Results 1-20 of 190 for long speaker:Fintan Warfield

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2024)

Fintan Warfield: ...legislation would, I hope, right that wrong. The Government and its agencies are also probably one of the biggest publishers in the State. Most Government publications are hosted on websites that have no long-term access guarantee and there is no centralised access to the Government records or repository either. That is something that needs to be addressed. I would welcome the...

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Fintan Warfield: ...in Ireland. Ireland has underinvested in research and development. The White Paper on enterprise states that research, development and innovation are the best ways to generate sustainable, long-term productivity and growth. Analysis of European and global indicators show us going in the wrong direction on innovation scorecards and on international competitiveness in areas of research...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2024)

Fintan Warfield: ...to the Order of Business that No. 12 be taken before No. 1. Sinn Féin, like many other organisations, people in the public, in civil society organisations and many political parties have long supported the naming of the national children's hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn. She was a remarkable woman, who at various times was chief medical officer, vice president of Sinn Féin,...

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Fintan Warfield: ...been a 20% increase in rent since this time last year. It does not take a financial adviser to know that rents like this are simply not manageable or sustainable for the majority of people whose voices the motion represents. The housing crisis has gone on too long and it has gone from bad to worse. Too many people are paying too high a price for decades of failed Fianna Fáil and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2024)

Fintan Warfield: .... Are those organisations experiencing the same level of poor communication we have seen in the relationship between RTÉ and the Department? Why has the Arts Council been without a chairperson for so long? Why are there so many vacancies on the boards of the national cultural institutions? According to a response issued on 31 January to my colleague, Deputy Ó Snodaigh, there...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Arts Policy (21 Feb 2024)

Fintan Warfield: ...to get a sense of what the Government is doing on workspaces for artists. The availability of workspaces for artists throughout the country in both urban and rural areas has been an issue for as long as I can remember. A recent Dublin City Council audit found that there are only 529 workspaces in Dublin. That needs to be considered in the context of a city that has a 17% office vacancy...

Seanad: Situation in the Middle East: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Fintan Warfield: .... Yet, while this slaughter is playing out daily on our mobile phones and TV screens the EU dithers and plays political games with the lives of the people of Palestine. It had no difficulty spending long hours speaking about the need to support Ukraine, and rightly so, but why does Gaza warrant so little of the EU's serious time? The EU has failed to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Why...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2024)

Fintan Warfield: ...The democratic outcome of the Assembly elections in 2022 will at last be respected. Thankfully, the DUP has moved to explicitly recognise and respect the outcome of that election.This has been a long time coming, but I am delighted for Michelle O'Neill, who can now really fulfil her promise to be a First Minister for all. She has been a hugely popular designated First Minister. She has...

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (30 Jan 2024)

Fintan Warfield: ...and transparency in regard to fees and expenses paid to coroners and the public. In addition to these in-house practical measures there is also a need for the Government to follow through on long-overdue reforms of the coroner system. The need for this reform has been highlighted by a good in-depth report by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL, which was published a number of...

Seanad: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: An Dara Céim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Fintan Warfield: ...impact of the proposed amendments. We also believe that the Government should commit to expanding State supports for families, including through taxation and social welfare, to at least families based on long-term cohabitation. It should also commit to additional supports for single-parent families. We believe we are heading in the right direction but there is a need to look at the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Fintan Warfield: ...are just concrete former stands with corrugated iron roofs. The infrastructure in the league is an absolute disgrace. Soccer fans have put up with it and it has gone without investment for so long. We now have a situation, post Covid, where people want something authentic and the facilities are just creaking. One club that has had the support of the Government and South Dublin County...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Fintan Warfield: We put you up in Inchicore for long enough. We have a situation where the infrastructure has been neglected by everybody. The fans of the league do not have confidence in the FAI and never have. That is why I am not shocked we are here again on a governance issue, which I have not got into because it has been covered at length, but which I am outraged by. We only have ten teams in the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Fintan Warfield: ...authorities. I hope the issues around governance and ethics the FAI faces do not affect private investment and the investment the league so desperately needs because it has been neglected for so long. Sin é. I am out of time.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2023)

Fintan Warfield: ...the recent report by the Irish Federation of University Teachers. I begin by thanking the federation for its work in highlighting the issue, in particular its recent report. We have known for a long time how precarious things are for workers in higher education from Oireachtas education committees and audiovisual room briefings. This report is a clear call to action. One of the most...

Seanad: Sex Offenders (Amendment) (Coercive Control) Bill 2023: Second Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Fintan Warfield: ...protection for all women in Ireland. Women and wider society require a justice system that has the resources and funding in place to deliver fair and swift justice. That means moving beyond the long delays and waiting times that we see in the District Court for family law and domestic violence cases. In the round, these matters should be viewed alongside this Bill as part of tackling...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2023)

Fintan Warfield: ...our credibility on the world stage. It will push through legislation that is in very stark contrast to Fianna Fail’s recent manifesto and indeed the programme for Government. Our neutrality is long held. It is cherished by the Irish people. Being neutral is not only our greatest protection and defence, it is also our greatest tool in being able to present a positive and...

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Fintan Warfield: ...on these people, it falls to ordinary people, other people, to do it and what do we have then? The lessons go back all the way back to the 1930s. They cannot be let do this. I cannot believe it has been ignored for so long because the signs have been all around us. The signs are literally all around us. This is not legitimate protest. Look at what they did. There has not been so...

Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)

Fintan Warfield: ..., which is the State's primary vehicle for supporting the development of smaller sports facilities and purchasing non-personal sports equipment. It has benefited a lot of clubs, but many in the community have been calling for long overdue reform of that programme. I know there is a sense out there that the review published by the Department earlier this year has failed to address some of...

Seanad: Vacant and Derelict Buildings: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Fintan Warfield: ...grant. We hear great things about it but in the 18 months since the scheme opened, just 21 refurbishment grants have been drawn down. I would welcome the Minister of State's response to that. Sinn Féin has long called for an effective vacant homes tax. When the Government announced it, we broadly welcomed it but it has failed.

Seanad: Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Fintan Warfield: ...It took place in a stadium in the centre of Paris, a city that has the memory of the Second World War Holocaust of the Jewish people on its streets, the deportations on trains that left that city, alongside the resistance of Parisians to the Nazis. This week, hundreds of thousands of people across the world marched for peace in Palestine and Israel. It is important for people in that part...