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Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 43: In pages 212, to delete lines 31 to 39 and substitute the following: "76A.Neither section 75 nor section 76 shall apply for a maritime usage in a part of the maritime area consisting of development (including the laying of cables or pipelines or both) authorised by a lease made under section 2 of the Act of 1933 pursuant to an application for such lease made under...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Addressing the Deputy Leader, last week in the Chamber I raised significant concerns on Second Stage of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill which would grant powers to an Garda Síochána to use body cameras. Sometimes, I feel like I am a bit of lone voice in how concerned I am about how these can be used and abused. Specifically, I argued that the absence of...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I acknowledge the work undertaken by my dear friend, the late Dr. Vicky Conway, through the future of policing commission. Vicky dedicated most of her professional career to policing and criminal justice reform. It is important we keep Vicky's memory and her lifelong commitment to the pursuit of social justice with us as we consider this Bill and its impact on policing. This is a massive...

Seanad: Access to Third Level Places and Student Accommodation: Statements (4 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I will begin by commending the students, student unions and various bodies that took to the streets this afternoon to call on the Government to take urgent action in the upcoming budget to address the many crises facing young people and students. I commend Trinity College’s students and union for the action they have taken in recent weeks in response to Trinity's board increasing...

Seanad: Access to Third Level Places and Student Accommodation: Statements (4 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: We should not look at the SUSI grant purely through the lens of financial means but also in the context of people's environment, situation, disability, ability and the professional background of their family members. There could be a kid who has, for their entire life, gone to a DEIS school that only has two kids a year go on to college who will be refused access to third level education...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank everyone for their contributions. I will ask all my questions now. I would like the delegates to note them rather answer each as it is asked. The first question I have, for Dr. McKeown O'Donovan, is about value. She mentioned the value of a very short period of life, the life that is left. When considering the intrinsic value of life, can we somehow consider it to be different...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I have a question for Dr. Yuill. I completely accept and understand the idea that when providing certain healthcare, there is an issue of how we then begin to discriminate within that healthcare in terms of who can and cannot access it. In an abstract way I think about that and what that means, but then in a practical way I think about all the policies and legislative frameworks we have to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I disagree with the last part of it, but I understand the response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in the United States: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Okay. Sorry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in the United States: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I will address Dr. Jeanne first. I refer to the idea that there is not any oversight or regulatory framework to oversee cases like there would be with other medical care. I am trying to find the line in his opening statement. He referred to “specific regulatory or enforcement responsibilities in the statute, other than the portion related to the reporting requirements”. Is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. I have questions under several headings. Are the representatives of the Department of Justice just here to observe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Okay. I have questions for the IPRT and maybe one for the POA. The first one relates to head 7, and I imagine this is for the IPRT and the Department to take note of. Head 7(1)(e), relating to education and training, says "insofar as the length of time in prison permits". In terms of rehabilitation and access to education that is quite problematic because it means that a scenario could be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: There is no workers' representative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I have two questions. First, although I cannot remember which heading this comes under, it is stated that the Minister will lay out the priorities for the year. I suppose this comes back to the separation issue. If there is independence, should the director general and the board not be the ones who are in a position to lay out the priorities, obviously in consultation or in collaboration...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I had a question about opinions and criticism and the director general's ability to criticise, or not necessarily criticise but to have an alternative opinion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I have a few questions and some of them are to seek clarity on a couple of things. Perhaps Mr. Donagh, Ms Phelan or Mr. Lalor will be able to answer my question on heads 18 and 19 and the existence of exceptional circumstances. The exceptional circumstances permit the court to allow second counsel. Is that saying that only at the say of the judge will that person have a second counsel,...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I welcome the Taoiseach to the Chamber. Reference was made to the decrease in poverty rates during the pandemic. It is understood that decrease in child poverty rates was linked to the economic measures during the pandemic. According to Central Statistics Office, CSO, data, there were 671,000 people living in poverty in 2022. Of them, approximately 188,000 were children, while an...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Sep 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. The concerns I intend to lay out in my contribution today have been well aired by many of our colleagues in the Dáil and by representatives from civil society and the wider public throughout the course of the debate on the Bill. The concerns that have been raised about privacy, fundamental rights and civil liberties are legitimate and it is...