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Seanad: Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I also welcome the Minister of State to the House. Homelessness is a measure by which any housing policy would be assessed. Just before the mid-term break, we spoke here about the levels of homelessness. Back in August there were 10,800 adults and children in emergency accommodation, funded by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. We think the real figure is closer to...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: Blaming Sinn Féin for the housing crisis is incredible.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I have not contributed yet.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: Having to listen to Senator Cummins blame Sinn Féin for the housing crisis is absolutely incredible.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: It is sickening to listen to Senator Cummins of Fine Gael blame Sinn Féin for the housing crisis.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: Fine Gael has been in government for over a decade. I was 19 years of age when Fine Gael entered Government.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: Fine Gael gives tax breaks to real estate investment trusts and the biggest landlords in this State yet Members come in here and claim to stand up for small landlords of whom most pay over 50% on rental incomes. So I am not going to listen to either Fine Gael claim to stand up for small landlords or blame Sinn Féin for the housing crisis. Sinn Féin seeks to introduce a ban on...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: May I come in on amendments Nos. 13 and 14?

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I will take this opportunity to speak on amendments Nos. 13 and 14. We want to see people get a little more protection during the winter months and the timeframe set out by the Bill. The longer a tenancy is, the longer the notice-to-quit period. There are two notice-to-quit periods, one of 196 days and one of 224 days, depending on whether someone has been a tenant for less than or more...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I will speak to amendment No. 9. The Government promised to introduce no-fault evictions. When a person signs a tenancy agreement there is usually an understanding that there are X amount of people in Y number of rooms. Family size can change. A person can have a partner or children, adult children can move home and so on. The overcrowding provision is where a landlord can issue a notice...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 13: In page 5, to delete lines 5 to 9 and substitute the following: “ 5 Beginning on the day after the date of the passing of Act and ending on 31 January 2023 Not less than 1 year but less than 7 years 1 May 2023 ”.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 14: In page 5, to delete lines 14 to 18 and substitute the following: “ 7 Beginning on the day after the date of the passing of Act and ending on 31 March 2023 Not less than 7 years 1 May 2023 ”. Amendment put and declared lost.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 15: In page 5, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(4) Where a tenant has a notice date that falls due prior to the commencement to this Act and the tenant is forced to overhold due to lack of available emergency accommodation or alternative housing, the Residential Tenancies Board, in the course of mediation or determination may apply...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: What would Ms Gleeson say to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage when it states that it is tied to Dáil funding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: Now that we will have a permanent electoral commission, is Ms Gleeson optimistic about everything that can flow from it? There is a comment I want to make, which I have made at every meeting. It is about the Seanad election. It is bizarrely complicated but it presents many opportunities to increase representation of diversity in the Houses and gender representation. I have put this on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I thank Dr. Buckley. I am probably out of time but I would like to ask another question. From the experience of the witnesses, anecdotal or otherwise, do countries with list systems generally have better gender representation? Perhaps they do not have this detail. It is a sense I have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I thank Dr. Buckley.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I apologise for being late but I read the opening statements last night and this morning. This is a conversation I often have with Sinéad, who helps me out with this committee. Between 1989 and 1994, the European Parliament had 20% women and the Dáil today has 23% women. That is how long it has taken us to catch up but it is also a sign of how slow we have been with regard to the...

Seanad: Breastfeeding: Motion (12 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I apologise for missing most of the debate. I was attending the media committee. I commend the motion. I wish to give particular reference to the parts of it that stood out for me. These include providing access to suitable breast pumps free of charge to all mothers of pre-term and hospitalised infants and breastfeeding mothers hospitalised after maternity discharge. It also refers to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Taoiseach here to the committee and I thank him for coming. I will pick up on the five days statutory paid leave entitlement for domestic violence. It is essentially Government policy, given that the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris, has written to all universities asking them to introduce ten days paid leave for...