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Seanad: Passport Office: Motion (5 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an Aire Stáit agus a fhoireann, chomh maith leis an Aire, an Teachta Coveney, agus gach éinne a oibríonn sa Roinn as an méid oibre atá déanta acu ar an ábhar seo.It is right and proper that we acknowledge that. Other speakers have said just how much work has been done. The Minister of State outlined some of the statistics...

Seanad: Passport Office: Motion (5 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: -----because we have not had one and because I would not want to be left behind by my colleagues.

Seanad: Passport Office: Motion (5 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: Great. I am delighted to hear it. I recognise, however, that there is a practicality deficit in making that request. I recognise wholeheartedly that the impetus behind this motion is so much about symbolism. I also recognise the statement we would be making in opening a passport office in Belfast and I absolutely support the symbolism and the impetus behind that. I also recognise,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Enforcement of Road Traffic Offences: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: I am sorry as I will have to leave to attend the Seanad. First, I endorse what has been said about reporting. It is true of any crime that if people do not feel reports are being taken seriously, they will stop making reports as they will feel they are wasting their time. I endorse what has been said. As a cyclist, I probably do not report enough when I have had close calls. A number...

Seanad: Situation in Iran: Motion (11 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach. Tá mé ag féachaint ar an rún seo agus mé ag smaoineamh go bhfuilimid i gcónaí ag labhairt faoin Úcráin agus na huafáis atá ag tarlú ann. Tá fadhbanna sa tSín agus i dtíortha eile ar fud an domhain agus uafáis den...

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

Barry Ward: I welcome the Bill being presented by Senators Doherty and Seery Kearney and the family of Stephen Smith, if I can put it in those terms. It is a Bill that makes perfect sense. It is an unfortunate stain that this has not been the situation up to now. I know we would all welcome it. I will raise the issue of non-consultant hospital doctors. We have approximately 12,000 doctors working in...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (18 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: Now.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: I broadly agree with the statement Senator McDowell has made. It is tremendously important to remember that there is a basis on which there should be a political involvement, a democratic involvement, if you will, in the appointment of judges.They are a branch of the Government in the Judiciary, as a whole, and it is appropriate that the people have some say through the Government. That is...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: I will support the amendments, which make a great deal of sense. The notion that the professions that know and understand the role a judge plays would be cut out of the decision-making process is, I think, flawed. They should not have a veto. I have a certain discomfort that the words as spoken by Senator McDowell, with the greatest of respect, sound a little like a boys' club supporting...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: My amendment will deal with that.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: I find myself in a difficult position on this. Although I fundamentally and wholeheartedly disagree with Senator Higgins, I find my name on one of the amendments she has tabled. For her it is consequential but for me it is primary. What my amendment, No. 11, seeks to do is remove the restriction in section 9(3) on the Attorney General having a vote on the commission. I do not think we...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: Today I want to talk about facilities provided for postnatal care for women in Ireland. I was contacted yesterday by a lady in my area who has a young infant and who has found it most difficult in the aftermath of the birth to have a social activity available to her or social circle of people in a similar situation. I am aware programmes in other European countries where they set up groups...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: The Deputy Leader will be aware that in the years since the sham presidential election in Belarus a number of Members of this House, the Dáil and the European Parliament have adopted Belarussian political prisoners. These people were imprisoned not because they had committed crimes but because they had somehow opposed or offended Lukashenko's regime. I adopted a man called Maksim...

Seanad: European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: I welcome this important Bill. It is also important that we keep up with our obligations to transpose this legislation under our partnerships with other states across the EU. I will comment on the Bill's structure. As other Senators have acknowledged, it is not a Bill that is likely to be read by ordinary people on the street. I hope that the vast majority of ordinary citizens will never...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: I have amendments Nos. 10 and 26. They may not all be in order but it seems to me they are all related to the same material and should all be discussed together.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: I heard that but I am sorry to say I was not notified personally, despite the fact it is in my name.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: Senator Emer Currie and I submitted that amendment. I understand Senator Currie was notified that it was ruled out of order.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: I am proposing that all four would be taken together because they are all related.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: I can speak to the section. To my mind, it would make the whole process more streamlined if we dealt with all of them together. That is what I am proposing.