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Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Mar 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister and invite him to respond.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Mar 2023)

Fintan Warfield: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Mar 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Mar 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Before we suspend, I welcome former US ambassador to India, Mr. Richard Verma, who is here with his family and Deputy Creed. They are very welcome to Seanad Éireann. Céad míle fáilte.

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with European Ombudsman (23 Mar 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I hope Ms O'Reilly is well. I thank her for attending the Committee of Public Petitions and for briefing members on her annual report. I am interested in chatting to her about the accountability in decision-making. She mentioned in her opening statement references to information requests around inappropriate or opaque lobbying. Her report also talks about tobacco lobbyists. Obviously the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with European Ombudsman (23 Mar 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Thank Ms O'Reilly for her comments. I appreciate her work and thank her for it.

Seanad: Teacher Supply and School Places: Statements (15 Feb 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister. The shortfall in teacher supply has reached a crunch point at both primary and post-primary level. Too many teachers are on insecure or temporary contracts and are underemployed. These temporary contracts mean they are not paid over the summer and must take their chances on getting a permanent position or another temporary contract in September. The issue of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I rise on behalf of the Sinn Féin group to remember Brianna Ghey, a 16-year-old who tragically died in Warrington, which is in Cheshire in England. The young girl and her family have been savagely visited by the unexpected. Brianna is described by her mother and father as having been fearless. We live in a world where people are often afraid to be themselves and go to great lengths to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I would like to discuss the recently launched Youth Arts Now report. Research into youth arts is, unfortunately, lacking in comparison with other fields. I would, therefore, like to begin by acknowledging the hard work and dedication of John O'Brien and those who contributed to this report, including the Arts Council and the folks in Waterford. We have a long, noble and vibrant artistic...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future Business Model Plans and Long-term Vision for the Media Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I thank and welcome the witnesses. I will start with a question for all the groups. I know from experience that some LGBT organisations have been super-complainants for social media companies. One of our witnesses today mentioned time consuming monitoring of media. Do any of the organisations, or perhaps groups under their umbrella, work on monitoring and should that ever be the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future Business Model Plans and Long-term Vision for the Media Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Yes, that was more specific to the older folks watching daytime television. Does Age Action want to comment on that?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future Business Model Plans and Long-term Vision for the Media Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2023)

Fintan Warfield: A couple of advisory panels were set up. Our colleague Senator Malcolm Byrne, who could not be here today, pushed hard for a youth advisory panel. The National Youth Council of Ireland welcomed that. On Ms Chadamoyo Makombe's point, I listen to BBC's Radio 1Xtra as well for a bit of dubstep that I cannot get on RTÉ. Her point about the possibility Internet radio presents for more...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 2: In page 8, line 8, to delete "26 weeks" and substitute "one week". I welcome the Minister to the House. Many groups that made a recommendation to the Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on the Bill recommended the removal of the six-month employment eligibility criterion. It is our view that this will negatively affect lone...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I propose to withdraw the amendment. I reserve the right to resubmit it.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 4: In page 9, line 14, to delete “5 days” and substitute “10 days”. I invite the Minister to provide the Department's response on the amendment. I am a bit confused after the previous amendment.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister. I apologise for my confusion there for a hot second. I raised this issue with the Taoiseach at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Gender Equality. We have consistently made the point that many companies provide more than five days' leave. In the North, there is more than five days' leave. We thought the Government should go further. I will press the amendment. I...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 5: In page 9, to delete lines 36 to 39, and in page 10, to delete lines 1 to 7. The amendment relates to the requirement for a worker to obtain a medical certificate for a third party, which is overly restrictive and places an additional and unreasonable cost burden on parents, particularly lone parents and low-income workers, especially when coupled with the unpaid...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Are we discussing section 7?

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I risk being slightly repetitive. As Women's Aid noted, during the Second Stage debate in the Seanad, the Minister stated the Government is looking at parity of pay for domestic violence leave with sick pay. As my Labour Party colleague just pointed out, the proposal is modelled on the Sick Leave Act 2022 among others and is in line with the proposal by the Minister's Department. The...