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Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: As I mentioned in the Second Stage debate, Sinn Féin is opposed to section 6 and seeks to delete it. We do not know why it is in the Bill. It has nothing to do with large-scale residential developments or SHDs. It is just a change in the procedures for appealing a judicial review decision of the High Court. We wonder why it is in the Bill and who asked for it. It was not in the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I am not against this but would it not be better to let local authorities decide on the tenure mix, based on local need?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: What percentage will be involved?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 38: In page 16, line 18, to delete “16 weeks” and substitute “8 weeks”. I know it is late. I did not expect us to get to this point. This amendment deals with a big part of what we discussed on Second Stage in terms of the transitional arrangements. The strategic housing development, SHD, scheme was obviously due to expire in December...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: There is a difference between being cognisant of the law and issuing an invitation for everyone to get their applications in before SHDs are banned. I have drawn parallels with co-living and the botched ban on co-living. I do not need to do so again at this hour of the night. This is another long goodbye to bad policy. It is an invitation to get applications in. Primarily, we do not...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 39: In page 16, line 33, to delete “within the period of 16 weeks” and substitute “to the planning authority within the period of 8 weeks”.

Seanad: Science Week: Statements (11 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I wish to speak about something serious, and I am sure the Minister, Deputy Harris, and his Department are also concerned about it. It is very disappointing that as we mark Science Week, in the same week we must ask Government the current situation regarding the Science Gallery in Dublin. It would be a huge blow to the city, to the arts and science to lose the Science Gallery on Pearse...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister to the House. I also thank his departmental officials for yesterday's briefing, which was very informative. I had to be in the Chamber's ante room so I could not put my video on but I appreciate the briefing, as did my colleagues and Senators across the House. Sinn Féin supports the legislation. We have some significant concerns about it, which I will come to a...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I am sharing my time with Senator Ó Donnghaile.

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I commend those who have drafted the Bill. Together for Safety was set up by a group of women in Limerick in response to protests at their local maternity hospital. Members of this group are not faceless. NGOs and civic society groups play an important role in our democracy. On this narrative of a policy capture, people have campaigned on social issues for decades in this country and now,...

Seanad: Progressing Disability Services for Children and Young People: Statements (9 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I apologise for missing her contribution because I had to attend a briefing provided by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage ahead of tomorrow's legislation. In advance of this debate I took the opportunity to read the discussion that took place at the meeting of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters in May on the topic...

Seanad: Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (4 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I will use my time to bring Members up to speed on two reports launched yesterday on which I had the pleasure of working with other Members of this House and the Oireachtas over the past many months prior to the summer recess. The Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media produced its pre-legislative scrutiny report on the online safety and media regulation Bill yesterday....

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the MEPs to the Chamber. The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights is the only international instrument that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation. While an increasing percentage of Europeans support equal rights for LGBT people, they are facing increased discrimination in the EU. There are obvious moves in some EU member states to exclude and discriminate against LGBT...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Can I offer my minute to Senator Ruane?

Seanad: Dyslexia Awareness Week: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I thank the Dyslexia Association of Ireland for the meeting today with Oireachtas Members and staff, which was informative. I grew up with a family member who is dyslexic and it was interesting to see the demand for policy change that exists. We heard earlier that dyslexia affects 10% of the population. At the meeting, the representatives...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Members will be aware that there are approximately 13 institutions that archive everything published in the State, including physical documents and books. These institutions are legal deposit libraries. The National Library of Ireland is one, Trinity College Dublin is another, as is the University of Limerick, UL. I raise an issue that has been going on for some years now, which is the...

Seanad: Housing For All - a New Housing Plan for Ireland: Statements (29 Sep 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I propose to share time with Senator Boylan. This plan was an opportunity to move on from the failed policies of Rebuilding Ireland and to introduce a radical new plan for housing. Instead, this is a plan that is wedded to the status quo. It is lined with figures that are disingenuous and projections that are meaningless. It is disingenuous to claim that €4 billion will be spent...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Impact of Covid-19 on National Cultural Institutions: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I thank Ms Heaney, Dr. White and Ms Scarff for their very interesting contributions to this discussion. I am particularly drawn to Ms Heaney's comment that museums are ripe for new consideration as collectors, curators, spaces of well-being, places of discussion about our future and instruments of community cohesion and education. Does she think that is the kind of thing that should be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Sep 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I wish to second Deputy Higgins to take No. 16 before No. 1. It has been almost a year since the House passed a motion calling on the Government to roll out free access to contraception for women and girls aged between 17 and 25 years. The programme for Government also commits to providing free contraception over a phased period for women and girls aged 17 to 25 years. The Minister for...