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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Barry Ward: 1665. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to removing any recruitment embargo for front-line medical staff, whether in name or in practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1953/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Barry Ward: 1666. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider provision of accommodation for junior medical personnel, particularly in Dublin and areas where the cost of accommodation is high; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1954/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (22 Jan 2025)

Barry Ward: 1667. To ask the Minister for Health the status of, and future plans for, St. Michael's Hospital in Dún Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1956/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (22 Jan 2025)

Barry Ward: 1687. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish an all-Ireland approach to rehabilitative medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2111/25]

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?

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

Barry Ward: Perhaps there would be time if the Senator had not spent half an hour making what is, in essence, a Second Stage speech-----

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

Barry Ward: -----that does not really refer to any of the amendments that have been tabled.

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

Barry Ward: Using the Opposition's minority.

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

Barry Ward: Go raibh maith agat, a Cathaoirleach Gníomhach. I will start by addressing that issue. This Bill has been discussed to an extraordinary extent on Committee Stage. Yes, it was a while ago and the reason for that is because the Minister took away-----

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

Barry Ward: Go ahead, Senator Mullen.

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

Barry Ward: Yes. The Bill has been discussed. I may have misspoken in respect of Committee Stage. The Bill has been discussed extensively in this House. It has been discussed at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice as well. There is no lack of discussion on this subject. Senator Mullen and I have shared platforms in respect of this on a number of occasions. We have been in the media on this...

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

Barry Ward: No, what the Senator disputed is that there is no difference between, let us say, a child born in Africa who is ethnically African and comes to this country and is assaulted in the course of a hate crime, called names, othered and essentially told they are not welcome, and a child who is assaulted because somebody does not like that child's father. There is a fundamental difference between...

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

Barry Ward: When we look at the percentage of the vote and support that you enjoy, Senator Mullen-----

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

Barry Ward: -----relative to what is enjoyed by the Government, then you can start assessing who the people have confidence in.

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

Barry Ward: The second issue Senator Mullen raised was the definition of gender. Again, I have raised it in this House on a number of occasions. There is an expansive, extensive and broad definition of gender in section 3. It is there for a very good reason - because the very people who fall outside the traditional norms of gender in this society are the same people who are repeatedly targeted for...

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

Barry Ward: There is no basis whatsoever for that accusation. The definitions in this Bill specifically relate to the matters that are dealt with in this Bill. Different words are defined differently in various pieces of legislation because they are approached differently. They do not always mean the same thing in different contexts. That is a normal part of legislative practice. It is not unusual....

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

Barry Ward: I congratulate Senator Mullen on that because he has an opportunity to continue to be offensive after this legislation passes. It is not about Senator Mullen and people being offended, giving offence or taking offence; it is about a legal framework to protect people who have repeatedly been the subject of abuse, harassment and crime in this community. It is about saying to them: we...

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

Barry Ward: That is not what the Bill is about. It does not outlaw giving offence or taking offence. After this legislation passes, even without the hate speech elements of it, it will still be permissible to say things that are offensive. It was never going to be any other way, but Senator Mullen repeatedly suggests that in an attempt to include in his army of misinformation things that are simply...

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

Barry Ward: That is why there is a definition in section 3.

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

Barry Ward: Once again, you have managed to be offensive without actually contributing to the debate. It is about saying that if a person is part of a group that is repeatedly targeted, we recognise that is a serious matter. It is an aggravating factor and is a crime all of its own. It is appropriate for these Houses to recognise the impact that has on those individuals and to say, if you are going to...