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Seanad: Education (Leaving Certificate Examinations) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 May 2021)

Barry Ward: Next Monday.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (10 May 2021)

Barry Ward: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit freisin. Tá mé an-bhuíoch di as ucht teacht anseo chun labhairt linn ar an ábhar tábhachtach seo. Tá a fhios agam go gcuirfidh sí an t-eolas os comhair an Aire Oideachais freisin. As the Minister of State will be aware, Gaelscoil Laighean, the only non-denominational Gaelscoil in the Dún Laoghaire area,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (10 May 2021)

Barry Ward: I appreciate what the Minister of State said. In fact, her office is the only one that has been able to give me any kind of concrete information on this matter, so I am grateful to her for that. However, I cannot accept the official response that the Eblana Avenue site is suitable for the reasons I mentioned. I acknowledge the Deansgrange site was always meant to be an interim one. The...

Seanad: Future of Banking in Ireland: Statements (10 May 2021)

Barry Ward: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Aontaím go hiomlán leis na Seanadóirí a dúirt gur ceart go mbeadh daoine agus custaiméirí in ann a gcuid gnó a dhéanamh leis na mbainc trí Ghaeilge, más féidir. Tá sé an-éasca do na bainc rudaí a chur ar bun do dhaoine mar sin. Tá sé sin an-tábhachtach ar fad....

Seanad: Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (17 May 2021)

Barry Ward: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I have had the privilege of visiting Israel on 14 or 15 occasions over the past 20 years. I remember the first time I visited I got a bus from Tel Aviv to Cairo through Gaza City and Rafah at the border during the intifada. It is so different. It seems that we have travelled so far backwards since then. As Irish people we, to a certain extent, understand...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Barry Ward: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I really hope that the Bill is going to do what it says on the tin. I have listened to what the Minister has had to say and what other speakers have had to say. It is tremendously important legislation. It is not an easy portfolio and notwithstanding things that have been said in this House we have actually made a lot of progress in housing. That is not...

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...

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: 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...

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...