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Seanad: Rights-Based Care Economy: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I commend the Irish Women's Parliamentary Caucus and Senator O'Loughlin on all their work on this comprehensive motion. I welcome the motion on behalf of Sinn Féin and I want to express our support for it. In our view, we really need to move beyond the idea of care as just being a family matter. Carers have long been the backbone of care provision in Ireland but time and again they do...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán on the 2023 Work Programme (27 Sep 2023)

Fintan Warfield: My first question concerns video sharing platform services. Deputy Munster touched on this issue. Am I right in saying that the consultation on the first binding online safety code for video sharing platform services has closed?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán on the 2023 Work Programme (27 Sep 2023)

Fintan Warfield: When do we get to the binding code for these services? I would like to talk about the algorithm and whether it would not be on by default. When do we get to the nitty gritty of that decision?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán on the 2023 Work Programme (27 Sep 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Does Ms Hodnett have a view on whether the algorithm should be activated or not?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán on the 2023 Work Programme (27 Sep 2023)

Fintan Warfield: If the Digital Services Act already includes that on-off option, what falls to the code?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán on the 2023 Work Programme (27 Sep 2023)

Fintan Warfield: So I might be able to say that I will take an algorithm but I will not take religion - my religious preferences are private or my sexuality is private. Is that the type of thing the commission might include in the code?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán on the 2023 Work Programme (27 Sep 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Is addressing the algorithm a better and more effective option in terms of resources and freedom of expression than identifying pieces of content?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán on the 2023 Work Programme (27 Sep 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Could I get an update on the content production levy? My colleague also raised this issue but I wanted to touch on it again. It is a content levy on big streamers like Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime and pay TV. I think Irish audiences pay around €600 million to these services. In the vast majority of cases, this money leaves the country and misses the industry. Are there any...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán on the 2023 Work Programme (27 Sep 2023)

Fintan Warfield: When is the first date we will have the report?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Fintan Warfield: On behalf of the Sinn Féin group, I welcome our new Superintendent, Barry Ryan. He is very welcome here and I wish him every success in his role in the years ahead. On behalf of Sinn Féin, I also wish to extend our condolences to the Fianna Fáil family and Senator Davitt on the death of Damien O'Reilly. I also offer our condolences to everyone in the Labour Party on the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: We are seeing a dramatic increase in military spending around the world. On 28 June, Ursula von der Leyen said that common procurement will give the defence industry more certainty and bring us closer to a European defence union. Essentially we can ramp up production and see the further armament of Europe with more weapons, more war, and more young men and women dead. On Thursday evening...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: All three.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: It was the defence industry.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: A 55-minute debate is a bit rushed.

Seanad: Situation in Israel and occupied Palestinian territory: Statements (12 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The Israeli Government's military bombardment of the Jenin refugee camp caused the deaths of 12 Palestinians, five of whom were children. Thousands of people were forced to leave their homes. It destroyed roads, electricity and water services. The Israeli Government outrageously managed to make refugees out of refugees. The views of the...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and occupied Palestinian territory: Statements (12 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Hear, hear.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the witnesses. What did Mr. Kelly think when RTÉ asked for an invoice to be made out for consultancy fees?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: RTÉ is a company with a terrible employment record in many respects. It has been investigated by the Department of Social Protection, with 500 workers potentially classed as self-employed when they should be employees. Some 60% of investigations have led to self-employed people being reclassified as employees. It is an organisation with a tarnished employment record in many respects,...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I will ask about the sector as a whole. Mr. Kelly represents a number of high-profile RTÉ personalities but he also represents personalities in rival media organisations.