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Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Fintan Warfield: One of my colleagues stated that Sinn Féin opposed developments on lands in Donabate and Fingal. We fully support the development of homes on the site in Fingal. We do not support sweetheart deals for developers and the sale of public land for private developments that are far beyond the reach of ordinary working people. The Government should fund the council to develop that site.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Fintan Warfield: ...A total of 60% of the new homes that will be sold on the site there will be sold at unaffordable prices way above €400,000. That is the deal we are getting in respect of houses built on public land.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 5: In page 8, to delete line 13. My amendment relates to the Land Development Agency, LDA. As members will be aware, Sinn Féin is opposed to the involvement of the agency. We do not accept the need for a new State agency for public housing delivery; rather, and I have mentioned this in the debate on previous amendments, we remain convinced that resourcing local...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Fintan Warfield: The ideological point, if there is one, is that I am opposed to public land - the people's land and the land that everyone owns regardless of how much money they have - being used for unaffordable housing on the open market, being sold off cheaply and being used for houses that will cost well above what people who already own that land will be able to afford. That is the pattern I am opposed to.

Seanad: Councillors' Pay: Motion (22 Feb 2021)

Fintan Warfield: ...stifle opposition to scrutiny of their plans. Sinn Féin has consistently resisted efforts to take power away from councillors. Only this week in the Dáil, there was an attempt to do precisely that. The Land Development Agency Bill seeks to remove councillors from the oversight of the transfer of public land to the Land Development Agency. It is difficult to believe that a...

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Four months ago the report of the Seanad reform implementation group landed on the Taoiseach's desk. It had been sent by its chairperson, Senator McDowell. The legislation would result in a radical change in elections to this House, leading to a more democratic Chamber. Will the Taoiseach run with the report? Rather than highlight its flaws - there are some - he should remember that he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I will take Mr. King up on that point. The Arts Acts allow for the Arts Council to have a legislative responsibility in acquiring land and property. Does Mr. King think that is a conversation we need to have, namely, that the Arts Council could be involved in the conversation on public housing?

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: ...amendment No. 1:In page 14, line 13, after “transfer day.” to insert the following:“The Minister shall also have regard to other matters, including, but not limited to, the area and size of land within the relevant area, as well as any other matters that he or she will consider relevant.”. This short amendment deals with staff transfers during the amalgamation....

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Before the land is privatised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: ...issue I want to raise is the accessibility of public open spaces and recreational spaces. Chairman, with respect, I almost laughed out loud when he referenced private leisure parks considering the Land Development Agency has been designed to sell public land to private developers. On cycling, if we design roads with young people in mind then all of us will reap rewards and be able to...

Seanad: Project 2040 and Transport Matters: Statements (20 Sep 2018)

Fintan Warfield: ...parts of the country that have the most potential for development. It would transport goods to ports in the south of the country that export directly to European markets. Obviously exporting directly to mainland Europe is becoming more part of the conversation. This is the time for a real change in direction in terms of investment in our ports, airports, roads, modern rail and broadband...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Fintan Warfield: ...that the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government comes to this House as soon as that can be scheduled. I know I will say when he comes here that his plans most recently for a new Land Development Agency will cause only further harm to people's lives and will do nothing to solve the crisis. The proposal for the Land Development Agency is that just 10% of public land, which is...

Seanad: 25th Anniversary of Decriminalisation of Homosexuality: Motion (19 Jun 2018)

Fintan Warfield: ...in its outlook. They gave rise to an air of criminality that made certain a climate of isolation, discrimination and, in some cases, prosecution. People bypassed Dublin entirely and left Ireland behind, landing in cities like London and New York to pursue their right to exercise a life different to that of the mainstream. They went in search of a haven. For so many, and tragically so,...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2018)

Fintan Warfield: ...income is particularly prevalent in urban centres where many young people have relocated for work in recent years. Despite the initiation of rent pressure zones, there are major issues with the increase caps being simply ignored or landlords using different loopholes in terms of suggesting they are refurbishing properties to justify the increases. Has the Government any proposals to deal...

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

Fintan Warfield: ...the last Government term, but could it not happen now? This compromised position does not satisfy anybody as to what a canals Bill could have been. In the last section we heard that Waterways Ireland was established as an all-island body, one of the six all-island North-South implementation bodies under the Belfast Agreement. Waterways Ireland maintains and develops the Barrow...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Fintan Warfield: ...we are national representatives. This is a good opportunity to make the case that the urban-rural divide in this debate is problematic. Senator Black mentioned her joy in travelling across Ireland and I can attest to that having returned from Killarney at all hours of the morning and having travelled to many parts of this island. It is not simply that the urban people in the room want...