Results 1,521-1,540 of 2,414 for speaker:Fintan Warfield
- Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)
Fintan Warfield: We support amendments Nos. 45 and 46. They are reasonable measures. Amendment No. 46 ensures that bogs subject to agreement with turf cutters will be protected and that we utilise peat to heat homes while allowing it to regenerate and continue its role in carbon sequestration. The terms of the regulation will largely be at the Minister's discretion. This will create a clear path to show...
- Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Fintan Warfield: I commend Senator Devine on this legislation which cuts to the heart of mental healthcare in the State and the agency we provide to those receiving healthcare from the State. In particular, the Bill seeks to provide for current advance healthcare directives legislation to be extended to involuntary patients. An involuntary patient does not, by definition, lack the capacity to make decisions...
- Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Fintan Warfield: What is needed is a robust overhaul of legislation via a new mental health Act, whether it is to implement the recommendations of A Vision for Change, which is now 13 years old, or the various reports completed in the intervening years. The State's response has left us with out-of-date legislation as evidenced by the discussion today. That response upholds stigma and provides inadequate...
- Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)
Fintan Warfield: I welcome the ending of what has been a denial of rights for a long time in the Six Counties. The delay has been frustrating, hurtful and very costly for many. There are people around the world who wake up today and see that in a corner of Ireland their campaigns and objectives have been realised after a very long fight. These two issues are intimately connected. Irish women and the LGBT...
- Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)
Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)
Fintan Warfield: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b) I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.
- Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)
Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)
Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Fintan Warfield: I apologise that I had to step out and I am sorry if I cover ground that has already been covered. There are substance abuse issues across all of our marginalised groups and minority groups. Decriminalising that space will go a very long way in helping us to engage openly and honestly about those issues without fear. Some of the witnesses have called for ethnic identifiers. It is...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)
Fintan Warfield: I warmly welcome the announcement made by the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, last week that a public programme in respect of pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP, would be rolled out by the HSE. PrEP is a drug that prevents the transmission of HIV. The State has a very poor record of combatting HIV and transmission rates have been rising. There were 500 new cases last year. I first...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)
Fintan Warfield: On a point of order, there is no RSE in our schools. It is a disgrace.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)
Fintan Warfield: There should be RSE in our schools. It is a scandal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Dance as a Performance Art: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Fintan Warfield: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. They were informative and interesting. This is not an art form I know much about. I am a musician. Will the witnesses detail what areas of the art form are most popular among younger people and various age groups? Irish music is my area. I see sean-nós dancing is very popular. Some older neighbours of mine are learning it. Others...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Dance as a Performance Art: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Fintan Warfield: Is the €3.5 million an Arts Council figure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Dance as a Performance Art: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Fintan Warfield: The Arts Council probably gets applications for and can gauge the popularity of varying forms of dance based on the applications.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Dance as a Performance Art: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Fintan Warfield: Does Ms Meaney believe it is time we enabled young people, perhaps through their guardians as the legal agent in their application, to receive funding from the Arts Council?
- Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.