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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Statement of Strategy 2018 to 2020 and Project Ireland 2040: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I accept that. We had the copyright Bill back in the Seanad. I accepted an amendment from the Department deleting an amendment I had previously had accepted in the Chamber relating to a digital deposit scheme. The witnesses spoke about safeguarding collections being a priority. There does not seem to be much urgency from the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan. I am constantly told it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Statement of Strategy 2018 to 2020 and Project Ireland 2040: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: They would debate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Statement of Strategy 2018 to 2020 and Project Ireland 2040: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Is work on the architectural policy progressing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Statement of Strategy 2018 to 2020 and Project Ireland 2040: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: It is important to reflect the feelings and desires of graduate and younger architects who have been frozen out of that sphere.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Statement of Strategy 2018 to 2020 and Project Ireland 2040: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I appreciate that. I have a question about nightlife, on which a meeting was held recently with stakeholders. We are losing venues and places in which to dance and socialise. They are culturally significant, not just drinking factories such as those on Harcourt Street. They contribute to the culture of the city and we are losing them. They are being strangled by the licensing laws....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Statement of Strategy 2018 to 2020 and Project Ireland 2040: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I do not oppose a night mayor but it seems that because there was no focus on this issue for so long, we suddenly need a night mayor. We know what the issues are and a night tzar or night ambassador should not be the main focus at this point. Earlier this year I attended a meeting with 300 other people in the Sugar Club. There is significant demand and appetite for change in this area....

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Will I move amendments Nos. 3 to 5?

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 3:In page 12, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: "Amendment of section 34 of Act of 2004 13.Section 34 of the Act of 2004 is amended by the deletion of paragraph 3 of the Table to that section.". I have resubmitted amendment No. 3, which removes the selling of a property as a ground for ending a tenancy. In the context of the current rental crisis, we...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I have not yet finished. Amendment No. 4 is related. It refers to removing the references to occupation of the property owner's family members as the basis for a notice to quit.The Minister mentioned on Committee Stage that the purposes for its retention is that if a landlord has a family member who has fallen on hard times, he or she may be able to assist the family member with this...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: No. We can proceed to a vote.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 4:In page 12, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 34 of Act of 2004 13. Section 34 of the Act of 2004 is amended in paragraph 4 of the Table to that section, by the deletion of “or for occupation by a member of his or her family and the notice of termination (the “notice”) contains or is accompanied by a...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 5: " Less than 6 months 90 days "

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, to the House. I welcome these amendments. I note the attendance of the Irish Recorded Music Association, IRMA, and the Irish Copyright Licensing Agency in the Gallery and their interest in the Bill. I acknowledge that the Minister of State has been furnished with an opinion from the former Attorney General, Mr. Paul Gallagher SC, who pointed...

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I did not get much clarity on the reason for the licensing. My point was not addressed.

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Will the Minister of State clarify whether it is presumed that the producer has the rights over the recording and are those rights subject to that licence outlined in amendment No. 2?

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I will speak to amendment No. 7. I remind the House that we are talking about the digital deposit. Institutions such as Trinity College Dublin and the National Library of Ireland have a responsibility to archive every physical publication in the State. We have not yet designed a digital deposit scheme to protect what is put online within 100 days. What is put online is vulnerable to...

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 May 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.