Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Spent Convictions: Discussion
Lynn Ruane (Independent)
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I agree with the IPRT. I was trying to judge what the mood was like. I wanted to bring people around to the idea that the single conviction rule is not enough and getting them to think in what other ways we can approach it.
As my legislation moves through the Houses, I am open to working with everybody to make the legislation as accessible and as liberal as possible. I am not married to every single measure in the Bill. It was more about getting the principle out there, the conversation going and having a starting point. I agree with Ms Ní Chinnéide’s view on the legislation.