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Seanad: International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (19 Jun 2024)

Barry Ward: I do not believe a Member is entitled to level an accusation of theft or stealing against other Members in the Chamber and she should withdraw that remark.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Barry Ward: I remind members and everyone else present to turn off their mobile phones or switch them to flight mode as they interfere with the sound system and make it difficult for the parliamentary reporters reporting the meeting. Television coverage can also be adversely affected. I am delighted to welcome witnesses from the Legal Services Regulatory Authority. The purpose of this part of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Barry Ward: I thank Dr. Doherty for being succinct. I should have mentioned the apologies received at the start. We have received apologies from Deputy James Lawless and Senator Lynn Ruane. I will also mention the long-standing practice, which I know Dr. Doherty has not breached because I have read the opening statement that nobody should be criticised or charges should not be made against anyone or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Barry Ward: Do any of our colleagues online want to ask a question? I do not see any hands up. I will ask a couple of questions. First, I must declare an interest in that I am a practising barrister and are therefore subject to regulation by the LSRA. Dr. Doherty made reference to, for example, maintaining the roll of practising barristers. Does the LSRA have a list of people who are qualified,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Barry Ward: It is not a protected term. Anyone can describe themselves as a barrister if they are not providing legal services.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Barry Ward: The same would apply to the term "senior counsel" in both professional contexts. If somebody describes themselves as senior counsel and if they are not holding themselves out as providing the services of a senior counsel, they are not committing an offence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Barry Ward: The other question I wanted to ask is about the partnerships to which Senator McDowell referred. How far away are we from having multidisciplinary partnerships. I fundamentally disagree with the notion that having barristers and solicitors in partnerships together is going to increase competition. In fact, one of the things that established competition within the legal service in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Barry Ward: The offence is providing legal services when one is not on the roll, as opposed to having a particular status on the roll. It does not matter whether someone says he or she is senior counsel or not.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Further and Higher Education (13 Jun 2024)

Barry Ward: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. The matter I wish to raise this morning is the future of Newpark Academy of Music in Blackrock, which has been a staple of musical education south Dublin for 45 years. It was founded in 1979 and is a really important small, effective, efficient, and incredibly well-renowned music school on the grounds of Newpark Comprehensive School on...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Further and Higher Education (13 Jun 2024)

Barry Ward: As I said, I am grateful to the Minister of State for coming in. I know that he is acting on behalf of the Minister for Education, but I really think that answer is not good enough. It is not enough for the Department to wash its hands and say we are not specifically responsible and that it is a separate remit. As the Minister of State said, the responsibility of the Department is to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jun 2024)

Barry Ward: I join you, a Chathaoirligh, in the remarks you made about Martin Murray. I was talking to him just before coming into the Chamber and he said absolutely nothing about the retirement. I certainly join you and wishing him well. I know all of our colleagues in the Fine Gael group would like to do so as well. Gaeloideachas supports education in Ireland through the Irish language. Today I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Communications (11 Jun 2024)

Barry Ward: I reiterate my thanks to the Minister for coming here. I know there is much work to be done. I also wish to put on record my acknowledgement of how much she has done in this area. The remarks she just made outlined some of the progress we have made and, as she acknowledged, we still have work to do on that. The action plan is hugely important, and the raising-awareness component of it....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2024)

Barry Ward: Like other Members, I wish to say we had a wonderful experience over the past number of days in terms of democracy, both local and international, as it happens. I pay tribute to the five Members of this House who put themselves forward as it is a huge task to run in any European campaign, as well as to the hundreds of people who put their names on ballot papers for local council elections...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Communications (11 Jun 2024)

Barry Ward: The issue I raise today relates to human trafficking and our ability to identify it within Ireland and the need to do so. As we know, it takes different forms. Obviously, there is human trafficking from a sexual exploitation perspective but there is also human trafficking for the purposes of labour and work, which is what we might encounter in our daily lives more commonly. As we go about...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Naturalisation Applications (29 May 2024)

Barry Ward: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Higgins. Is í seo an chéad uair atá seans agam é sin a rá ó ainmníodh mar Aire Stáit í. Comhghairdeas léi. Táim buíoch di as teacht anseo inniu. I wish to talk about a social inclusion measure in the naturalisation process. At the outset, I wish to say clearly that I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Naturalisation Applications (29 May 2024)

Barry Ward: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I am conscious that she is answering on behalf of the Minister, Deputy McEntee, who cannot be here this morning. I wish to make a few points. First, I have no doubt about the robustness of the process. In fact, it can be an obstacle to a lot of people in an unduly bureaucratic way, but I recognise it is a process that needs to be followed. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 May 2024)

Barry Ward: First, I agree with what my colleagues said about the need for special education and the provision for everybody who needs it. There are two things I wanted to raise specifically under today's Order of Business. The first is in regard to the regulations that came in on 20 May for e-scooters and e-bikes. It is a welcome development. We needed some sort of regulation or recognition of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

Barry Ward: First, I agree with the increase in penalties. It makes sense. What we are dealing with, as Deputy O’Callaghan said, is many young men in particular being penalised by this. It is important to distinguish between the summary and indictable elements of the existing legislation because you will see in the District Court many young men being prosecuted for what I think is very minor...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

Barry Ward: I am afraid not. I am just conscious of a Bill we have in the Seanad where colleagues of mine have brought forward amendments, Senator Regina Doherty particularly, related to statements or references being given at sentence stage as things that would be subject to cross-examination by the prosecution, for example. That was ultimately put into a Government Bill. A stand-alone Bill obviously...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (16 May 2024)

Barry Ward: In welcoming the Bill on behalf of the Fine Gael group, I acknowledge what the Minister of State said about the genesis of this Bill and the fact Private Members’ Bills from Senators in this House, particularly from Senator Regina Doherty, have given rise to many of the provisions in this Bill. It is worthy of recognition that the Government sometimes does listen to what...