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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I know of non-religious teachers working in religious schools who feel a bit spooked at times about certain topics, not only in RSE. I do not have any further questions.

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: You have missed your amendments, Senator Mullen.

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 1: In page 7, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: “(10A) (a) The Council shall publish, concurrent with the giving of such a direction referred to in this section a report outlining the adequacy of resources provided by the Department, the NCSE, and the HSE and other relevant organisations to the Schools, and stating whether in the...

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: No, we are under time pressure. I am not going to contribute a second time. If Senator Dolan wants to contribute, then by all means she should do so.

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: No. I will withdraw it. The Minister of State has committed to consider the issue as part of the EPSEN Act review. I am satisfied with that response at this time.

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 4: In page 10, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 20 of Act of 2004 12.The Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 is amended in section 20(1) by the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraph (b): “(b) in consultation with the Department, schools, the HSE, Túsla and such...

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: The NCSE has the resources and scope to gather this information. It has some of the information already. Working with the HSE, the CSO, Tusla, schools and the early years sector, I think it should be possible to make an accurate prediction and to have a breadth of information available to parents. I will not divide the House on the amendment. The Minister acknowledges that it is a good...

Seanad: Night-time Economy: Motion (13 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move: That Seanad Éireann: welcomes: - the Report of the Night-Time Economy Taskforce published in September 2021; - the Programme for Government commitment to reform licensing laws, application processes and to conduct a full review of policies governing night-time culture; commends: - 'Give Us The Night' and all campaigners advocating for positive changes to nightlife in...

Seanad: Night-time Economy: Motion (13 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister. I also welcome our guests in the Public Gallery. They have been patiently waiting for this debate to begin and I hope that it lives up to their expectations. Nightlife and the night-time economy are under a severe threat in our towns and cities. Rising property costs, rip-off insurance, extortionate licensing fees and archaic licensing are crippling business and...

Seanad: Night-time Economy: Motion (13 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Night-time Economy: Motion (13 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I will not use all my allotted time in making my concluding remarks.

Seanad: Night-time Economy: Motion (13 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: Thank you so much.

Seanad: Night-time Economy: Motion (13 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister. While I do not support or agree with the amendment, I think there is more we agree on than is evident from it. I thank the campaigners, industry workers and promoters from some of the best venues in the city who run some of the best nights in the city. All of us want not just to protect what we have in our nightlife but to ensure that it thrives as a night-time...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I support amendment No. 28, which concerns the commission making recommendations about gender quotas at local elections. This has arisen at the Committee on Gender Equality, of which Senator Higgins is also a member. We spoke to officials and there is concern about how we might implement that. Quotas are applied in the Dáil around political party funding, but there must be a way, if...