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Seanad: Civil Legal Aid (Exclusion of Value of Free or Partly Free Board) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (31 May 2021)

Barry Ward: I also welcome the Bill, which addresses an important point. The idea that any legal aid scheme would take into account income which is not really in the possession of an individual is wrong and it is right that we should act to correct that situation. I welcome the intervention of the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, in this regard. It is important that we recognise that civil legal...

Seanad: Civil Legal Aid (Exclusion of Value of Free or Partly Free Board) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (31 May 2021)

Barry Ward: Tomorrow at 9 a.m. in the convention centre.

Seanad: Search and Rescue System: Motion (28 May 2021)

Barry Ward: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I take into account what she has said and if it has not been done already, I am quite happy to second the Government's amendment. What she has said gives us an insight into the services provided. This is a very strange debate to be having. We know a tender process is under way and yet a House of the Oireachtas is discussing what some of us...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Múinteoirí Nuacháilithe agus Ábhair Oidí: An Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta (26 May 2021)

Barry Ward: Gabhaim buíochas le Tomás Ó Ruairc as ucht an méid atá ráite aige. Tá deirfiúr agam agus tá sí ina múinteoir bunscoile. Nuair a dhein sí an ardteistiméireacht, ní raibh ach an gnáthleibhéal aici. Bhí uirthi dul ar ais ar scoil chun an ardteistiméireacht a dhéanamh arís chun an...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cycling Facilities (25 May 2021)

Barry Ward: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus gabhaim buíochas leis freisin as teacht anseo chun labhairt ar an ábhar seo. The Luas, as we know, and I am specifically talking here about the green line that runs along the old Harcourt Street railway line corridor, was constructed without regard to other transport options that might have been put alongside it. For example, as you go through...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cycling Facilities (25 May 2021)

Barry Ward: I am very grateful to the Minister for his response. I am very encouraged by what he has said about potentially looking at this again in the future. Regarding what he said about the Sutton to Sandycove, S2S, route, I must disagree with him, although I agree with him on the frustration caused by that small laneway next to the platform at the DART station in Blackrock . It is not the pinch...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 May 2021)

Barry Ward: To a large extent, I made the points I wanted to make on Second Stage. Even the Title of this Bill refers to "Health and Criminal Justice", two uncomfortable bedfellows. It is important to acknowledge this legislation is not desired by anybody. The Minister made it clear in his Second Stage speech that this was an undesirable situation to be in. We would all like for this situation to be...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 May 2021)

Barry Ward: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a dhéanamh leis as ucht na méide oibre atá déanta go dtí seo ar an ábhar seo, ábhar atá an-tábhachtach ar fad dúinn. I congratulate the Minister. From the word go, he has been in a very difficult position and we now see the fruits of the labour in which he has been involved...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Seirbhís Craolacháin Gaeilge: Plé (19 May 2021)

Barry Ward: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire, roimh an Uasal O'Keeffe agus roimh na láithreoirí eile. Tá an obair seo an-tábhachtach ar fad. I dtús báire, labhróidh mé faoin teilifís. Tá a fhios againn go léir an méid atá déanta ag TG4 agus RTÉ faoin ábhar seo agus an ról tábhachtach atá acu i...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Barry Ward: We know the importance of giving blood. It is tremendously important that people give of their time and their blood to feed the reserves of blood that are needed for operations and for emergencies etc. During the Covid pandemic, the Irish Blood Transfusion Service has had great difficulty on the one hand in abiding by the advice of the health authorities and keeping people safe and, on the...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 May 2021)

Barry Ward: Tuigim go soiléir an áit óna bhfuil an Seanadóir ag teacht. The provisions of section 6, which we have already approved, give fairly wide latitude to judges dealing with preliminary trial hearings to address issues like this. The proposed section 7(1) from Senator McDowell clarifies what the court may permit in terms of cross-examination but I am not sure it is...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 May 2021)

Barry Ward: My amendment No. 5 from the initial list of amendments, which proposes to delete “erroneously” in page 11, line 19, largely does the same thing that Senator McDowell's amendment proposes to do. The word "erroneously" suggests that before an appeal can be taken there has to be some form of establishment that the evidence was excluded erroneously. It is, of course, a subject of...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 May 2021)

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 7: In page 14, after line 34, to insert the following: “PART 3 AMENDMENT OF THE JUDGES’ RULESDefinitions 12. In this Part, “the Judges’ Rules” refers to nine common law rules of guidance set out by a 1972 decision of the Supreme Court. Power for Minister to amend the Judges’ Rules by regulation 13. The Minister may, where...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 May 2021)

Barry Ward: I appreciate what the Minister of State said and I am happy to engage with the Department. This proposal is also contained in a Private Members' Bill, namely, the Criminal Procedure and Related Matters Bill 2021, which is in my name. I am happy to engage with the Department and, on that basis, to withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 May 2021)

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 8: In page 15, to delete lines 16 and 17. Section 12(2)(b) states that a judge may provide specific documents or audio recordings of statements made in the course of a trial to the jury at the time of its deliberations. That includes a transcript of the opening speeches of counsel, a transcript of the whole or any part of evidence given in the trial, a transcript of...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 May 2021)

Barry Ward: No, I will withdraw it.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 May 2021)

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 9: In page 15, to delete lines 20 and 21.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 May 2021)

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 10: In page 16, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 4A of Act of 1967 13. Section 4A of the Act of 1967 is amended— (a) by the substitution of the following for subsection (1): “(1) Where an accused person is before the District Court charged with an indictable offence, the Court shall send the accused...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 May 2021)

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 11: In page 16, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 4B of Act of 1967 14.Section 4B of the Act of 1967 is amended in subsection (1)(a), by the insertion of the following new subparagraph after subparagraph (ii): “(iii) in the case of an offence that may be tried on indictment only, the prosecutor directs that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2020: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Barry Ward: I am sorry that I was late. I was actually in court and it took a little bit of time to get across the city. I was listening in the car on the way over and I have been following what is being discussed. I want to raise a couple of issues. I will start with the last point in respect of diversity. I was delighted to hear what Ms McNally said on behalf of the Bar because I was a little...