this year, including a Cabinet investment programme for the culture and heritage sector and a creative children's programme to enable every child to access tuition in music and drama." Can the Minister give us any details on that initiative in terms of the age groups and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I would like to encourage the possibility of informal educational environments also being considered here. I think the Minister mentioned this already.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I do not expect any particular details with regard to next week's budget, but should we expect increases similar to those made last year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Galway has just come to mind; my apologies if I catch the Minister off guard here. Galway is a UNESCO City of Film as well as the European Capital of Culture for 2020. Conversations are taking place there around Galway airport and the possibility that the hanger there might potentially be used as a film studio space. Is the Minister aware of this matter?

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: When the interests of corporations are taken to such an extent as the Apple tax scandal, those interests come before workers' rights, the environment, investment in public services and the interest of weaker states. Today, in the past hour, it has been reported that the European Commission has moved to refer Ireland to the European Court of Justice for failing to recover from Apple up to...

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Motion (4 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I wish to make a brief comment and I thank the Acting Chairman for allowing me the time to do so. I thank Senator Freeman for championing this important issue for young people. Sinn Féin is proud to support the motion. We all know that mental health has never been adequately resourced and that services for young people are particularly absent. Mental health can no longer be left as...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I join fellow Senators in expressing condolences to those who lost loved ones in Nevada. I performed in the Mandalay Bay hotel many times with the Wolfe Tones and the Irish bar there became a home away from home for me while on the road in the United States. I spoke last week about my hope for a national AIDS memorial. Citizens mobilised today outside the Four Courts to demand access to...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I will begin by referencing the ridiculous comparison drawn by Senator McDowell between gambling and alcohol with voting. One has a negative impact while the other has a positive impact. I rise today to say that we need a national AIDS memorial. Today, HIV Ireland marks its 30th anniversary. Since 1987, the organisation has championed sex education and focused on improving services and...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Fintan Warfield: There could be.