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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: The Minister is well able to answer it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: That is not behaviour. The term "scumbag" does not reflect behaviour.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: That is a label.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I remember someone once saying to me that one's job is only done when one is not needed anymore and that in certain professions we should endeavour to do ourselves out of a job. My task is always to try to reduce the need for policing. Returning to the spent convictions, perhaps we could get some sort of a timeline from the Minister because if we can reduce the number of people returning...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Does the Minister believe that we can have Second Stage of the Bill before an election, or within the next six to eight months?

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 2: In page 21, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “(iv) drug or alcohol use.”. I welcome the Minister. Amendment No. 2 seeks to insert, in page 21, between lines 25 and 25, the phrase "drug or alcohol use". It is a simple amendment which seeks to add drug and alcohol use to the definition of what constitutes vulnerability in the...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I withdraw the amendment with the right to resubmit on Report Stage.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 3: In page 21, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “(iv) advanced age and social isolation.”. I withdraw the amendment with the right to resubmit on Report Stage.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Are amendments Nos. 4 to 6, inclusive, grouped?

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 4: In page 23, line 18, to delete “Minister” and substitute “Independent Examiner”. This amendment seeks to replace the responsibility for deciding whether a matter relates to policing services or security services with the independent examiner of security legislation. In the Bill as drafted, this responsibility lies with the Minister for...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: The Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland suggested that the new office could act as an adjudicator in circumstances in which questions or disputes arise in respect of policing and security services. In the Bill as drafted, the independent examiner is not empowered with this function. Will the Minister clarify why this provision was not included in this Bill and consider accepting...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 5: In page 23, to delete lines 20 and 21 and substitute the following: “(4) In reaching a determination under subsection (3), the Independent Examiner shall consult with the Minister, and other relevant persons and bodies so determined by the Independent Examiner.”. I withdraw the amendment with the right to resubmit on Report Stage.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I will speak to amendment No. 8 first. This is a simple amendment which seeks to include a specific reference to equality matters and the need for equality to be upheld within the principles of policing. As drafted, the Bill provides that policing services are to be provided "in a manner that protects and vindicates human rights". This is a welcome provision but would be made stronger...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I understand that the principles may be there but I sometimes wonder, in a collective sense, where the ideology is in respect of the community. We can say "community" but there is still a separation that happens. For me, it is about putting on the record that there cannot be a division of what that is and is not. Beyond that, while the policing principles have been expanded to include...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 8: In page 23, line 28, after “rights” to insert “and upholds equality”.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 9: In page 23, line 29, after “the” to insert “fair,”.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 10: In page 23, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “(i) a whole of community response to public safety,”.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 11: In page 23, line 31, after “the” where it firstly occurs to insert “trust,”.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 12: In page 25, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “(d) preserving safety and security in our communities,”. Amendment No. 12 seeks to provide an additional function for An Garda Síochána under the Bill to provide policing services with the objective of preserving safety in our communities. As drafted, the relevant section does...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 13: In page 25, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(g) preventing harm to classes of persons who are disadvantaged by reference to the following factors: (i) socio-economic status; (ii) gender; (iii) civil status; (iv) family status; (v) sexual orientation; (vi) religious belief; (vii) age; (viii) disability; (ix) race, including...