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

Barry Ward: I wish to make one comment on the section. There is a sequence of measures that come in the last number of sections, culminating in this section 90. Again, with regard to experience, it has been said to me by practitioners in this area that there is a reason we have judges who operate at High Court, Circuit Court and District Court levels. They have different skill sets, experiences,...

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: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: I want to raise something that is an issue not just in my area, namely the ability of the Garda to chase criminals who are using fast electric bikes and other means of transport to deliver drugs. This is a major issue. I have raised it with local gardaí, who are anxious to deal with the problem. These vehicles are being used by criminals, for example, in parks that are surrounded by...

Seanad: Budget 2025 (Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform): Statements (1 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: I welcome this budget. Having listened to colleagues speaking, I am beginning to wonder whether they live in the same country as I do. Some of the statements from Senators on the other side of this House in the context of this debate are not just wrong but also extraordinary and misleading. That is not to say the budget is perfect – it is not – but there is an awful lot in it...

Seanad: Budget 2025 (Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform): Statements (1 Oct 2024)

Barry Ward: What I am asking for is restoration.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I raise the issue of medication for ADHD. ADHD is a condition that is real. It is not something that does not exist, although I think there is a traditional view that it is just badly behaved kids and they will grow out of it. We know now that is not true and that it is something that is identifiable. It is a chemical imbalance that can be dealt with by medication. The importance of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I appreciate the Minister of State's bona fides on this and welcome the fact that she is telling us about expanded services for ADHD sufferers. I particularly welcome her acknowledgement of those in the 16 to 18 age cohort. They are still children. Many of them are still in school while some of them are going to college and it is really important to support them. I hope she will do that....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: Ar dtús báire, is mian liom a rá gur dúirt duine éigin liom cúpla bliain ó shín go raibh níos mó daoine ag labhairt Gaeilge gach lá i mo Dháilcheantar féin ná in aon áit eile sa tír taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht. Cé nach bhfuil a fhios agam an bhfuil sé sin fíor nó nach bhfuil, níl ach...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I agree with the thrust of this amendment and I understand where the Senators are coming from. I am conscious of the parameters that are laid down in section 13 regarding membership of the authority and the parameters laid down in section 15 in respect of the criteria for the Public Appointments Service that must be applied in recommending somebody to the Minister for appointment. Can the...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I would have thought this was covered by section 6(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act, but I just want to be clear in terms of the proposer of amendment No. 70. Part 2 of this Bill establishes the body of the gambling regulator.Section 6(1)(b) would state that any body established by statute is covered. Therefore, I am assuming if that is the case, and I am open to contradiction by the...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: Will the Minister of State explain something? As it stands, section 43 defines three terms to be used in Chapter 3, which establishes the national gambling exclusion register. This is an important part of the Bill, it is very worthwhile, and I think we would all support the idea that it is there. At the moment, that section defines three terms: "initial period", "relevant date" and...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I want to address an issue raised by Senator Black because amendment No. 79 would appear, from my reading of it, to give the gambling authority the power to say to a bookie or a company offering a gambling product that it cannot retain personal information that essentially can be used for marketing purposes. That seems to be eminently sensible. I favour generally that the gambling authority...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: We are at the end of a grouping of some 21 amendments, Nos. 75 to 96, inclusive. It is the eleventh grouping of 28 in the list we have. The groupings are obviously hugely helpful to allow us to move on. However, given that mistakes were made today by people who did not realise where subsequent amendments were part of a group, if it would make more sense for the groups to be numbered, at...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: I have no problem with the list but it is bullet points. The groups are not identiable one from the other except by the name. If one could refer to group A, B or C or group 9 or whatever it is it would be easier because it is quite difficult to navigate.