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Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I do not intend to speak on every single section, when it is not required. It is important to pick up on some of the points the Minister has just made. I thank him and his officials. Sometimes when you bring legislation and a Department says it will look at it or a Minister says he or she will look at it. you hope and want to believe that will happen. I have to say that the Minister,...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I am happy enough to continue to engage on those amendments between now and Report Stage.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: That was a simple enough suggestion, which is great. I could be more efficient in passing the Bill by shutting up and sitting down but believe-----

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: The Acting Chairperson knows what I mean.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: It could be a long time between now and then for me. I note how important this legislation is. It intersects with some of the other areas on which we work, such as protected disclosures and burials. There are so many areas on which this Bill impacts. Over the past year, the matter has come to light more and more and the media are picking up on it. Older women have travelled the country...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I welcome my daughter Jaelynne to the Chamber.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Like her mother and my mother, Jaelynne will, thankfully, be a woman on the right side of history. It is disingenuous to talk about hate campaigns. None of us operates here in isolation. We can all see what other people are doing and hear what they are saying. I know from my communication with the members of the Traveller community who contact me about people using their Facebook posts...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Yes, I am making a point about what hate is and who we do and do not protect. Politicians correctly fight for the right to free speech but free speech cannot only apply to politicians and their actions in respect of particular communities or particular women or their statements on surrogacy, rights for trans people, LGBTQI+ people, the Traveller community or providing Irish homes for Irish...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 2: In page 18, line 31, to delete ", in so far as practicable,". This amendment seeks to delete the term "in so far as practicable" in respect of efforts to be made by the Public Appointments Service, PAS, to ensure an equitable balance between women and men on the electoral commission. We tabled an amendment aiming to achieve a similar end on Committee Stage, which...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 3: In page 18, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “(6) Where recommending to the Government persons for appointment as ordinary members of the Commission, the Service shall have due regard to obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Act 2014 and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 4: In page 18, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “(6) Where recommending to the Government persons for appointment as ordinary members of the Commission, the Service shall give due regard to the desirability of the membership being broadly reflective of the diversity of Irish society, while also endeavouring to ensure representation in the...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 11: "In page 29, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(d) progress regarding the wholesale review of the Electoral Act 1997, including the review of its provisions relating to political funding, until such a time as that review is complete.”."

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Amendment No. 11 relates to amendments Nos. 14, 49 and 50, in that it is aimed at reviewing the Electoral Act 1997 as it relates to political funding. Amendment No. 14 specifically provides that the electoral commission has responsibility for undertaking a thorough review of the Electoral Act on its establishment. Amendment No. 11 separately provides that progress of the review of the...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Without undermining the commitment and notwithstanding the commitment, I have concerns with the timeframe it will take to be set up. It also will have so many other important priorities that we could reach a time whereby the Minister of State is not himself in the position to be able to see that commitment through. It is on that basis I would like to press the amendment.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.