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Seanad: Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (23 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 2: In paragraph (2), to delete “a Citizens’ Assembly, to be known as the Dublin Citizens’ Assembly, with a total of 80 members, including an independent Chairperson, 67 randomly-selected members of the public living in Dublin City and County, and 12 Councillors selected from across the four local authorities, to consider the type of directly elected...

Seanad: Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (23 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 3: (a) In the lead-in to the motion, to delete “the calling of two Citizens’ Assemblies” and substitute “the calling of three Citizens’ Assemblies”. (b) To insert a new paragraph after paragraph (2): “(3) a Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs, with a total of 100 members, including an independent Chairperson and 99...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank our guests for their contributions. I am struck by the words we use when we talk about antisocial behaviour and its presentation within some communities. Everywhere experiences some levels or variations of antisocial behaviour but it is highly concentrated in some communities. Our guests have drawn a direct correlation to poverty, family and safety, but when I think of community...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Mr. McCarthy can say whatever he thinks appropriate. I trust him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Will Mr. McCarthy speak to the reduction in the age of those the youth workers are working with? At what age do youth workers begin working with young people in communities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. McCarthy. I will ask the IPRT one question while I have time. Previous reports indicated that there was a disproportionately high number of young people aged between 18 and 24 in prison. This suggests that intervention supports at an early stage are either absent or ineffective. It follows on from what Mr. McCarthy said. Will either Ms Joyce or Ms McCreery speak to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: The recurring theme of restorative justice has come up and it is kind of widening out the conversation from the antisocial piece because restorative justice is obviously not only related to that level of crime. When we speak about restorative justice, obviously it is really important to meet the needs of the victims. For me, however, restorative justice is also about the rehabilitative...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Ms Doyle.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Strategies (10 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for being in the Chamber. I wanted to speak with the Minister today about the Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and the progress made so far in addressing the serious delays in processing times for young people interacting with the courts and youth justice systems. For context, an article was published in The Irish Timesa number of weeks ago...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Strategies (10 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State. Even though I am always happy to see her here in the Chamber, I was unaware that the Minister would not be here today. It is not the Minister of State's fault but, historically, I have always looked to withdraw my Commencement matters in such instances in order to ensure that nuanced questions, such as those around the JLO and timing out of the system, can be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I have come to the Chamber disheartened. I am not yet defeated but I am feeling quite defeated in a sense because of the lack of a date for the citizens' assembly on drug use in Ireland. Of course, the issues that will next be considered by citizens' assemblies are important but the issue of a directly elected mayor does not come with the same urgency as the issue on drugs. To give some...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: There has to be a hierarchy.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: There has to be a hierarchy.

Seanad: Uyghur Tribunal: Motion (9 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Before I get into my speech, I wish to say how disappointed I am with the amendment put forward by the Government. We need to acknowledge that often official relationships, and working within officialdom, in a sense, can be compromised when it comes to holding states to account. People's tribunals have provided a voice to the voiceless to advocate for legal and institutional reform. They...

Seanad: Uyghur Tribunal: Motion (9 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: On a point of information, everyone keeps talking about the amendment and saying they are bound by conventions. Nobody has actually told us the rules of the conventions by which they are bound. If the Government Senators want to stand over their amendment, will they all speak to what it is they are bound by?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I wish to discuss Facebook, which we know recently changed its name to Meta and announced that it would be focusing its energies on developing its virtual reality, the metaverse. Mr. Mark Zuckerberg outlined how the metaverse technology will involve inhabiting virtual spaces, using wearable sensors to track one's body and wearable headsets and other sensors, which can map one's home and the...

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I begin by thanking Senator Flynn and congratulating her on her first Private Member's Bill. What an important one it is. There is the topic we are discussing itself, but even the conversation on language and its importance matters. I congratulate the Senator's office as well for all the hard work done in respect of the essential piece of legislation before us. The Bill is based on the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Rights of the Child in respect of Domestic and International Surrogacy: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Leading on from that question, there is no situation where families will begin to be considered differently within the legislation. If we cannot legislate for international surrogacy, what does that look like for some families? If we can create a framework here for domestic surrogacy, will that begin to cause complications for anybody who seeks international surrogacy in terms of being able...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Rights of the Child in respect of Domestic and International Surrogacy: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Professor O'Mahony for that response. My final question is for Dr. Bracken. She mentioned in her contribution the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 and how it falls short in terms of children's rights standards. She mentioned that a number of pathways to parentage are omitted from that legislation. Could she elaborate on that?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Rights of the Child in respect of Domestic and International Surrogacy: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Great. I thank Dr. Bracken for that.