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Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2016)

Fintan Warfield: A Leas-Chathaoirligh, I am here to second the amendment proposed by Senator-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2016)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment proposed to the Order of Business by my Sinn Féin colleague, Senator Ó Clochartaigh.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2016)

Fintan Warfield: I second the proposal by Senator Rose Conway-Walsh to amend the Order of Business today. It has been mentioned that Ibrahim Halawa's trial has been postponed for the 14th time. Sinn Féin believes it is high time that Enda Kenny picked up his phone and called Egypt. I take this opportunity to congratulate the participants and organisers at every level of Dublin Pride. I hope that the...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2016)

Fintan Warfield: -----that has become the second largest festival parade after St. Patrick's Day. This year's Dublin Pride festival followed the harrowing, tragic and senseless attack on the LGBTQI community in Orlando that left 49 people dead. The news from Florida struck the Irish community to its very core and Dublin Pride reflected that sombre mood. Many beautiful and moving reminders of those no...

Seanad: Ibrahim Halawa Case: Statements (30 Jun 2016)

Fintan Warfield: Ibrahim Halawa is only aged 20, slightly younger than myself. He should be studying in college and living his life surrounded by friends and family. Those college years have been lost because he has spent the past 1,048 days incarcerated in a filthy, overpopulated Egyptian jail. He has detailed the ill-treatment and torture he has faced along with other prisoners. He has been unable to...

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2016)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome Committee Stage of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016, a Bill which Sinn Féin is proud to support. It seeks to provide collective bargaining rights for freelance workers who are self-employed. As it stands, work places are increasingly being populated by freelance staff unable to bargain collectively with their employers, regardless of whether those individuals are...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2016)

Fintan Warfield: I wish to follow up on the points made by the previous Senator. The Irish library service is a source of national and local pride. Many councillors will know that the library service is passionately supported by local authorities. It is one of the only really continuously positive stories of our local authorities. It is a national resource. Ballyroan and Tallaght libraries come to mind...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2016)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Fintan Warfield: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that No. 16, Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016, kindly sponsored by Senators Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Lynn Ruane, be taken prior to No. 1. As the youngest Oireachtas Member, I welcome the publication of the Cassells report on third level funding. I began my third level education in 2009 and, since that time, higher...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: First Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Fintan Warfield: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to reduce to sixteen years the age at which a person is entitled to be registered as a European Parliament and Local Government elector, and to provide for related matters.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: First Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Fintan Warfield: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Fintan Warfield: I second the proposal.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2016)

Fintan Warfield: On Monday morning I had the opportunity to visit the Royal Irish Academy on Dawson Street for the launch of a detailed report on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, LGBT, victims and survivors of sexual violence and disclosures in Rape Crisis Centres across the State. The report is entitled Finding a Safe Place and was undertaken by Rape Crisis Network Ireland, alongside the Gay and...

Seanad: Citizens' Assembly: Motion (15 Jul 2016)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2016)

Fintan Warfield: A vibrant economy and open healthy democracy depends on a diverse, enriched, creative and cultural atmosphere. Ms Jane Daly, the programme manager for Galway 2020, has said with confidence that the award to Galway of the European City of Culture is for the city and county of Galway and that the most extraordinary capital of culture that Europe has ever seen will be delivered by the city.In...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2016)

Fintan Warfield: The Irish Film Board, which is based in Galway, has had its budget cut by 50% since 2008. We have a real opportunity to match the Danish model and build a real indigenous film and television industry despite that 50% cut. To date, the Minister, Deputy Heather Humphreys, has not come to the Chamber to debate the arts. I respectfully ask the Leader to consider asking her to come before us at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the witnesses and the publication of the culture 2025 framework policy document. It is somewhat devoid of practical points in respect of artists' experience. For five years I performed here and in the United States as a musician and I studied film and television production in Galway. I am particularly disappointed that the opening paragraph by the Minister does not even recognise...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Fintan Warfield: What is the status of the proposal on volunteering for the rapporteur's report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Fintan Warfield: Sound.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Irish Film Board: Chairperson Designate (28 Sep 2016)

Fintan Warfield: Gabhaim mo bhuíochas leis na finnéithe agus cuirim fáilte roimh gach duine anseo. I had the pleasure of studying film and television production in GMIT in Galway. Those three years outside Dublin gave me an insight into the need for a greater regional spread. When I continued to wake up to the Dublin traffic report, it felt like I was still at home. Funding is the...