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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Jan 2025)

Barry Ward: 1688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the long-term illness scheme from age 16 to age 18 for mental-illness treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2112/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (22 Jan 2025)

Barry Ward: 1662. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the digitisation of patient and medical records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1950/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (22 Jan 2025)

Barry Ward: 1663. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the provision of improved, grouped, local services for general practice patients, including X-ray facilities and ancillary services to avoid the necessity for patients to attend hospital for minor examinations and procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1951/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (22 Jan 2025)

Barry Ward: 1664. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that emergency department staff are empowered to accept the assessment of a referring general practitioner on admitting a patient, in order to avoid the unnecessary reassessment of patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1952/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Barry Ward: 1665. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to removing any recruitment embargo for front-line medical staff, whether in name or in practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1953/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Barry Ward: 1666. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider provision of accommodation for junior medical personnel, particularly in Dublin and areas where the cost of accommodation is high; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1954/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (22 Jan 2025)

Barry Ward: 1667. To ask the Minister for Health the status of, and future plans for, St. Michael's Hospital in Dún Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1956/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (22 Jan 2025)

Barry Ward: 1687. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish an all-Ireland approach to rehabilitative medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2111/25]

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: Will the Senator take a point?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: Perhaps there would be time if the Senator had not spent half an hour making what is, in essence, a Second Stage speech-----

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: -----that does not really refer to any of the amendments that have been tabled.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: Using the Opposition's minority.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: Go raibh maith agat, a Cathaoirleach Gníomhach. I will start by addressing that issue. This Bill has been discussed to an extraordinary extent on Committee Stage. Yes, it was a while ago and the reason for that is because the Minister took away-----

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: Go ahead, Senator Mullen.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: Yes. The Bill has been discussed. I may have misspoken in respect of Committee Stage. The Bill has been discussed extensively in this House. It has been discussed at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice as well. There is no lack of discussion on this subject. Senator Mullen and I have shared platforms in respect of this on a number of occasions. We have been in the media on this...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: No, what the Senator disputed is that there is no difference between, let us say, a child born in Africa who is ethnically African and comes to this country and is assaulted in the course of a hate crime, called names, othered and essentially told they are not welcome, and a child who is assaulted because somebody does not like that child's father. There is a fundamental difference between...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: When we look at the percentage of the vote and support that you enjoy, Senator Mullen-----

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: -----relative to what is enjoyed by the Government, then you can start assessing who the people have confidence in.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: The second issue Senator Mullen raised was the definition of gender. Again, I have raised it in this House on a number of occasions. There is an expansive, extensive and broad definition of gender in section 3. It is there for a very good reason - because the very people who fall outside the traditional norms of gender in this society are the same people who are repeatedly targeted for...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: There is no basis whatsoever for that accusation. The definitions in this Bill specifically relate to the matters that are dealt with in this Bill. Different words are defined differently in various pieces of legislation because they are approached differently. They do not always mean the same thing in different contexts. That is a normal part of legislative practice. It is not unusual....