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Committee on Public Petitions: Update on Direct Provision: The Ombudsman (11 May 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I might continue the conversation with Mr. Tyndall on another occasion, if that is okay.

Committee on Public Petitions: Update on Direct Provision: The Ombudsman (11 May 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I appreciate that. I thank the witnesses for their contribution.

Seanad: Education (Leaving Certificate Examinations) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 May 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I commend the young people, especially those in the Irish Second-Level Students Union, which has been to the fore in ensuring that students had the choice to sit the leaving certificate examination or opt for accredited grading or both. The level of confident advocacy we have seen is heartening and bodes well for campaigns in the future. The ISSU has been central to the campaign to lower...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the contributors. I will use the short time I have to discuss the BAI and the establishment of the media commission, which I welcome. A single content regulator is something that we can all get behind. As I discussed with the departmental officials previously, it is widely accepted that the BAI will have to grow quickly and urgently into a media commission. I have met a number of...

Seanad: Business and Covid-19: Statements (30 Apr 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Tánaiste to the House. I will focus on one issue, namely, nightlife reform. People have been campaigning for licensing law reform for many years. Given the importance of enterprise and business, we are closer now than we have ever been to achieving it. I do not need to tell the Tánaiste that we desperately need to improve the quality of nightlife in our cities to...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Issues Facing Women in Sport: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Can I propose that Deputy Munster takes my place?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Issues Facing Women in Sport: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I thank all of our witnesses for joining us and for their very informative contributions. They have spoken very eloquently about the importance of the visibility of their sports, particularly on television. I am a League of Ireland fan and for years we have been without coverage of games. This year it struck me that with the launch of the streaming app, what I was really looking forward to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the gradual reopening. We need to include all industries in the plans that are due to be announced. We cannot ignore some industries, such as that relating to night-life, or exclude them from the plan. Thousands of workers and their families are relying on the plans for reopening. They deserve to get a sense from the Government of what is going to happen. There is much to unpack...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome Senators Maria Byrne and Horkan to the Chamber again. We worked well together in the past and I look forward to working with them in the future. However, I cannot let the occasion pass without reminding Senators that this should be the last election in which so few people vote for seats that are representative of many people. We have a Seanad reform Bill on the Order Paper and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Is this relevant to the Order of Business?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister and the Minister of State to the committee. I am glad to say this Oireachtas joint committee has played a significant role in advocating the reform of nightlife and licensing laws in our towns and cities, well before the establishment of the night-time economy task force. The previous Oireachtas joint committee gave a platform to campaigners, councils, representatives...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (13 Apr 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I thank Senator Carrigy and Ms Quill. I commend the Department on its engagement with the sector and with various organisations and companies. It has been involved in an awful lot of consultation. In one of her first contributions, Ms Quill informed Deputy Munster that the Future of Media Commission would need to grow quickly in size and mentioned the Data Protection Commission's 180...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (13 Apr 2021)

Fintan Warfield: In her response to Senator Byrne, Ms Quill mentioned the individual complainant mechanism and the burden being placed on the commission rather than on social media companies. She also referred to super-complainants. I know that the online safety commission will establish a scheme to receive super-complaints. As with many things in this Bill, the big companies will assert that they are...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (13 Apr 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Hopefully, companies will have to hire more online moderators as a result of the legislation coming into force. We know all about how difficult it is to work in the moderating environment. Does Ms Quill think that the Department or we, as legislators, can look at ways to ensure the safety of workers in that field, given that, hopefully, the knock-on effect of the Bill will be that more...

Committee on Public Petitions: Work of the European Ombudsman during Covid-19: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I thank Ms O'Reilly for joining us. We really appreciate the contribution she is making today. I am interested in the pressures of the pandemic and the fear of diminishing checks and balances on the basis of those pressures. I will ask about two specific cases that came across her desk. These are allegations that Frontex was complicit in illegally pushing back migrants in the eastern...

Committee on Public Petitions: Work of the European Ombudsman during Covid-19: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Fintan Warfield: When does Ms O'Reilly expect to conclude those investigations into Frontex?

Committee on Public Petitions: Work of the European Ombudsman during Covid-19: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Is the agency being helpful?

Committee on Public Petitions: Work of the European Ombudsman during Covid-19: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Would Ms O'Reilly like to see more of that power or more access to documents in this State's office?

Committee on Public Petitions: Work of the European Ombudsman during Covid-19: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Another investigation centres around BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager. It has been appointed to advise the EU-----