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Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 87. In page 44, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “Duties with regard to regional balance 8. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 39: “Duties with regard to regional balance 39A.(1) All public bodies engaged in the distribution of State moneys for the production, screening and...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I appreciate that the Minister will not accept the amendment and that she appreciates the intent behind it. Prior to Report Stage we could think about how we might write into legislation how the coimisiún might recommend on how to improve the balance of investment from a regional perspective, which is also there in the amendment. Perhaps we could have a discussion about that prior to...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: Is the Minister open to adding to legislation at any point that an coimisiún might report on certain things?

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

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

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 88: 88.In page 44, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “Duties to whole community of island of Ireland 8. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 39: “Duties to whole community of island of Ireland 39A.RTÉ and Teilifís na Gaeilge as the national public service broadcasters shall...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I probably take exception to the argument that I have crossed the line in terms of editorial independence in RTÉ but I hear what the Minister is saying. I am simply making the point that it is a matter of considerable frustration to citizens, both Irish and British, in the North when their region is not included in the items that are-----

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I will withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I will speak to amendment No. 148. It was a recommendation by the joint committee in its pre-legislative report. I know the Minister has given a rationale about how financial harm is not content, which is required to be regulated under the audiovisual media services directive. We accept that Ireland is in the process of finally establishing a gambling regulator. If this amendment is not...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Motion (11 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister and our guests in the Visitors Gallery. It goes without saying that there can be no electronic border, just as there can be no hard border, on the island. As the Minister said, it is unnecessary, unjustifiable and inconsiderate of our island of workers, families, tourists and students. Thankfully, the Seanad is united in one voice and on the same page. I thank...

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

Fintan Warfield: This meeting is convened today with representatives from Screen Ireland, Creative Europe Desk Ireland, and the Arts Council for a round-table discussion on Ireland and a creative Europe, Ireland's participation in and access to the Creative Europe Programme 2021-2027. This engagement is particularly timely given that we celebrated Europe Day this week. This year, Europe Day is of particular...

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

Fintan Warfield: I thank Ms McGrane. I appreciate that. The witnesses are all very welcome.

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

Fintan Warfield: I thank our guests. I have two questions. In 2018 or 2019, or possibly before that, the European Commission, through Creative Europe, provided a fund of €120 million for a cultural and creative guarantee fund to be managed by the European Investment Fund on behalf of the Commission. The expectation was that this would generate hundreds of millions of euro in lending to the creative...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome both the Minister and our guests in the Public Gallery. These are their Houses and they are very welcome here. I welcome also those who are watching the debate from elsewhere. The apology the Minister made on behalf of the State is welcome. I have no doubt it will have been a difficult moment for many people. It has come on the same day we have learned that no agreement has...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: The recent report of the Children's Rights Alliance gives all of us an opportunity to reflect, ten years on from the children's rights referendum. The name of the report is Voice, Rights, Action! and it calls for the lowering of the voting age to 16 for elections in this State. There are two Bills on the Order Paper that aim to lower the voting age to 16 and 17 for local and European...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister and our other guests to the committee meeting. I have a lot of notes so I hope the Minister will excuse me if I am not looking up at him. I will first touch on relationships and sexuality education, RSE, and how the challenges become more acute at third level. I may also touch on the precarious nature of employment contracts at third level. In terms of RSE, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: A number of women presidents have been appointed in universities. I am also conscious of the Higher Education Authority Bill. I must raise the increasingly precarious nature of employment contracts across higher and further education, which disproportionately affects women. HEA research from 2019 found that more than six from every ten academic staff working in temporary and part-time...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Chair and I welcome all of our guests. I wanted to use the session primarily to get a better understanding from the witnesses, including the USI, about the consent framework. As it has been ten years since I graduated from Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT, there is probably a different picture now in terms of how consent is addressed. From what I hear, it is doing a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: We had a conversation earlier about commitments delivered at second level. The challenges become more acute at third level. I appreciate that. I thank our guests for painting a better picture for me and the other members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister for his response. What I am hearing is that the Department is co-ordinating with the Department of Education, led by the Minister, Deputy Norma Foley, around these matters.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I wish to speak in support of the amendment and perhaps give my colleagues some time to consider their approach. As other speakers have said, the section gives the commission power at any time to dissolve a committee. I assume that would apply to this committee as well. A report was launched by the Children's Rights Alliance recently which, among other things, called for a lowering of the...