Results 1-16 of 16 for 5 million speaker:Fintan Warfield

Seanad: Housing For All: Statements (7 Nov 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister to the House. He is welcome here, as ever. Recent Eurostat figures stated that 68% of people between the ages of 25 and 29 still live at home with their parents. In Denmark, I think it was 4%, in Finland, I think it was 5% and in Sweden, I think it was 6%. In Ireland, 68% of people between the ages of 25 and 29 still live in their childhood bedrooms. They can only...

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Finance): Statements (10 Oct 2023)

Fintan Warfield: ...crisis. Since the Government took office, the average house price has increased by more than €60,000. Children are growing up in emergency accommodation. Sixty-eight percent of adults between 25 and 30 still live at home with their parents. In Denmark the figure is 4%, in Finland it is 5%, and in Sweden it is 6%. In Ireland, 68% of adults between the ages of 25 and 30 still...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: ..., meaning distributions to shareholders, not to rental profits. There has been a downward trend in tax paid through dividend withholding tax in recent years, with the amount collected falling from €65.8 million in 2020 to €36.8 million in 2021. That reduction has been attributed to the growth in forward-funding agreements and the decline in forward-purchase agreements that...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2022)

Fintan Warfield: ...amendment for us in respect of the content levy. It is concerned with setting a date for its introduction and setting a percentage for that levy that will be not less than 3% and not more than 5% of revenues. The funds raised would go towards independent Irish productions. Ultimately, this is about providing certainty to the sector. I had the pleasure of studying film and television...

Seanad: Young People: Motion (17 May 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 5: To insert the following paragraphs after “calls on the Government to:” “- increase investment in youth work services to meet the needs of a growing youth population, noting that funding for youth work is still 8.5% below 2008 levels, and to invest an additional €10 million to assist voluntary youth organisations to support young people,...

Seanad: Covid-19 (Tourism): Statements (22 Mar 2021)

Fintan Warfield: ...infrastructure have resulted in the night-time economy not being able to achieve its full potential. From a business perspective, we would not dare say that any business should close at 4 p.m. or 5 p.m., so I do not know why we force businesses to close at 2.30 at night, at the latest, and that is only after they apply for a special exemption order. Every year, millions of euro in court,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2021)

Fintan Warfield: ...special exemption order system, which is a ridiculous mechanism that costs businesses hundreds of euro every month in court and solicitor fees, and an additional tax for later opening hours. Millions of euro leave the industry to pay for bureaucracy every year. I understand that the Government has set up a night-time economy task force which is due to report in June. I would welcome a...

Seanad: School Transport, Leaving Certificate 2020 and Reopening of Schools: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

Fintan Warfield: ...'s mental health, for their development and future at work. I would love to see that programme rolled out to every school across the State. It would obviously cost a significant amount, between €5 million and €10 million according to my own sums. I ask the Minister to focus particularly on that if she is speaking with the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin.

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Fintan Warfield: I am absolutely horrified by the lack of funding for culture in the budget. In particular, only €1.25 million in new funding is allocated to the Arts Council. I am sure we will discuss the broader issues with the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in the coming weeks, but I am glad the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, is here today, so that I can focus specifically on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Council Strategy 2018-2022: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Fintan Warfield: It was €7 million in 2008 and €5 million in 2009. It went down to €1 million from 2012 to 2016. It was €2 million in 2017 and 2018, so there is no change.

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

Fintan Warfield: ...used to accommodate 10,000 people. I urge the Minister of State to consider vacancy as a top priority. There is good reason that last week's budget was dubbed a landlord's budget, with only a 6.5% increase in the capital budget for the Minister of State's Department. A much hoped for housing budget that would have provided for renters and first-time buyers failed to materialise. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Fintan Warfield: The Minister also mentioned the protection of collections, which is set out on page 5. From my reading of the plan I do not get a sense that there is a commitment to a shared national storage facility. We are hearing from our national institutions that there is an unprecedented storage crisis as collections continue to grow. We all know that without intervention those collections are at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Fintan Warfield: ..., which is what we would all welcome, but for some time I have felt it has been a programme of spin, that it is repackaged and rebranded existing initiatives. We found out that Creative Ireland spent 30% of €5 million on advertisements and promotions. We have concerns about the arms length policy, but I certainly support the five pillars. One could not argue with the five pillars...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: ...to road-map its intentions. To quote what the Minister for Finance, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, said today, "Additional funding to the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, of €9 million in current funding and €4 million in capital funding, will allow for key measures to be progressed in 2018." Doubling the funding for the arts would require a 10% to 20% increase...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: ...in music and drama." Can the Minister give us any details on that initiative in terms of the age groups and the financial support involved? Is funding for this coming from Creative Ireland's €5 million budget? Surely not.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Fintan Warfield: ...is growing and their needs and aspirations are changing. They have expectations in areas such as equality, social justice, the rights of women and on the abortion issue. GCN conducted a poll of 565 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 and 85% of individuals stated they wanted to repeal the eighth amendment, 10% did not know and 5% would vote "No". Some change is inevitable. I...