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Seanad: Passport Office: Motion (5 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: -----because we have not had one and because I would not want to be left behind by my colleagues.

Seanad: Passport Office: Motion (5 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: Great. I am delighted to hear it. I recognise, however, that there is a practicality deficit in making that request. I recognise wholeheartedly that the impetus behind this motion is so much about symbolism. I also recognise the statement we would be making in opening a passport office in Belfast and I absolutely support the symbolism and the impetus behind that. I also recognise,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: In the first instance, I welcome the documentary that will be broadcast on RTÉ 1 this evening at 7 p.m. about thalidomide and the unfortunate history our country has with the survivors of that drug and how important it is that we recognise, even at this late stage, the ordeal they went through. I also want to use my time today to call for a debate on the Special Criminal Court. It is...

Seanad: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (4 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: The Minister is welcome to the House. I welcome the report of the commission and the Government's response to it. It is tremendously important that we take this issue seriously. For too long it has been left on the back burner. I have heard criticisms of the inflationary effects of the current environment. We hope those effects will not be permanent. I welcome the fact the Government...

Seanad: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (4 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: Bullock Harbour, as the Senator knows, needs work and is too small to take these coastal patrol vessels. I hope the Minister will give that serious thought as we move forward because there is great potential there for Dún Laoghaire Harbour.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Enforcement of Road Traffic Offences: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Barry Ward: I am sorry as I will have to leave to attend the Seanad. First, I endorse what has been said about reporting. It is true of any crime that if people do not feel reports are being taken seriously, they will stop making reports as they will feel they are wasting their time. I endorse what has been said. As a cyclist, I probably do not report enough when I have had close calls. A number...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2022)

Barry Ward: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh na scoláirí ó Choláiste Naomh Póil freisin. Ba mhaith liom labhairt faoi thalidomide agus na marthanóirí thalidomide atá fós ina gcónaí anseo in Éirinn. Tá a fhios againn go bhfuil níos lú ná 3,000 duine acu ar fud an domhain agus níos lú ná 36 nó mar...

Seanad: Impact of Cost of Living Issues on Young People in Ireland: Motion (28 Sep 2022)

Barry Ward: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Impact of Cost of Living Issues on Young People in Ireland: Motion (28 Sep 2022)

Barry Ward: I welcome the Minister of State. This is a great debate on an important subject if for no other reason than it puts in the spotlight this incredibly important issue. Young people are not just young people today. They are the people who will occupy this House is a few years' time. In a few decades' time, they will be running this economy and country and contributing in businesses, lecture...

Seanad: Impact of Cost of Living Issues on Young People in Ireland: Motion (28 Sep 2022)

Barry Ward: Senator Mullen said that the test for welfare was not what Senator Buttimer outlined. What is the test? How is it assessed?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2022)

Barry Ward: Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an Aire Airgeadais as ucht an bhuiséid a chonaiceamar inniu. Tá a lán rudaí ann is féidir linn a cheiliúradh. Welcome as they are, I am amused when I hear Senator Keogan talk about how important change is, notwithstanding the fact that we can look at so much good news today. Change is not always necessarily a good thing, in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regulatory Bodies (22 Sep 2022)

Barry Ward: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Chamber this morning. I absolutely recognise the need for lending control and guidelines from the Central Bank on the importance of that lending control. We all learned an important and very hard-learned lesson over a decade ago when exactly the kind of lending we are trying to prevent allowed things to get out of control and create huge...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regulatory Bodies (22 Sep 2022)

Barry Ward: I totally understand the week before the budget is not a good time for officials or Ministers in the Department of Finance, therefore, I have no difficulty with the fact that the Minister could not be here. I recognise what the Central Bank said about the improvement in the credit quality of new mortgage loans by guarding against a return to lending at high loan-to-income and loan-to-value...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2022)

Barry Ward: Not for the first time in this House I want to raise the issue of water quality in Dublin Bay and the coastal waters off Dublin. For the last two weeks there has been a "No bathing" advisory notice at Killiney beach because of an overspill from a sewage treatment plant there. That should not happen and it has had serious consequences for people who had events planned. I know of swimming...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2022)

Barry Ward: I join the Cathaoirleach in welcoming our Maltese friends and the Speaker. I have a family connection with Malta insofar as my mother's great aunt was a Little Sister of the Poor who went out to Malta aged 16 years, believe it or not, and was in the convent in Hamrun near Valletta. I visited her grave some years ago. It was a tremendous commitment on her part but it was also a very sad...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Barry Ward: An issue has arisen with regard to these amendments, which apply to a number of sections in the Bill. The issue is academic freedom, how much it can be applied and how much an t-údarás can do to deal with that issue. The Minister will be aware of the issues that have arisen. I am not talking about any specific institution. We have to be careful about how the objects laid out in...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (20 Sep 2022)

Barry Ward: I welcome three of our four MEPs. I am always heartened by the fact that 50% of the Dublin MEPs are former Dún Laoghaire Deputies. It shows the importance of that constituency in leading the debate in the European Union. I welcome Ms Frances Fitzgerald, a former Tánaiste and Minister for Justice. I am very proud of the fact that we send very high-calibre representatives to the...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (20 Sep 2022)

Barry Ward: Very good, but no mention was made in the Cathaoirleach's remarks at the beginning of this session as to any apology or anything like that. There are issues that I wanted to raise. I do not want to criticise Ms Daly in her absence.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (20 Sep 2022)

Barry Ward: She did, okay. In that case, I acknowledge that. There are issues, however, that I wanted to raise with her that I tried to raise with her on the last occasion also. With regard to the subject on today's Order Paper, again I welcome the comments that have been made. I would like to take up one issue with Mr. Cuffe, which is the dependence on semiconductors from Taiwan. I believe that the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Naval Service (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I am conscious that, as we speak, the Minister, Deputy Coveney, is launching the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces in McKee Barracks. I am very grateful to the Minister of State for coming here today. I welcome that report and the fact that the Government has taken on this issue and dealt with it in a concrete way, putting forward...