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

Barry Ward: Senator Currie and I tabled an amendment, No. 9, which is on the same lines as this. As my colleague has outlined, in the original iteration of the legislation, there was a provision to allow the IHREC, an important State body with important functions, to be involved in the decisions of the commission about who would be proposed to Government for appointment. It was originally included...

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

Barry Ward: This amendment is absolutely and utterly misguided. It preposterously presupposes that it is appropriate for this House to rush headlong, as it has done in lots of other legislation, towards excluding former Members from any kind of operation after they leave this House. Oftentimes, in fact perhaps most of the time, people leave this or the other House without very much notice and find...

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

Barry Ward: There are different units of time for each of them - absolutely. It is two years for Deputies and Senators, five years for a member of the Government, five years for the Attorney General and five years for somebody who served at the Secretary General level in a Department of the Government. The notion that that somehow debars people from the appropriateness of serving in judicial office is...

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

Barry Ward: I apologise if I misunderstood what the Senator said in terms of cross-contamination. I thought she had used that term. I absolutely agree with her in terms of what she said about local authority members. In fact, if one looks at any State board, for example, one of the things that will more often than not debar a person from membership is membership of local authority. That is another...

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

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 15: In page 12, to delete lines 4 to 12. Section 15 deals with the nomination of members of the Judicial Council and their appointment as members of the commission. The section 12 provisions provide for the appointment, essentially of judges, to the proposed judicial appointments commission. There are three amendments in the group. Amendment No. 15 deals with...

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

Barry Ward: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I do not agree that there needs to be clarity about what we are asking the council to do. It is being asked to appoint two people. I do not believe any clarity beyond that is required. I reiterate the point I made earlier on the previous experience issue: the reality is that you just have judges; you do not have judges for former solicitors...

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

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 16: In page 12, to delete lines 16 to 22.

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

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 17: In page 12, to delete lines 27 to 34 and substitute the following: "judge to replace him or her.".

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

Barry Ward: I move amendment No. 19: In page 13, to delete lines 17 to 23 and substitute the following: "(4) The matters referred to in subsection (3) are matters connected with— (a) the courts and the operation of the justice system both in the State and in places outside the State, (b) the importance of protection of human rights and equality, (c) business, finance or public service, and...

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: 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 (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: 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: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: There is a lot to unpack in this Bill. As the Minister noted, it is a significant change and there are significant elements in the changes that were contained in the Bill. I echo what the Minister said about the quality of the Judiciary in Ireland. We are tremendously lucky to have a Judiciary that is fair and more importantly, that observes the rule of law. That is not even the case in...

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...