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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Barry Ward: ...? The Dublin III regulation obviously benefits us, as some people would see it, because we are at the end of the pipeline. It disproportionately affects countries which are closer to Europe's land borders. Does the Minister see any situation where we would be forced to take people coming to Europe as asylum seekers in proportion to our population?

Seanad: Second Anniversary of Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Statements (22 Feb 2024)

Barry Ward: ...battle throughout that time, but it is easy to understand how it has moved off the agenda in many respects, and the news agenda in particular. One of the things that Ukrainian friends here in Ireland and colleagues in Ukraine consistently say to me – today I have been in contact with some of our colleagues who are MPs in Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada – is that they do not...

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Motion (21 Feb 2024)

Barry Ward: ...have an historical justification for what they are doing that they need to take action. Hamas's actions on 7 October were unforgivable and disgusting. Those of us in a stable democracy like Ireland find it difficult to comprehend the amount of terrorism meted out by Hamas against Israeli people. I said in this Chamber this week that Hamas has sacrificed its own citizens on the altar of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Irish Aid (14 Dec 2023)

Barry Ward: ...suíonna. The Minister of State is very welcome to the House. The issue I am raising today relates to Irish Aid activities. I wish to put on record my praise for the manner in which Irish Aid operates. Ireland has a model of humanitarian aid and relief that has been copied by other countries around the world. It is something that comes without strings attached. One of the things...

Seanad: Reykjavik Summit of the Council of Europe: Statements (3 May 2023)

Barry Ward: ...to 2014. How does one do that? Russia has comprehensively planted or colonised the Crimean section of Ukraine as it is, so even for the most optimistic scenarios for Ukraine, taking back that land means displacing all those Russian citizens who have been planted into that territory by Russia, nefariously, in no uncertain terms, with the goal of making it almost impossible for Ukraine to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2023)

Barry Ward: ...provision of services around the country. I had the privilege of joining the captain and crew of the LE William Butler Yeats in The Hague on St. Patrick's Day. There are very few groups within Ireland that act for the country of whom we can be as proud as we are of the Naval Service. One of the joys of the expansion of the service is that we have obtained two coastal patrol vessels from...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Barry Ward: ...If there was a proper monetary measure involved, airlines would not be cavalier about this kind of thing. A wheelchair should be the last thing to go on a plane so it is available first thing when the plane lands. We need to take this seriously. We should have a debate about this. We as a House should be putting down a very clear marker that we take mobility and accessibility seriously...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2021)

Barry Ward: ...a school in my area, Clonkeen College, which is just a couple of hundred metres away from where I grew up. It has suffered particularly as a result of the Christian Brothers' decision to sell the lands associated with the school for development rather than leaving them as playing pitches. They do this purportedly to provide compensation, whereas I believe it is a sop to allow them to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)

Barry Ward: Gabhaim buíochas, a Chathaoirligh. In recent weeks we have seen progress in policing in Ireland. The visibility of policing on our streets has been a welcome change in the post Covid-19 reality and in particular in the night-time economy, which is an issue that has been raised here. Policing, of course, goes beyond the streets of Ireland. Ireland is involved in Interpol, Europol and...

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Nov 2021)

Barry Ward: ...for the Department's briefing notes in that regard. In fact, that is probably true for most members of the Bar, notwithstanding that experts from the Bar gave a submission through the Bar Council. As a general rule, solicitors are more familiar with land law. In fact, there is a standing expression that when it comes to land law most of us are at sea and that is the reality. Land law...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Jul 2021)

Barry Ward: .... I wrote to the Department and to the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, on this matter. It was initially proposed that local authority members would have to give every possible assistance to the Land Development Agency, which was deeply inappropriate. I note that the Government put down an amendment in the Dáil in this regard, which was a welcome reaction to the objections of many...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jul 2021)

Barry Ward: ...about. The definition of an outdoor seating area is all-encompassing and complex. The definition states that an outdoor seating area means, with regard to a to licenced premises, an outdoor seating area on private land abutting premises where the land is owned or occupied, by way of a lease or licence, by the licenceholder of the premises. The use of the word "licence" is quite different...

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

Barry Ward: ...done and that we are now implementing the European legislation, albeit late. It is also important that we, as an outlier in Europe, geographically, and next to a country which is now a third country and one through which many people must travel if they are going over land with goods to the Continent, have in place these measures and the amendments to the 2001 Act to ensure that we are as...

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

Barry Ward: ...and Cherrywood, there is no facility for people to walk or cycle alongside the Luas line. Undoubtedly, there is not enough space to do that in places, but given that the corridor was there and there was certain land acquisition, it seems to me that it was a real missed opportunity not to create a parallel facility. The Minister and I have spoken on a number of occasions about the...

Seanad: Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (17 May 2021)

Barry Ward: ...citizens and broken bread with them on Shabbat. I have sat in settlements with people I consider less than decent citizens and argued the toss with them on their illegal occupation of Palestinian lands. I have stood refugee camps in places like Nablus. I have seen this from both sides. There are of course parallels with our own troubles on this island, yet it is so far away from what...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Barry Ward: ...anywhere else. I understand why there is a differentiation, but there is a fundamental unfairness in saying that affordability is somehow at a higher level in Dún Laoghaire than it is elsewhere. I understand that land costs more and property costs more in Dún Laoghaire. As someone who is trying to buy a house there at the moment I acutely understand this difficulty. As a...

Seanad: Living with Covid-19: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Barry Ward: ...on what we should and should not have done, bearing in mind that hindsight is 20-20 vision. I was particularly dismayed by the comments of Senator Bacik, who compared this country to New Zealand. Simply to quote Ms Jacinda Ardern, who said New Zealand would try for zero Covid because it would at least save lives if it did not succeed, and to compare the populations of New Zealand and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2021)

Barry Ward: ...the calls for a debate on this issue. I raise the issue of the provision of mobile telephony coverage. We talk a lot about broadband and the roll-out of the national broadband plan, which is very welcome. The licence for mobile phone companies requires them to cover a certain proportion of the land mass and phone users of the country. We often expect that those who do not have such...

Seanad: Shannon Group: Motion (14 Oct 2020)

Barry Ward: ...the seaplanes in Foynes in the 1930s to the establishment of the airport proper in 1945. It had a role in the establishment of duty free. It was the airport at which US President John F. Kennedy landed when he came to Ireland in 1963. Almost every US President who has visited the State since then has passed through the airport, initially or subsequently. It is a tremendously important...