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Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I want to say something on amendment No. 11.

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2017)

Fintan Warfield: On Second Stage I referred to some of the shortcomings of the Bill. One major flaw in the adoption process is the financial barrier. It impacts on many, with legal fees as high as €15,000. It prevents adoptions and prevents children from having a caring and loving home. It prevents prospective adopters from becoming loving parents. Where people can afford the high cost, the burden...

Seanad: Convictions for Certain Sexual Offences (Apology and Exoneration) Bill 2016: Second Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: On days like today, when we meet in a space perceived to be safe to discuss my identity and politics, we should be mindful of the fact that many of our brothers and sisters across the globe still literally have to put their lives on the line to do likewise. I refer particularly to members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, and intersex, LGBTQI, community in...

Seanad: Convictions for Certain Sexual Offences (Apology and Exoneration) Bill 2016: Second Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Senator Ruane is not in the Chamber.

Seanad: Convictions for Certain Sexual Offences (Apology and Exoneration) Bill 2016: Second Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Senator Ruane is one such person.

Seanad: Convictions for Certain Sexual Offences (Apology and Exoneration) Bill 2016: Second Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: The Leader should say that to the young transgender people who do not have a pathway because the legislation refuses to provide it.

Seanad: Convictions for Certain Sexual Offences (Apology and Exoneration) Bill 2016: Second Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I am not lecturing anybody.

Seanad: Convictions for Certain Sexual Offences (Apology and Exoneration) Bill 2016: Second Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Senator Lynn Ruane was not present either when Senator Jerry Buttimer spoke.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP, is a prevention option for people at substantial risk of HIV. It has been approved by the World Health Organization. Currently, only one medication has been approved for use as PrEP which is marketed under the name of Truvada, and it is a combination of two antiretroviral drugs. It is also used for HIV treatment in combination with other antiretroviral...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: There are more people in poverty.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I would prefer it if the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, came into this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I would rather talk to the Minister in this House.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Blood Donations (8 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: On 1 February Sinn Féin received a response from the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, regarding Question No. 52 on the new Irish Blood Transfusion Service questionnaire, a form completed by those wishing to give blood. Question No. 52 asks whether the prospective donor has in the past five years taken medication to prevent HIV infection, that is PrEP or PEP. We queried the inclusion...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Blood Donations (8 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I accept a common concern is that PrEP may lead people to stop using condoms, thereby putting them at risk of other sexually transmitted diseases or infections. In light of the lifting of the lifetime ban preventing gay men from donating blood and the introduction of a 12-year deferral period, the policy is an admission that HIV can be caught in a 12-month period. The concern is that...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation relating to disclosures by members of An Garda Síochána: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Sinn Féin welcomes the publication of the terms of reference for the commission of investigation into whistleblower allegations concerning An Garda Síochána and the most senior levels of Garda management. Despite Senator Conway's assertion, public confidence in An Garda Síochána is at an all-time low and one could not blame any individual Garda for there being low...

Seanad: Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Sinn Féin has accepted the terms of reference to establish a tribunal of inquiry into the whistleblower claims and the treatment of Sergeant Maurice McCabe. Sergeant McCabe and Katie Hannon have done the State a service. We now have much more comprehensive terms of reference compared with what was in place previously. Sinn Féin met the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I wish to add my voice to the expressions of support in both Houses of the Oireachtas yesterday for the family of Pat Finucane. The murder of Pat Finucane is one of the starkest examples of collusion between British state forces and loyalist paramilitaries. Pat Finucane was a human rights solicitor and he fought for truth and justice. Yesterday's decision in the Court of Appeal in Belfast...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Corporations-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: Corporations and those who can afford it should pay more.

Seanad: Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme: Statements (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Fintan Warfield: This island has many dark histories. The scandal of symphysiotomy has been a brutal and inhumane procedure and reality for some time for some women. With respect, I think the Minister of State missed a certain 2012 study in her contribution that found that many of the victims and survivors of symphysiotomy said that the Catholic Church encouraged, if not insisted upon symphysiotomies....