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- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 50: In page 71, to delete lines 5 and 6. This suite of amendments seeks the deletion of the provision in multiple sections of the Bill that prevents certain public representatives from questioning or expressing an opinion on Government policy or the objectives of such policy. This provision usually arises in circumstances where the public representative is called to...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Lynn Ruane: We need-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Lynn Ruane: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
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- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
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- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
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- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I was going to report progress, or the Minister was, because all those interventions actually interrupted the amendments, so-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Lynn Ruane: It was adjourned without the person who was engaged on the amendment reporting progress.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 20: In page 29, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(b) community development;”. Amendment No. 20 seeks to insert experience and expertise in matters connected to community development to the list of types of subject matter expertise that may qualify someone for appointment to the board of An Garda Síochána. At present, the...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister for accepting amendment No. 22. It is a good addition to the Bill, especially given what I said in my contributions regarding facial recognition. It gives me some comfort to know it will be there. With regard to amendment No 25, the Minister knows that I take regard not of the crime that someone has committed but rather the length of time since that crime was...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 21: In page 29, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(b) human rights and equality matters;”.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 22: . In page 29, line 21, after “management” to insert “, data protection”.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 25: In page 31, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “(5) Nothing in this section shall preclude an individual with previous convictions from serving as a chairperson or ordinary member of the Board.”.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)
Lynn Ruane: We oppose section 26 of the Bill, which provides for the appointment of the Garda Commissioner, in its entirety as its inclusion in the Bill risks politicising the office of the Garda Commissioner. It is a retrograde step without any evidentiary justification and we are unclear why it has been taken.In recent years, the independent Policing Authority has had a strong role in the appointment...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I will waive my opposition to the section at this point and come back on Report Stage with an proposed alternative section. My assumption is the process is laid out in how we have previously done it but as for this legislation specifically, I will withdraw my opposition to the section, reserving the right to submit amendments that will protect the current model whereby the Policing Authority...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I oppose the section, in a similar vein to the previous section. The Bill will provide for the appointment of the deputy Garda Commissioner and we oppose the entire section given its inclusion poses similar risks to section 26 in politicising the office of deputy Garda Commissioner.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 27: In page 41, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(d) the person has engaged in conduct that brings discredit on An Garda Síochána or that may prejudice the proper performance of its functions, or”. Amendment No. 27 seeks to include a provision in the Bill that the Commissioner or deputy commissioner of An Garda...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 28: In page 41, line 17, after “Síochána” to insert “or public safety”.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 31: In page 45, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(c)significant developments that might reasonably be expected to adversely affect the performance of An Garda Síochána;”. This is a simple enough amendment that would mandate the Garda Commissioner that he or she be duty-bound to keep the Minister and Secretary General at the...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 32: In page 49, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:“(6) In making a determination under this section, the Garda Commissioner shall have due regard to the capacity of An Garda Síochána to fulfil its regular functions.”. Section 43 makes provision for policing services to be provided for private events by An Garda...