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Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (20 Sep 2022)

Barry Ward: I welcome three of our four MEPs. I am always heartened by the fact that 50% of the Dublin MEPs are former Dún Laoghaire Deputies. It shows the importance of that constituency in leading the debate in the European Union. I welcome Ms Frances Fitzgerald, a former Tánaiste and Minister for Justice. I am very proud of the fact that we send very high-calibre representatives to the...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (20 Sep 2022)

Barry Ward: Very good, but no mention was made in the Cathaoirleach's remarks at the beginning of this session as to any apology or anything like that. There are issues that I wanted to raise. I do not want to criticise Ms Daly in her absence.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (20 Sep 2022)

Barry Ward: She did, okay. In that case, I acknowledge that. There are issues, however, that I wanted to raise with her that I tried to raise with her on the last occasion also. With regard to the subject on today's Order Paper, again I welcome the comments that have been made. I would like to take up one issue with Mr. Cuffe, which is the dependence on semiconductors from Taiwan. I believe that the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Naval Service (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I am conscious that, as we speak, the Minister, Deputy Coveney, is launching the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces in McKee Barracks. I am very grateful to the Minister of State for coming here today. I welcome that report and the fact that the Government has taken on this issue and dealt with it in a concrete way, putting forward...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Naval Service (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: The capital of Ireland, indeed. However, I am sure he will recognise that the maritime capital is, in fact, Dún Laoghaire. Dún Laoghaire has a great maritime heritage. We obviously have the National Maritime Museum in Dún Laoghaire but the harbour itself, which recently celebrated its bicentenary, is a tremendously important asset strategically and historically. At the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Naval Service (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: I thank the Minister of State. I was on the council when many of the events he described took place. We are tremendously proud of our connection to the Naval Service. For many years, Creidne, the Naval Service training vessel, was moored in Dún Laoghaire. I do not think it is in the Naval Service anymore. The Atlantic Youth Trust is moving to base sail training vessels in Dún...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: As this House rises for the summer recess tomorrow, that day will also mark 140 days of hostilities by Russia against Ukraine. That is 20 weeks during which ordinary Ukrainian citizens have suffered, have been displaced and have been killed in their homes, towns and communities. One of the issues our Ukrainian friends face is keeping the war imposed upon them by Russia to the forefront of...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: I move: That notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the order of the House today, that No. 2a on the Supplementary Order Paper, motion regarding a reasoned opinion of the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage under Standing Order 116 on the proposal for a Council regulation on the election of Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, be...

Seanad: Election of Members of the European Parliament: Motion (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: I move: That Seanad Éireann: (1) notes the agreed Report of the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage under Standing Order 116 on the following proposal: - Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION on the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, repealing Council Decision 76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom and the Act concerning the...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: There is a mart somewhere in Ireland missing an auctioneer.

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: Now.

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: Now.

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: A substantial amount of work went into the Bill and it is important legislation. I congratulate the Departments involved, as well as the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, and the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, on bringing this through. It will do quite a lot of good.

Seanad: Civil Law Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Motion for Earlier Signature (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: I move: That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: I have some sympathy with the notion that clarity is required and I agree that CJEU jurisprudence indicates that. There is a difference between saying there must be clear criteria, which is what the court has said, and the requirement for a clear definition. I do not believe there is any ambiguity. The difficulty is that nowhere in any of our legislation is the term "security of the State"...

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: When I first read this amendment, I did not understand where the Senator was coming from. Having heard what the Senator said, I understand much better. I do not know whether the proposal is that there should be no default period once the law passes, for example, before the Minister had a chance to make regulations. I would have thought there should be provision. The Senator may feel that...

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: As I understand it, amendment No. 11, which seeks to amend the proposed substituted section 6(3)(a), proposes to replace “committed a revenue offence” with “committed a serious revenue offence”. However, the term “revenue offence” is defined in section 1(1) of the principal Act, which sets out exactly what sections apply. I think adding...

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: It is important to remember that this Bill reacts to the jurisprudential framework that has been put in place. In fact, it puts in place greater safeguards for the citizens. I am very much in favour of a framework that is put in place to prevent the mass surveillance of citizenry. I do not hold with that at all. As I said during our Second Stage debate, this country has a very reasonable...

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: I am sympathetic to what is being discussed in the amendment. Perhaps I have missed it but the words "journalist" and "journalism" are not defined. Am I correct in this? Does this not leave it wide open to interpretation in a way that was never intended?

Seanad: Night-time Economy: Motion (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after “notes that” and substitute the following: - the Night-Time Economy is a hugely important sector, contributing to the economy and Ireland’s cultural and creative sectors, which can bring vibrancy to city and town centres and that it is important to protect, support and sustain this part of the economy by attracting...