Results 61-80 of 199 for long speaker:Fintan Warfield

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

Fintan Warfield: .... However, in an environment where the examination subject is all very intense and children need to get ready for examinations, how does one change the culture of CSPE and SPHE? It is not that long ago since I was in school, but from my experience how does one change that culture? Some might see these subjects as a bit of a joke and a time to take a breather or have a rest class or mess...

Seanad: Neurology Nurses: Motion (22 Jun 2022)

Fintan Warfield: ...two years, budgets have promised thousands of staff, but they have not materialised. It is vital that these 100 nursing posts are allocated and filled. Specialist nursing staff are needed to manage long-term neurological conditions, monitor patients, adjust medication amounts and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. Having nursing capacity in the system to support consultants would...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Jun 2022)

Fintan Warfield: ...in the constitutional convention in March 2013. This House has the power to lower the voting age to 16, thankfully, and I welcome the fact Senator Pauline O’Reilly also supports that idea. It has long been a commitment of green politics and the Green Party to support lowering the voting age to 16. There are people in all parties and none who support lowering the voting age. Let...

Seanad: National Maternity Hospital and Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (1 Jun 2022)

Fintan Warfield: ...Service is not following those standards. People are being delayed in accessing treatment and so they are being denied treatment. It is an emergency if the waiting list is approximately ten years long. I would appreciate any response to those issues.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: ...and radio". That amendment does not concern the quota at hand but it does concern talent. Senator Malcolm Byrne mentioned radio and FM broadcasting, which I think will be around for a very long time, and that is underpinned by a licensing system and legislation here in these Houses. All of us are conscious of their competition in terms of music and video streaming, While linear...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: ...by workers, by those who fail to share in the value that they create. The Leader should schedule a debate on the Oxfam report and also on whether this country should implement a wealth tax, as has long been called for by those on the left.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: ...time that he or she was adopted. One might say that early life and care information will not be available on files from the time that the child is adopted but we believe this is not the case. Records were created long after adoption. The same points would apply to section 8.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: My concern is we will see improvement only in certain schools. We have known for so long that this is an issue.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: ...word through amendments Nos. 15 and 18. The word "illegal" would, under those amendments, replace the word "incorrect". I know Senator Higgins has spoken to that issue. The use of the word "incorrect" should be avoided. It has been long established that the State has been aware of illegal adoptions and yet this fact is not reflected in the drafting of the Bill. This was one of the...

Seanad: Childcare Provision: Statements (17 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: ...as carers in the home. From the 1950s onwards, that began to change but gender stereotypes are still part of policies here. Ireland has one of the lowest rates of working mothers in the EU 27 alongside Italy, Greece and Spain, with one third of women with children outside the workforce. At the same time, as has been mentioned, the 30,000 people in the early years sector are some of the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Creative Europe Programme 2021-2027: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: ...present, or from those who give evidence from within the parliamentary precincts, is protected pursuant to both the Constitution and statute by absolute privilege. Witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity, by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable, or otherwise...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Mar 2022)

Fintan Warfield: ...approach with communities and survivors. The steering group that will be established should include survivors and the local communities. Lastly, this is a very important step forward in a very long-fought battle by survivors and their advocates to secure an appropriate memorial to the women and children who endured horrific institutional abuse under the State’s watch. Their...

Seanad: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (Number 2) Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Mar 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I will not speak for long. I appreciate Senator Keogan taking the Chair so I could make a small contribution. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Sinn Féin will support these regulations. We all know that the buildings, schools, community centres, art centres and art galleries have been very conscious of the importance of their role in the response to the pandemic. As the...

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022)

Fintan Warfield: This legislation is long overdue. The Law Reform Commission proposed such legislation back in 1977, and it was again proposed by Mr. Phil Hogan in 2014. Sinn Féin will support the legislation, as it did in the Dáil. While the construction industry register has existed voluntarily since 2014, we have to ensure that it is truly independent in nature. Sinn Féin has expressed...

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman: Press Ombudsman (17 Feb 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I am conscious that it has been a long session. I appreciate the time Mr. Feeney has given. I am a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media, which produced a report on the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022. I welcome Mr. Feeney's comments on that. The Bill will be taken in the Seanad, on Second Stage, next week. I suppose I am...

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman: Press Ombudsman (17 Feb 2022)

Fintan Warfield: ...mechanism. Given the online commissioner has the power to set that up, does Mr. Feeney agree that should be part of the commissioner's work? It is going to an expert review, which will take as long as the Bill takes in the Seanad which is also disappointing to me.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Solar Panels for Public Buildings, Schools, Homes and Other Premises) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Fintan Warfield: It is fair to say that things take longer when a fire is not lit under an issue or the Government. There is a fire under every one of us; the planet is on fire and people are impatient for change because they have been calling for it for so long. The Minister of State can come in and say the Government has started this, probably with thanks to the Green Party and the programme for...

Seanad: The Impact of Covid-19 on Primary and Secondary Education: Motion (19 Jan 2022)

Fintan Warfield: ....Without an increase in funding for school completion and home school community liaison programmes, many vulnerable children may be at risk of becoming disengaged from education entirely. Significant long-term investment in these areas will be crucial to ensuring a generation of children do not lose their education to this pandemic. The main causes Sinn Féin have made and which we...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: .... We learned much more though the leaks that led to the article by Pat Leahy. The report has been considered by the Government for the past five months. Why is it taking the Government so long to publish it? Why are we reading leaks in The Irish Timesabout the content of the report, specifically with regard to the licence fee? We should not be reading in this way about the contents of...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: .... This section states "The Minister shall, not later than six years after the existing [national maritime planning framework] was first published, carry out a review thereof". Six years seems a very long way down the tracks.The best practice is that a review would take place within a year or shortly thereafter so why is the national marine planning framework review taking place six years...