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Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: I welcome this amendment. It makes sense, is important and is consistent with instruments that the Minister has brought before the House in relation to the prosecution of sexual offences as well. It is a really important measure. However, I have one question in relation to the proposed section 99(4) and (5). It is really about a circumstance where a person has decided that he or she...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: Who has also been re-elected.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 126: In page 65, lines 20 to 22, to delete all words from and including “specified” in line 20 down to and including “both,” in line 22.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: I will speak to amendment No. 149 and, in so doing, remark on how great minds think alike. I am very touched by Senator Dooley's amendment No. 148, which bears a striking resemblance to my own. I suspect the same people were in contact with us about it. I have heard what the Minister of State has to say and I entirely accept it. Regarding the impetus behind this amendment, the thrust of...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 149: In page 73, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “Certain exempt broadcast competitions 91. (1) Notwithstanding section 65, a person may provide a game or lottery without a gambling licence where— (a) the game or lottery is a broadcast competition in accordance with subsection (3), (b) there is no additional payment required...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: Regarding amendment No. 201, I welcome the cut from 60 days to 30 days. It always seems to me to be a ridiculously long period. I know that application is currently made with An Garda Síochána. There may be times when we do not need 30 days to make that application. Given that we are talking about raffles for good causes and all that kind of thing, would it not make sense - this...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: I have a question on the section. The Minister of State said that the section was related to philanthropic and charitable organisations. What exactly is covered by that definition? It does not appear to be defined in either the Part or the Chapter, but I may be wrong. Can the Minister of State clarify exactly what is meant by that?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Quality (3 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: I thank the Minister of State for coming to deal with this matter. The sewerage system in Dublin, particularly in south Dublin, is Victorian. When I say "south Dublin", I refer to an area of Dublin around Dún Laoghaire, Blackrock and further south that experienced extraordinary development during the Victorian era. The sewerage system built at that time still services that area. They...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Quality (3 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: I thank the Minister of State. I acknowledge he is deputising for another Minister but that is a real pro forma answer. Talking about identifying bathing spots and when people use them by 24 March 2025 is a little bit of a nonsense. If Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council wants help identifying the places people are swimming, I will tell the council now. As to when people are...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (3 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: I welcome the Bill. It is overdue. We did not need to wait until the High Court told us last month that this needed to be done. I drafted a Bill that came before the House in March 2023, namely the Criminal Justice (Juvenile Offenders) Bill, Bill No. 30 of 2023, which sought to do the same thing in a different way and went slightly further. The idea behind this Bill is simple. The...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (3 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: Now.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (3 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1990 2. The Act of 1990 is amended by the substitution of the following for section 2: “Sentence for treason and murder 2. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person convicted of treason or murder shall be sentenced to imprisonment for life. (2) Where a...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (3 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: That senior counsel was clearly not practising criminal law because given the state of the fees in criminal law nobody complains about them. I hear what the Minister of State is saying. I do not agree but so be it. I do not propose to press the amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (3 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: "Amendment of Children Act 2001 4. The Children Act 2001 is amended, in section 151, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3): "(3) Subject to subsection (4), the Court shall specify, in its absolute discretion, which portion of a period for which a detention and supervision...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (3 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 3: In page 3, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: "Application of section 99 of Criminal Justice Act 2006 4. The provisions of section 99 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 (as amended) shall apply to criminal proceedings involving a person who, at the time the offence was committed, had not reached the age of 18 years, as if the term "imprisonment" were...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (3 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: There is a temptation to press the amendment to see how the vote goes.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: Tomorrow, at 10:30 a.m.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: I will begin by echoing what my colleague Senator Lombard said about planning for schools and making sure parents have certainty about where their children will go. It is very important. In addition to what he said, I know that schools in my area are having great difficulty recruiting teachers to do the work. The space is provided and the facilities are there but they cannot get the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: Will the Senator take a point?