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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the chairman and general secretary of RTÉ, Ms Doherty and Ms Forbes, respectively. In her opening statement Ms Doherty said that she was one those who called for The Future of Media Commission. Is it frustrating to her or Ms Forbes that we have yet to see the publication of the report of The Future of Media Commission? The commission's inaugural meeting was on 29 October...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Fintan Warfield: It is frustrating for me that there have been leaks in the press. I do not know where they are coming from. A Government party Senator who spoke here earlier criticised those leaks. It appears we have a three party Government running in three different directions. A considerable amount of public moneys was allocated to that commission. It cost €420,000 to set up that commission to...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I will move on to linear broadcasting which, I accept, is probably not part of the brief for today. I have never had the opportunity to ask questions about 2rn or Saorview so this may just be an opportunity for me to make a comment if the witnesses cannot come on it. Some 10% of television households receive services through Saorview. With the exception of RTÉ, all channels are...

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

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister to the House. I also welcome Deputy Keogh. The report was published last January following a series of sessions of the education committee with children's rights groups, students, teachers' unions and student unions. Many of the recommendations centre around providing additional funding to schools for Covid safety measures and to allow students to catch up on missed...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: This is an amendment we had submitted previously and I thank Senators Boyhan and Higgins for putting it forward now. A legal challenge in a judicial review is not on the substance of the planning application. It is not returning to whether it is a good or a bad application. It is being appealed on a point of law or a point of process. If the environmental impact assessment directive...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Live Industry Supports: Statements (16 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I will not take the full four minutes if it allows the Acting Chairman to make a contribution if he so wishes.

Seanad: Live Industry Supports: Statements (16 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister to the House and commend Senator Black on calling for the debate. I acknowledge her service to the industry and advocacy on its behalf in recent years. I also echo the request for the Minister to meet the Oireachtas group, although I am not a member of it. It has sought a meeting and Deputy Ó Snodaigh and I have also requested a meeting. We would appreciate...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: There are reasons people find it so difficult to live at peace with who they are and to whom they are attracted, both physically and emotionally. The criminalisation of homosexuality until 1992 created a dark cloud over our country, enabling the kind of homophobia that existed in the institutions of the State, an Garda Síochána, in these Houses or among people who took it upon...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Let us not do that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Senator McGahon was not here.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: There was €500 million in the budget. Why do we not-----

Seanad: TRIPS Waiver: Motion (15 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I commend my colleague, Senator Malcolm Byrne, on his contribution and on taking a stand on the issue. There was an email from Oxfam that stood out for me. I will not expand much on it. It said that a failure to vaccinate the world is not just economically and epidemiologically foolish but also diplomatically and morally unacceptable. Before I go any further, I wish to commend the work of...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 26: In page 30, to delete lines 1 to 9 and substitute the following: “(2) Not later than one month following the passing of this Act, the Minister shall commence and carry out a review of the existing NMPF to— (a) review its compliance with the MSP Directive, (b) provide for interim protections for the marine environment, and (c) in respect of the...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 30: In page 30, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(3) Within two months following enactment, the Minister shall implement a process to provide for interim protection in the marine environment of the existing NMPF to ensure the designation of marine protected areas in accordance with Article 13(4) of Directive 2008/56/EC is not compromised and...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 39: In page 35, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(3) Notwithstanding anything elsewhere in this Act, the competent authority (D) shall prepare a DMAP, or any amendment to a DMAP, in accordance with the following sections, and as if the reference to “MSP” in those sections was construed to read “draft DMAP”, and the...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I am conscious that the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has completed six or seven sessions on this Bill. At three hours per session, that means 20 or 21 hours of work has been done by the committee and I commend the committee members on that. I also know that this issue was discussed at length on Committee Stage in the Dáil. There is a hierarchy of plans, and...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petitions on Unauthorised Developments (9 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I am sorry to interrupt. Senator Murphy and I might have to go to the Seanad for a vote, which may take up to 15 or 20 minutes. I do not want to miss the remainder of the discussion. Could I come in now?