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Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: There is no scientific evidence that someone's sexuality can be changed. That is the evidential basis.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: The film "Boy Erased" is yet another unmasking of the cruelty of so-called conversion therapy. It is a vile practice designed to suppress, change or eliminate a person's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. The practice has been condemned and discredited by the UN Committee Against Torture, European Parliament and Irish Council for Psychotherapy. On 6 March, the Irish...

Seanad: Period Poverty: Motion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Senator Ruane is rather confident. She does not even know what I am going to say and yet she has thanked me for being here.

Seanad: Period Poverty: Motion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I will not be opposing the motion. I commend the motion. It has been drafted by the parliamentary caucus - the women's caucus. It shows great leadership especially in terms of breaking down stigma. It also shows the progress that has been made in terms of the representation in these Houses. It reflects the importance of the recent lengthy national conversations we have had about women's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the witnesses for their informative submission and responses. This time last year, I was driving to Leinster House during what must have been fostering fortnight, to which they referred, as an interview on Sean O'Rourke's programme with a couple who had fostered many, many times and gone on to adopt was broadcast. It raised the matter in my consciousness as something to be explored...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: We respect GPs and nurses who have received powerful public support. However, public support is not so high profile here. Ms Bond mentioned terms and conditions and pay. Is pay an issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I ask this because there is a role for us to play. We occupy public spaces when we make or write speeches. In making contributions, we should recognise those positive effects. The witnesses replied to the question of whether there was a shortage of prospective foster carers but do they think issues relating to social worker retention affect the number of persons who will consider providing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Does Ms Bond say it is unique in Ireland because it is an alternative to institutional care?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: In the opening statement there was information front-loaded from the Irish Penal Reform Trust that children in foster care are not involved in the juvenile justice programme. Was there a reason that information was front-loaded? I would have no expectation that children in foster care would be involved in the juvenile justice system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I appreciate that. What numbers of social workers should we be aiming to recruit for the entire system to be fit for purpose?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: On the enhanced rights for carers, everyday issues such as school tours should not be a problem. How much notice would a foster carer have to give a social worker to get consent for a school trip?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I can see an issue around medical consent being a step too far.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Would it require legislative change in the Act?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Sorry, Chairman, I have to run.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Mr. Viktor Orbán has spent the past nine years breaking down the rule of law and democracy in Hungary and whipping up fear. We know all too well his policies on gender, LGBT rights, refugee status, judicial independence and press freedom. The European People's Party last week decided to suspend the Fidesz party, which essentially means stripping the 12 MEPs concerned of voting and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Did the Leader ask Fine Gael Members of the European Parliament-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Let us stay in Europe today.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Sinn Féin will be supporting this legislation. While most of those involved in the issue of raised bogs and turf cutting would be broadly supportive of what the Habitats Directive is trying to achieve in terms of environmental protection, the implementation by previous Governments resulted in the disputes that we saw in recent years. The Habitats directive specified that considerations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Safeguarding Issues in Scouting Ireland: Tusla and Scouting Ireland (13 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Many areas have already been covered. The public funding of Scouting Ireland brings the matter into the public sphere and gives politicians a place in the process. Is it fair to suggest that the letter should not have been read on the floor of the Dáil? The Minister, Deputy Zappone, says that she felt a responsibility to communicate it directly to parents. Is it correct to take from...