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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Collection (14 Jun 2021)

Barry Ward: I raise the issue of professional withholding tax, which is a matter many will not know about because the only people affected are those who collect it and those who pay it. It affects many thousands of workers in this country who provide professional services to the State through local authorities, the HSE, Departments or whatever it might be. They include engineers, medical staff, lawyers...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Collection (14 Jun 2021)

Barry Ward: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I welcome the electronic element of this that is coming. It is absolutely welcome and Revenue is generally very good at putting these things online. I am delighted to hear the Minister of State saying this is all about the individual because that is exactly where I am coming from. The question I am asking is whether this is something Revenue...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Barry Ward: I welcome the Bill, as have most speakers in the debate. I congratulate the Minister on bringing it forward. This is an issue of concern for a very long time. Some of my colleagues in the legal profession fought this battle decades ago and established in the courts the discrepancies in the way people were paid different amounts for the work they were doing. They deserve great credit for...

Seanad: Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Barry Ward: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, duine atá mar chomharsa liom i nDún Laoghaire. D'fhreastail mé ar an gComhairle Contae Dhún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin leis an Aire Stáit freisin. Go háirithe sa chás sin, cuirim fáilte roimhe. I welcome the Bill. It is tremendously important as we return to some form of normality. After the...

Seanad: Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Barry Ward: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Seanad agus fáiltím roimh an mBille. Is Bille an-tábhachtach ar fad atá i gceist anseo, fiú go bhfuil sé ar an taobh teicniúil den chuid is mó. Is trua é nár bhaineamar an spriocdháta chun an treoir Eorpach a chur i bhfeidhm amach ach tá áthas orm fáilte a chur...

Seanad: Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Barry Ward: Next Monday.

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2021)

Barry Ward: The Senator said he was not going to-----

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2021)

Barry Ward: I got permission.

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2021)

Barry Ward: I did ask for permission.

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2021)

Barry Ward: Senator McDowell said he does not want to hog the time. We are now approximately five minutes away from the end of this session. If he does not want to hog the time, maybe he should be seated.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Curaclam Nua na hArdteistiméireachta: Conradh na Gaeilge (2 Jun 2021)

Barry Ward: Cuirim fáilte roimh Julian de Spáinn agus gabhaim buíochas leis as an méid atá ráite aige ansin. Feictear domsa gurb í príomhaidhm an athraithe seo ná díriú ar na bunchlocha, scileanna teanga agus cumarsáide, a thabhairt do na scoláirí nach bhfuil taithí acu ar Ghaeilge a úsáid agus staidéar níos...

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Barry Ward: I want to comment on this because I accept entirely the position of Senator Higgins and understand her concern. Obviously, a regulation could be made out of term but I do not think it would be usual for a "sitting day" provision to be put into legislation. This provision exists in lots of legislation and there has not been a problem with it to date. Perhaps the matter could be resolved by...

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Barry Ward: On the requirement for a certificate in section 11, is the authorisation of a particular statutory body, more often than not the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, required for a particular prosecution? I acknowledge this is a fairly common construct in legislation and I do not have a difficulty with that. However, in subsection (1), which requires a certificate to be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2021)

Barry Ward: It was great to see so many people out and about enjoying facilities at the weekend. I was in places such as Dún Laoghaire, Blackrock, Dalkey and Killiney and saw a lot of responsible behaviour. The aftermath is clear to see. Parking was a particular feature of places like Dalkey and Killiney. It seems many people drove there to go swimming, go to the beach or whatever it was, but...

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Second Stage (31 May 2021)

Barry Ward: Deirtear gur Bille comhdhlúthaithe atá i gceist anseo. Déarfainn níos mó ná sin, is Bille é a thugann dlíthe muirí le chéile and that it is very important that we have a coming together of the law on maritime issues, and a clarity that has perhaps been lacking. I disagree with a previous speaker who stated that this is writing some words on...

Seanad: Civil Legal Aid (Exclusion of Value of Free or Partly Free Board) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (31 May 2021)

Barry Ward: I also welcome the Bill, which addresses an important point. The idea that any legal aid scheme would take into account income which is not really in the possession of an individual is wrong and it is right that we should act to correct that situation. I welcome the intervention of the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, in this regard. It is important that we recognise that civil legal...

Seanad: Civil Legal Aid (Exclusion of Value of Free or Partly Free Board) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (31 May 2021)

Barry Ward: Tomorrow at 9 a.m. in the convention centre.

Seanad: Search and Rescue System: Motion (28 May 2021)

Barry Ward: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I take into account what she has said and if it has not been done already, I am quite happy to second the Government's amendment. What she has said gives us an insight into the services provided. This is a very strange debate to be having. We know a tender process is under way and yet a House of the Oireachtas is discussing what some of us...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Múinteoirí Nuacháilithe agus Ábhair Oidí: An Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta (26 May 2021)

Barry Ward: Gabhaim buíochas le Tomás Ó Ruairc as ucht an méid atá ráite aige. Tá deirfiúr agam agus tá sí ina múinteoir bunscoile. Nuair a dhein sí an ardteistiméireacht, ní raibh ach an gnáthleibhéal aici. Bhí uirthi dul ar ais ar scoil chun an ardteistiméireacht a dhéanamh arís chun an...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cycling Facilities (25 May 2021)

Barry Ward: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus gabhaim buíochas leis freisin as teacht anseo chun labhairt ar an ábhar seo. The Luas, as we know, and I am specifically talking here about the green line that runs along the old Harcourt Street railway line corridor, was constructed without regard to other transport options that might have been put alongside it. For example, as you go through...