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Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 38: In page 24, to delete lines 7 and 8 and substitute the following: “(a) subject to paragraph (b), three times in each year at intervals of not more than 4 months, and”.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Cultural Institutions (8 Feb 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for taking this Commencement matter. There was a very good article in The Guardianbefore Christmas about an Irish woman, Isabella Walsh from Limerick. A previous article in The Guardianinspired her to return her late father's collection of 19th century African and Aboriginal objects to their countries of origin. She is from...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Cultural Institutions (8 Feb 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister of State, and the Minister, Deputy Martin, and her officials in the Department for the update. I wish the advisory committee well, including Lynn Scarff, the director of the National Museum of Ireland, and Virginia Teehan, the chief executive of the Heritage Council, and all of the folks on the advisory committee. I wish them all the best. It is a complex issue; of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I raise the issue of licensing laws. Last year, in May or June, Sinn Féin brought forward a Private Members' motion urging the Government to save the night-time economy. Fine Gael has made a lot of political capital out of announcement after announcement but still there has been no change. The response from the Minister, Deputy McEntee, to a parliamentary question last November stated...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2024)

Fintan Warfield: At last, we have a breakthrough in the negotiations in the North of Ireland and we all expect the Assembly will elect a new Executive before the 8 February deadline. That will mean Northern institutions will be back up and running. There will be a fully functioning Assembly and an Executive, as well as the full operation of the Good Friday Agreement. The democratic outcome of the Assembly...

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (30 Jan 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The Coroners (Amendment) Bill, will ensure that an appropriate number of coroners can be recruited to operate in the Dublin district and ensure that additional temporary coroners can be appointed to the Dublin district and other districts, if required.It is an urgent Bill to ensure the smooth running of the Coroner Service in dealing with...

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I send apologies on behalf of Senator Gavan, who cannot be here, but I know he will be here with our amendments next week or the week after that. This is a hugely important matter for the people of Limerick. This could have been a Bill that offered meaningful reform of local government and local government in Limerick with real powers and real influence but it does not. What is offered is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Green Party for those very kind remarks and I will be sure to pass them on to Niall Ó Donnghaile. It was very generous of Senator Martin. I call for a debate on emigration. Between July 2022 and July 2023, some 21,000 visas were issued to Irish citizens going to Australia. That is double the number the previous year and it makes Ireland the highest recipient of those visas...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Library (22 Jan 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this Commencement matter, which I also raised as a Commencement matter in 2021. I have heard of no progress to date, so I hope that today the Minister of State will have an update for me. The National Library of Ireland is a depository where publications are sent to record the history of the State, but they do not have the same legal responsibility...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2024)

Fintan Warfield: David has been a towering political campaigner, academic and historian. He is the longest serving Member of this House for good reason. I recall reading that his love of performance came partly from his first experiences in the Players Theatre at Trinity College Dublin, but I think it was a meeting of the Sexual Liberation Movement, SLM, in 1973 that seeded his gay rights activism. Like...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2024)

Fintan Warfield: -----who was responsible for introducing David to that group, I believe, as well as Mary Dorcey, Hugo McManus, Margaret McWilliams and Michael Kerrigan.The SLM campaigned on a wide platform of reform around abortion, divorce, contraception and gay rights. With Belfast's Gay Liberation Society, SLM hosted Ireland's first symposium on homosexuality in February 1974. Within a year of that,...

Seanad: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: An Dara Céim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Fintan Warfield: ...Boylan, will speak to the fortieth amendment, on care. As a member of the special Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality, I played a very active role throughout 2022 on these issues, as did Senators Alice-Mary Higgins, Lisa Chambers, Regina Doherty and Pauline O'Reilly. I commend the committee Chair, Deputy Ivana Bacik, all the members, the secretariat and the witnesses who came before...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the witnesses. This strikes me as something of a political hearing, as this is a politicised issue at the moment. It veers closely to the remit of the justice committee. Our joint Oireachtas committees cross over a number of times. I attended the Joint Committee on Justice about licensing laws, which affects culture and the arts. I welcome and have no objection to this hearing....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Cultural Institutions (14 Dec 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this matter. I am delighted to have the chance to talk about our national cultural institutions, particularly the National Library of Ireland, which on 20 November was granted permission by Dublin City Council for the redevelopment of the Kildare Street west wing refurbishment. The last time I asked out the national cultural institutions on a...

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

Fintan Warfield: ...the breeze here. Also on behalf of the Sinn Féin team, I wish everyone in these Houses a peaceful Christmas, especially the staff of the Seanad Office, Martin and Bridget, the staff in the Cathaoirleach's office, Members of all parties and none, the cleaners, the ushers, the catering staff, the bar staff, the gardaí onsite and off, the transcript team, and the staff of Bills...

Seanad: Hypothermia Scalp Cooling Therapy: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I know this is a very sensitive issue, and I commend the motion and the proposers of motion, but I cannot help but think about the underfunding of the health service, particularly at a time of surplus. I cannot let the opportunity pass without criticising the decision to underfund the health services at a time of surplus. It is morally wrong. The hospitals named in the motion would...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Fintan Warfield: We put you up in Inchicore for long enough. We have a situation where the infrastructure has been neglected by everybody. The fans of the league do not have confidence in the FAI and never have. That is why I am not shocked we are here again on a governance issue, which I have not got into because it has been covered at length, but which I am outraged by. We only have ten teams in the...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Dec 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Acting Chair. I will not use all of my time. I commend the work of the Electoral Commission. It is a matter of public record that Sinn Féin argued for six-seaters and to maintain county boundaries where possible but we think the Electoral Commission should be as independent as possible and I think it did a very good job. As this Bill comes before us, I...

Seanad: Local Government Matters and City and County Councillors: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. We need genuine reform of local government and the power structure in Irish politics. Governance and decision-making should occur as close to the people as possible, and they should be carried out by people elected by the people. The current management structure was introduced in 1940. Consistently, for decade after decade following partition,...

Seanad: Sex Offenders (Amendment) (Coercive Control) Bill 2023: Second Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Fintan Warfield: As ever, I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, to the House. On behalf of Sinn Féin I welcome today's Bill. I acknowledge the work of Jason and the Poole family, who have worked tirelessly to ensure that Jennifer's voice is heard in this Bill. As other speakers have referenced, the Bill is a reclaiming of Jennifer's legacy, one that will provide protection for all women in...

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