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Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I am.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: As much as I like listening to the Leader and our Minister of State, we all have other things to be doing than listening to them counting down the clock, solely because the bottom has fallen out of the agreement with Fianna Fáil here. How long is it intended to keep us here?

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: We have debated one amendment and it would be wise if we moved to Senator Grace O'Sullivan's amendment and some other business.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Will we be here until Christmas Eve?

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 3:In page 20, line 35, to delete “(6) Where” and substitute the following:(6) “The financial settlement payment falling due from one Cork local authority to the other should be on an advanced, monthly scheduled basis. Where”. This provides for a framework between councils on an advanced monthly basis. It can be assumed that there will be a...

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 7:In page 25, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following:“(8) (a) As of and from the transfer date all development contributions paid for developments within the transfer area (irrespective of when the permission was granted) would be payable to Cork City Council. (b) For the period of 1 January 2019 to the transfer date, any development contributions paid...

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 8:In page 30, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “Amendment to Local Government Reform Act 2014 35. The Local Government Reform Act 2014 is amended in section 22A(1), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):“(a) subject to subsection (4), every county and city and county set out in Part 1 and Part 3, respectively, of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I thank all the witnesses. The exchange has been very informative and helpful. In all of this we should be mindful that we had a referendum for civil marriage equality in recent years. For many people, it redefined what it meant to be Irish, it recognised there is no single proposition for family formation and it also recognised that family formation is diverse. This was illustrated when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: It is subhead 3(c), relating to counselling. It is head 34, consent to the provision of information and counselling. Should it be a requirement only before treatment? If it is a legal requirement, should there be financial support?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Yes. It is head 34, subhead 2(b).

Seanad: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Sinn Féin also has raised some concerns around the public services card. We had called for the roll-out of the card to be suspended, in the main on foot of the grave concerns raised by the Data Protection Commissioner and we believe those concerns need to be dealt with. We are concerned, as others are, that it could be a move towards a national ID scheme. As others, albeit not in this...

Seanad: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Does the Leas-Chathaoirleach not trust me anymore?

Seanad: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: The Leas-Chathaoirleach will be glad to hear I will be brief. I support the amendment. There is a need for specific measures to assist those in receipt of jobseeker's transitional payment when they are taken off the one-parent family payment when that is their wish. I do not need to tell the Minister we must consider the fact that lone parents raise their children without the support of a...

Seanad: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I had initially proposed amendments on this Stage and the previous Stage that attempted to clear up some typographical errors in the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015. The errors were identified by the Minister and added to the long list of delays. Sinn Féin recently called for these errors to be dealt with in stand-alone legislation that would remove any chance of those...

Seanad: Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Sinn Féin will also support this Bill. It is a short, technical Bill that allows for the maximum amount of any investments, loans, grants, moneys and guarantees, less recoveries, provided by Screen Ireland to fund Irish film making to be raised from €300 million to €500 million.There have been five predecessors to this Bill with similar effect in terms of raising the...

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: At the outset I have to question why more time was not given to this debate. We are to take Second Stage now and Committee and Remaining Stages tomorrow. We were asked to submit amendments by 11 a.m. Monday. I believe it is understood that amendments should not be asked for prior to a Second Stage debate.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: It is not great practice though, is it?

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Surely amendments should be-----

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Surely Second Stage should form the basis of amendments proposed for later Stages. I suspect that expediency in enacting this Bill and in ensuring fictional achievements were part of the reason. I welcome aspects of this Bill, particularly plebiscites for directly-elected mayors in Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford. I am glad to see progress being made on these issues. It would have...

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I have spoken to our Sinn Féin team in Cork. I also spent the last two weeks listening to John Spillane.