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Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I am not sure the Acting Chairperson often comes in to speak on 80 amendments. With all due respect, it is a big issue when people are preparing for a lot of amendments.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: The Acting Chairperson is not being asked for his point of view. I asked for some leeway-----

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I am not saying it interferes with my rights.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Nobody is saying I will not be allowed to speak. The Acting Chairperson did not have to have this length of a conversation. I only asked for some leeway regarding the fact that I prepared my notes in a certain order. That is it.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Jesus.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Yes, I wish to speak on amendments Nos. 7 to 9, inclusive. In speaking to amendment No. 8, the Bill as drafted does not include a provision that would allow a person who is interacting with a member of An Garda Síochána to ask that his or her body camera be turned on. This is a significant oversight. If we leave the Bill as is, it will mean gardaí will have absolute...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 8: In page 10, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “(d) is requested to do so by an individual with whom they are engaged in the course of their duties,”.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 12: In page 11, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “Additional provisions regarding operation of cameras affixed to, or part of, an aerial vehicle 11.Reasonable measures shall be taken to ensure that the use of any camera affixed to or part of an aerial vehicle, manned or unmanned, shall be overt and clearly identifiable as being Garda...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 14: In page 11, after line 35, to insert the following: “(e) turns off, or causes not to be operated, a recording device to knowingly and purposefully conceal the use or misuse of force,”.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I will speak to all of the amendments in this grouping. Amendment No. 14 would make it an offence for a garda to turn off their body camera or cause it not to be operating in the first instance to knowingly and purposefully conceal the use or misuse of force. The Minister advised during Committee Stage discussions that she could not accept this amendment because placing the circumstances...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister. In the codes of practice there is a process whereby somebody will have to be answerable as to when a camera is turned on or off and there will be disciplinary procedures. When I consider this I must weigh up turning on or off a camera merely being a disciplinary procedure against an individual who may be impacted and their case, their life or their trial. I understand...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Are there definitions of what the information entails?

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: May I make one point?

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: It will determine whether I press the amendment to a vote. I might actually save the Chair time.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: My point relates to the reference to harmful effect in section 62 of Garda Síochána Act 2005. I was glancing through the legislation as the Minister was speaking. It states it is an offence to disclose information if the person knows its disclosure is likely to have a harmful effect. If I do not push these amendments, could we consider section 62 between now and when we come back...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: That would fall under lawful sharing.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (25 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Now.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (25 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: It is never an easy task as an Independent in opposition to get legislation all the way through the Houses. Even though it is not yet fully realised with regard to its implementation, this Bill is extremely significant in showing what can be done in the Seanad when working with Departments and finding common ground on things we need to change. I thank the Minister for that. When this issue...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use for its work over the past six months or so, although I kept a close eye on it and gave out every now and again, as you do, just to make sure the agenda was moving along. I spent the weekend dipping in and out of the hearings. At some stages, I was trying to figure out what was going on and what was being presented. Then, on Monday morning,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: No, sorry. I am not talking about Professor Binchy personally. I said the Pro Life Campaign. It is not propaganda. No one has ever turned up for anything I have done, or debate in the Chamber, on poverty or anything. They have never been there.