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Seanad: Child and Family Agency (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister to the House. I will not repeat what others have said but will focus my contribution on the school completion programme. Sinn Féin will be supporting this Bill. As others have mentioned, the school completion programme was originally with the Department of Education but was transferred over to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs with the formation of...

Seanad: Bullying and Sexual Harassment in Third Level Institutions: Motion (21 Sep 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister to the House. He is always generous with his time in the Seanad. I commend Senators Ruane and Norris on putting this motion on the Order Paper. I also commend the Cathaoirleach on facilitating these new slots for debate, which allow for panel or constituency debates on specific issues. Too many students, and women in particular, experience sexual harassment and...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister to the House. I cannot support this legislation. This plan is unworkable. I do not need to tell the House that young people put their lives on hold to protect older people and their families and friends. They did that to reduce the risk of getting long Covid, as the previous speaker outlined. Many of us have met or know people who have had to endure long Covid....

Seanad: Mandatory Hotel Quarantine Extension: Motion (16 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I wish to ask the Minister a series of questions about people who have been fully vaccinated with WHO-approved vaccines but not EMA-approved vaccines and who are still required to go into mandatory hotel quarantining. When will people who have to travel for medical reasons and do not fall into the current exemptions be provided for? I would also like to get a bit of clarity about how...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: That is not an abuse of their powers.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: There is a difference between a person saying that he or she believes in more power for local councillors and extending that power to them, or even worse, taking it away. Sinn Féin has consistently highlighted that the Bill - both Fine Gael's original version and now Fianna Fáil's proposal with the support of Fine Gael - will remove power from local elected councillors in regard to...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Lining their pockets.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I know them.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: The Senator has an ideology as well.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: This is unbelievable.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Chairman and I thank the assistant commissioner. I have heard some negative stories from people who report online harassment to An Garda Síochána. I note from the assistant commissioner’s statement that An Garda Síochána endeavours to ensure personnel throughout the organisation are aware of, and are appropriately trained and equipped to deal in an...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I thank Mr. Moore and Ms Hamra for joining us. I would like to pick up the conversation about ethical algorithms. There is a quote from "The Social Dilemma" to the effect that the algorithm is convincing someone somewhere that the earth is flat. I am guessing the witnesses agree that we need more transparency around the algorithms. Can they talk about why the algorithms concern them in...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 6: In page 8, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(b) to provide land for the provision of Traveller specific accommodation,”. I will speak on the amendment briefly as it is self-explanatory. It proposes to change the purpose of the Act to include provision of land for Traveller-specific accommodation. Amendment No. 7 does the same...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I appreciate what the Minister has said but I will press the amendment.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 7: In page 8, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(b) to provide land for the provision of accommodation for those in the asylum application process,”. I have spoken to this. This amends the purposes of the Bill to include ensuring that the LDA provides land for accommodation for those in the asylum application process. It seeks to...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 9: In page 8, to delete lines 15 and 16 and substitute the following: “(c) to ensure the delivery of vibrant and sustainable mixed income communities,”. We spoke about this during the debate on the Affordable Housing Bill earlier regarding the definition. The Minister made a lengthy contribution on that. This is to reflect what we view as more...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: On public private partnerships, I made the point previously to the Minister that we fear they are inherently bad value for money in schemes where we are trying to keep building and other costs as low as possible.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: The most expensive children's hospital-----

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 16 In page 9, line 2, to delete “socially integrated housing” and substitute “vibrant, sustainable, mixed income communities”.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 17 In page 9, to delete lines 5 to 8.