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Seanad: Search and Rescue Policy: Motion (2 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: Will the Senator take a question on this?

Seanad: Search and Rescue Policy: Motion (2 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: The Irish-----

Seanad: Search and Rescue Policy: Motion (2 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: That is not correct.

Seanad: Passport Office Service: Motion (2 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: I second the motion.

Seanad: Passport Office Service: Motion (2 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Chathaoirleach. Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire go dtí an Seanad agus comhghairdeas a ghabháil leis as an méid oibre atá déanta ag an Roinn, ag a oifig féin agus ag oifig na bpasanna freisin chun déileáil leis an bhfadhb agus leis na hiarratais ar phasanna a thagann isteach. As we heard from Senator...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh, agus an Ceannaire Gníomhach. Cuirim fáilte léi. Go n-éirí léi mar Ceannaire Gníomhach an tSeanaid. I want to raise an issue today that is quite delicate. It is something that I am conflicted on as a criminal barrister and somebody who has practised in an area of law that requires principles of justice to be applied...

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: In the first instance, I welcome this Bill. I congratulate Senator Flynn on the work she has done on this, which is clearly extensive. It is not an easy task to approach the Statute Book with a view to carrying out an amendment that will cover all the bases. It is an arduous task to go through it. We can see that from the fact that a statute law revision project within the Office of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: I have raised a number of times in the House the issue of water quality, not just around our coasts and in our rivers but in particular where people swim. During lockdown, many people availed of the opportunity to swim in the sea, rivers and lakes, and they do so sometimes at their peril.They do so sometimes at their peril. I am coming from Dún Laoghaire where Dublin Bay creates its...

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) (Stalking) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: I will very briefly acknowledge much of what Senator Chambers said and the initiative behind this Bill. I congratulate her on the progress it has made. It sets down an important message regarding the ability of non-Government Members, if I can put it in those terms, to bring forth legislative proposals that work. There is a body of elected representatives in this House in particular who...

Seanad: Uyghur Tribunal: Motion (9 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach agus cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit freisin. At the outset, let me say that I have read this report. It took a little bit of time because there is an enormous amount of detail, testimony and evidence in it. It is disturbing, in no uncertain terms, but it is not surprising, because this is not the first we have heard...

Seanad: Uyghur Tribunal: Motion (9 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: I condemn China. No one condemns China quite as much as I do in this House. I am a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, which I co-chair with Senator Malcolm Byrne. We have been to several meetings with our parliamentary colleagues around the world. We are doing our best to bring a message to China that it cannot and must not continue. The Uyghur case is perhaps one of...

Seanad: Uyghur Tribunal: Motion (9 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: -----that if we do not stand up as respectable and consistent members of the international community, we diminish our power on the world stage. We are not a great military or industrial power so for us, that power is soft. It is exercised in the Security Council at the UN, in our embassy in Beijing and in contact between the Minister of State, Deputy Thomas Byrne, the Minister for Foreign...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Driver Licences (10 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The issue I raise relates to driver licensing. Until 2006, it was standard in this country that the B category licence people hold, that is, an ordinary car licence, also included other categories, namely, the W category for work vehicles and the AM category for mopeds. On the back of the driving licence the categories people are qualified to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Driver Licences (10 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: I thank the Minister of State and appreciate his remarks. I am sorry the Minister does not have plans to change this rule. I hope we will be able to convince him otherwise. There are still inconsistencies. I acknowledge the road safety imperative involved and that being on two or three wheels is different from being cocooned in a car, and we can see that in the way the respective drivers...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: I want to raise the issue of hyperemesis. Morning sickness is an unfortunate and unpleasant part of pregnancy for many women but hyperemesis is much more serious. It is a condition that results in very severe sickness and renders women malnourished and dehydrated at times. One in 100 pregnancies will result in hospitalisation of the expectant mother because of hyperemesis. There are drugs...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: In the first instance, I congratulate Liath restaurant in Blackrock which was today awarded a second Michelin star. A very small number of restaurants in this country are operating at that level. In fact, there are only four, three of which are in Dublin. Liath is in the suburbs of Dublin, in Blackrock. On the face of it, it is a modest restaurant. It is certainly a small one, with...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: In the first instance, I want to be associated with remarks by other Senators in relation to the rumours about Cariban, the drug that treats hyperemesis. I hope they are more than rumours. It is about time we dealt with this issue. I raised it in the House before and welcome any move the Department might make on this to make life easier for women who suffer from a debilitating condition...

Seanad: Life Saving Equipment Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: I also welcome the Bill. It is an important recognition of the distinct and singular purpose of life-saving equipment. I join with the Fianna Fáil Senators in acknowledging that is an important aspect that merits a different offence apart from an offence of criminal damage or theft. It is right and proper that section 2 acknowledges the two different types of life-saving equipment,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill: Discussion (15 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: There are two issues I want to raise. The first arises from what we have just heard. I certainly will not contradict anyone on what they said, but could we explore a bit more the issues of natural justice that have been outlined? Two things were said that I am concerned about. First, on the issue that a garda can be investigated by GSOC without being on notice of that, I do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill: Discussion (15 Feb 2022)

Barry Ward: Any of the Garda representative organisations. It is for the sworn members rather than for the civil servants.