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Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I join others in expressing solidarity with all members of the Traveller community and their settled allies following yesterday's historic announcement. It was an historic day for members of the Traveller community and a momentous day for Irish society in recognising Traveller ethnicity, which was the right thing to do and about time. As I sit beside Members like Senator David Norris, I...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I wish to read some of the terms of reference of the commission, even though it genuinely pains me to do so:(1) to enquire into the problem arising from the presence in the country of itinerants in considerable numbers; (2) to examine the economic, educational, health and social problems inherent in their way of life... They also include the promotion of their "absorption into the general...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Sinn Féin?

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I sympathise with the former Minister of State, Senator Kevin Humphreys, who spoke about the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ring, to whom I spoke in a committee room yesterday when I expressed concern about this Bill. He responded in the most amazing way by saying he was glad that I was not from rural Ireland because if I was, I would actually understand it. I suspect that, in contrast...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Sinn Féin will be supporting the amendments in this section to support the safeguarding of the canals. It is my understanding that previously section 3 and now section 4 are not what had been expected or committed to canals and waterways-based organisations. The absence of a canals Bill is noted. A canals Bill would give focus to all of this and would be an effective way to run our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Mar 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister for her presentation. She has said that "the proposed legislation will allow for the early release of records if the relevant Minister and the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs are satisfied that it is warranted by virtue of the historical or public interest value" of those records. Is that a new addition to the Bill? Is it not covered...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Mar 2017)

Fintan Warfield: This is a great Bill. It is great that material will be released after 20 years rather than 30 years. We seem to be reacting to Britain and the North in order to harmonise with them rather than doing this for the positive good. Ideally, this would be done over a shorter period of time. The Department should not be placing a value on certain records rather than others. A 20-year timeframe...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Mar 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I asked a question about the copyright Bill. I know we are not discussing it, but we are discussing the future storage of digital information. There is no scope in the 2016 Bill to enable the National Library to collect digital material in any meaningful way. The suggestion is that it would be possible to scope and capture the entire .iedomain because most websites just disappear after a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I am not from a rural area, but I am happy to take part in the discussion. I am interested in Deputy Ó Cuív's point about scattered communities. They are not scattered communities; they are communities, but to the person with another experience they may look at times to be scattered. I am grateful for that remark. I want to focus on heritage. Our culture has no context without...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I did not take that approach with the Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Fintan Warfield: That is completely fine on the roadsides.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I am not talking about roadsides.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I object to the Minister of State's divisive urban-rural-----

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Second Stage (1 Mar 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome this legislation and thank the Minister for bringing it forward. I commend the work of all organisations supporting survivors and victims of domestic and sexual violence. I also commend the victims and survivors themselves who have spoken out. Domestic and sexual violence is a poison. It touches every part of our society. It demands that we shine a light, raise awareness and go...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I wish to add my voice to the expressions of support in both Houses of the Oireachtas yesterday for the family of Pat Finucane. The murder of Pat Finucane is one of the starkest examples of collusion between British state forces and loyalist paramilitaries. Pat Finucane was a human rights solicitor and he fought for truth and justice. Yesterday's decision in the Court of Appeal in Belfast...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Corporations-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Corporations and those who can afford it should pay more.

Seanad: Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme: Statements (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: This island has many dark histories. The scandal of symphysiotomy has been a brutal and inhumane procedure and reality for some time for some women. With respect, I think the Minister of State missed a certain 2012 study in her contribution that found that many of the victims and survivors of symphysiotomy said that the Catholic Church encouraged, if not insisted upon symphysiotomies....

Seanad: Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Sinn Féin has accepted the terms of reference to establish a tribunal of inquiry into the whistleblower claims and the treatment of Sergeant Maurice McCabe. Sergeant McCabe and Katie Hannon have done the State a service. We now have much more comprehensive terms of reference compared with what was in place previously. Sinn Féin met the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation relating to disclosures by members of An Garda Síochána: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Sinn Féin welcomes the publication of the terms of reference for the commission of investigation into whistleblower allegations concerning An Garda Síochána and the most senior levels of Garda management. Despite Senator Conway's assertion, public confidence in An Garda Síochána is at an all-time low and one could not blame any individual Garda for there being low...