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Seanad: Housing for Elderly People: Motion (30 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 3:In the sixth paragraph under “calls on the Government”, to delete all words from “to review the tax regulations” down to and including “to encourage downsizing”.

Seanad: Housing for Elderly People: Motion (30 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 4:After the eighth paragraph under “calls on the Government”, to insert the following: “- to consider fully the recommendations of the report published by the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local and Government, entitled ‘Housing Options for Older People’, published in June 2018;”.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: In the time the witnesses have been monitoring institutions and writing reports, have they ever experienced anything like the breach of contract, as has been the case with the board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Do the witnesses regret in any way that they did not ensure that the report would be published at their discretion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: The witnesses have spoken about the principle of transparency and accountability, the public interest and the common good. In light of the alarming and serious nature of the issue, have they considered what position they would be in if they left the report on Tusla's doorstep?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: What the witnesses say matches what the director says, that there was a meeting in Britain in 2016 and that inaccuracies were highlighted. Were many changes made at that point, after December 2016?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: It is basic stuff. The report informs the recommendations. In this case there were 95 recommendations. Are the witnesses aware of which areas of the report the board suddenly said required legal advice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: The Minister appoints 12 ordinary members to the board, which includes representatives from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. Is there anything to suggest that the Department has had an overreach or any influence in the attempts to bury the report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: What would the witnesses say to the Minister, Deputy Zappone?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: The long-term systematic under-funding of the arts is at the core of where we find ourselves, following the publication of the open letter to the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht from more than 300 artists, which number has since increased to more than 400. We cannot ignore the impact of prolonged under-investment as we assess why that model has been chosen at the Abbey...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Will the Abbey Theatre try harder? Will it guarantee that it will lead by example on pay and conditions before the year is out? What actions can be taken immediately and what will have to be put on the long finger, given commitments that have been made in the programme this year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I want to talk about casting. The national theatre is expected to punch way above its weight in original works that receive international critical and commercial success. I am very aware of the new playwright programme and its importance to develop the writer and not just the play. The Peacock has been described as the engine room of Irish theatre. I have seen plays in the Peacock...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Ms Pratschke and Ms Orlaith McBride are very welcome back to the Joint Committee on Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. What do the witnesses think it means to the Abbey Theatre when the Arts Council withholds €300,000? Does the Abbey Theatre immediately feel the impact of that or would the Abbey Theatre feel the impact as part of a lump sum of a couple of million euro at some point...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: As well as guaranteeing the rates for artists, whether directly or indirectly employed by the Abbey, what other conditions did the Arts Council place on the Abbey Theatre?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: If I was not elected to public office with a very good wage I would still be playing music full time. I would certainly not be living in Ireland. I look with admiration and respect at my friends who are making a living in the arts. Playwright Shaun Dunne asked a group of politicians in Leinster House recently, if artists cannot afford to live here in this country does Ireland still get to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: Can I ask one other question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: One of the problems I have experienced when proposing budget alternatives is that economic impact reports on heritage, audiovisual sectors and the arts come from different years and, with the exception of the audiovisual sector, these reports are out of date. Under Part 9 of the Arts Act 2003, the Arts Council has a general function to "furnish advice or information to a Minister of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: If I do not get a chance to get back in I wish the witnesses all the very best on Friday. We all expect that a lot is riding on the outcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: To what extent does what happens in the Abbey Theatre have a ripple effect in the industry as a whole?

Seanad: Directly Elected Mayors: Statements (29 Jan 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for his constructive engagement on the issue. As he will know, Sinn Féin supports the concept of directly elected mayors. We are all on the same page on a number of issues with the implementation of the proposal, such as whether mayors should assume powers from the chief executives, managers and agencies rather than from...