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Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Yes it was.

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: It related to advertising of overcrowded accommodation. I know that it is already prohibited to let overcrowded units but I refer to them being advertised. One sees it on websites constantly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I congratulate Ms Banotti on her appointment. I welcome our other guests to the committee. A constant theme at this committee, as alluded to by Senator Marie-Louise O’Donnell, has been speculation about the form this programme will take or intends to take. From what I have heard within the arts community, there is concern and scepticism about it. I will begin with the marketing and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Yes. While I respect and have got my head around the fact that the roles are different between Creative Ireland and our agencies and bodies, it is a significant sum of money that is not going into that space. In the context of a Department that has only so much money, it is very important that it is spent in the right place. That is disappointing. We do not have the figures up to this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Citizen engagement involves the print costs-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: -----online costs, digital costs, website costs etc.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Was there social media advertising in 2018?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Culture Ireland was given about €100,000 last week. It was not announced on budget day or the day after. We waited until Friday to get the updated press release that contained an increase for Culture Ireland. This is not a question for Ms Banotti but for the Minister. If Culture Ireland has got an increased allocation of €100,000, €250,000 was spent on advertorials...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I am uncomfortable with the idea, which we have seen with the strategic communications unit, of Government policy being spun back at taxpayers at their own expense and, in this case, at the expense of artists who could have benefited more. I commend the increases across the board. The budget was strong. On the Culture Ireland front, however, certainly the money spent in previous years on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Last week, there were promoted tweets around the budget. One tweet was, "Government makes good on its commitment to invest in #creativity #arts #culture under the Creative Ireland Programme with welcome increases to our colleagues". Fine Gael will be delighted with that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Mr. Ó Coigligh stated in his introduction that it is not advertising Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: Did the Leas-Chathaoirleach say "Derek"?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I always enjoyed my time in the Gleneagle. I will speak briefly. I am very disappointed this morning to hear that the plan for a civic plaza at College Green has been turned down by An Bord Pleanála. This issue is about the €10 million proposal to pedestrianise the space in front of Trinity College, to the side of Bank of Ireland and up Dame Street and to turn the area into a...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I wish to talk about young people in the context of the budget and to state my disappointment that those who are under the age of 26 have yet again been left out in the cold. From March, those aged 18 to 24 will get €112.70 and those aged 25 will get €157.80, while everyone else will get €203 a week. The financial disparity in this measure is frightfully ageist. It...

Seanad: Mental Health (Capacity To Consent To Treatment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome this Bill, those who have joined us in the Gallery and those watching elsewhere. I am proud to be a co-signatory to this legislation, particularly given this is World Mental Health Day, a day when the responses to the well-being of our people should be evaluated. While mental health issues such as anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder know no age, international evidence has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: My questions are on cycling so they are mainly for Mr. Ryan. The first issue I want to raise is the accessibility of public open spaces and recreational spaces. Chairman, with respect, I almost laughed out loud when he referenced private leisure parks considering the Land Development Agency has been designed to sell public land to private developers. On cycling, if we design roads with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: The answer to my next question matters. We are talking about young people choosing to cycle and parents allowing them to choose cycling as a mode of school transport. Is there any road user more at risk in a city than a cyclist?