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

Fintan Warfield: Our amendment No. 78 seeks to guarantee 100% social and affordable housing, rather than leave it to the Minister's discretion. While I support the sentiment of the Labour Party amendment No. 77, I am not inclined to support it. The percentages should strive to be 100% social and affordable but should be left to the discretion of each local authority, based on its assessment of local housing...

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

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.

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

Fintan Warfield: We do not have constituencies.

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

Fintan Warfield: We are to finish now but, before doing so, I want to make the point that we should not be sitting this late. I am a member of the Ceann Comhairle's forum on a family-friendly and inclusive Parliament. We can expect some strong recommendations on late sittings. They are not conducive to good policy.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, line 10, after “justice;” to insert “to limit the liability from investors seeking compensation with regard to any actions taken to comply with this Act;”.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister to the House. Sinn Féin's approach to this Bill has been to table sensible and workable amendments to improve it and make it fairer. We want to make sure the decisions taken to meet the emissions targets contained in the Bill are progressive and fair and have local communities at their core. Again, on this Stage, we are submitting several amendments. They deal...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: It is very disappointing that the Minister is unwilling to accept the amendment. This provision of the Bill is of great significance and has major ramifications for the fight for climate action.As has been mentioned, we need to future-proof against these investment courts. I will press the amendment that reads: For the avoidance of [any] doubt, in order to limit liability, no remedy or...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 2: In page 5, line 20, after “1960;” to insert “to amend the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960 to ban the importation of fracked gas;”.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: This amendment seeks to change the Title of the Bill to reflect the provisions of amendment No. 20, which relates to banning fracked gas imports. I welcome the opportunity to debate the ban on importing fracked gas. Sinn Féin tabled the same amendment in the Dáil but it was ruled out of order. We seem to be able to debate it in the Seanad. It is regrettable that the Minister did...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Can I speak to my amendment No. 37? As I overlooked it, would the Chair be willing to let me in to address it?

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: It is in your gift to do so.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I appreciate the support of the Acting Chairperson on that. In terms of banning the importation of fracked gas, the wording in amendment No. 37 was drafted based on extensive legal opinion that showed the proposed statutory ban would be compatible with EU, EFTA and WTO trade rules. I thank the efforts and work of activists from Safety Before LNG, and others, who have been working so hard on...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I am disappointed that these amendments will not be accepted. I do not understand why we cannot legislate for a ban. It seems like a risky strategy to introduce policy and hope that An Bord Pleanála will adhere to it. The Minister has said in the past that he would be surprised if An Bord Pleanála were to allow planning.Why not use the powers available to him as a Minister to...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: During the debate on Committee Stage, the definition was removed because it was so poor and problematic. What we are proposing with this amendment is reasonable, seeking as it does to replace the wording to reflect the principle of climate justice and the fact that, historically, not every nation has contributed to climate change to the same degree. Not every country is capable of...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: This legislation comes to the Seanad having passed all Stages in the Dáil. I am sure the Bill will pass in this House as well, given the Government's majority and the support coming from some Members of the Opposition. It remains my view and that of Sinn Féin that the most cost-effective and fastest way to deliver a large volume of social and affordable homes is through the...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Senator Buttimer heard me wrong.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Split it into two.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister to the House. I want to withdraw Sinn Féin's amendment No. 9 in this grouping, which is irrelevant now given the Minister's amendments. I also welcome amendment No. 7, which as the Minister said, links rent reviews to inflation. In 2016, Sinn Féin introduced the Rent Certainty Bill, which sought to link rent increases to inflation. On five separate...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I apologise as I would have spoken to the amendment if I had realised it was in this group. I watched the debate in the Dáil. Deputy Ó Broin spoke about the need for a public awareness campaign around these matters with the Union of Students in Ireland and Threshold once the Bill is passed. The amendment sought to address the opt-in for tenants, including students.The Department...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 19: In page 6, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 4 of Residential Tenancies and Valuation Act 2020 12.Section 4 of the Residential Tenancies and Valuation Act 2020 is amended, in subsection (6), by the insertion of the following paragraph: “(d) any other person who, in the view of the Residential Tenancies Board,...