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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)

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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.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable Individuals from Coercion: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Initially when I first read over the submissions, a lot of my questions were for the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland but Deputy Cullinane worked out some of those threads for me so I am not going to repeat his questions other than to pick up perhaps on one sentence in the submission. The witnesses do not even need to comment but I read it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable Individuals from Coercion: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: On boundaries, creating discriminatory practices is what the issue will come down to, with people challenging the subjectivity of suffering and all those conversations that need to be had. I keep going back to the eighth amendment and the different boundaries that were created around abortion care in Ireland. There is the consideration that when something is introduced for one person, it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable Individuals from Coercion: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I agree with Deputy Kenny in that I believe there is a way to create safeguards but I also accept that sometimes, people will fall through even the strictest of safeguards. That is a conversation that needs to be acknowledged. It needs to not be denied as a reality. I understand that. I have three questions or comments. Last week, a witness said the conversation is about two ways of...

Seanad: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I am glad to support the Bill. I commend the Minister and the Government on the work they have undertaken on the Bill over the past few years. The establishment of this agency will be an essential next step in the achievement of zero-tolerance policy to DSGBV in Ireland. Many of my colleagues have spoken about the stark numbers of people in Ireland who have been victims of domestic and...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages [Resumed] (15 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 17: In page 12, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(3) A person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, shares audio or visual data gathered by a recording device shall be guilty of an offence.”.