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Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Recommendation No. 38 seeks a report on options for making the vacant homes tax more effective, including by increasing the rate of tax by making derelict properties subject to the tax and changing occupancy rules such as that any property unoccupied for up to 90 days of the year becomes subject to the tax. It is welcome that the vacant homes tax is being increased from three to five times...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: They are showing how relationships can play out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: We were not aware either.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank everyone for their contributions and Dr. McDonagh for waking us up and making us think about what was going on. What came across - I hope I am correct - is the idea of impatience, paternalism and Dr. McDonagh's ability to consent again and again to the continuation of the reading of the speech. The person checked back in and she was well able to continue to be able to say this is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Yes, a bit of quality to the theatre. I thank her for her powerful contribution and for how she delivered it. It was welcome. I have questions for Dr. Hartney and Dr. McDonagh, but I will save them for the second half. I will go to Professor O'Neill first. The reason I want to focus on his contribution is that it is the one I have to challenge myself on in my head as regards the ideas...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: It comes to the dimensions of healthcare. I was looking at the Martha Nussbaum stuff, and tried to read some of the chapters in The Fragility of Goodness, but I only noticed the quote too late and only got some sense of it. It led me to another journal that looked at some of her other work. Autonomy obviously operates in several different spaces. If we keep it within the ethical space of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: A conversation we have not yet had, which Senator Mullen and I spoke about last week after the meeting, was referred to by Dr. Hartney when she talked about people being able to live within their homes. In all the weeks we have been here, we have not looked at home care and the inadequacy of its provision in Ireland, with people not having access to it for all sorts of reasons, whether they...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move recommendation No. 32: In page 302, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: "Report on diesel and kerosene subsidies 100.The Minister shall within six months of the passing of this Act publish a report outlining the amount of fossil fuel subsidies provided by the State, through tax relief or revenue forgone, in respect of— (a) diesel for agricultural vehicles,...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move recommendation No. 34: In page 302, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “Report on local authority revenue raising powers 100.The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas outlining the potential for the transfer of certain taxation and expenditure competences from the Government to local...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move recommendation No. 38: In page 302, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “Report on increase in rate of Vacant Homes Tax 100.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on options for changes to the Vacant Homes Tax, including— (a) options to increase the rate of tax to ten times...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move recommendation No. 39: In page 302, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “Report on including derelict properties within scope of Vacant Homes Tax 100.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the Vacant Homes Tax, including an assessment of potential revenue raised and potential...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move recommendation No. 40: In page 302, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “Report on variable rate of Vacant Homes Tax linked to property price inflation 100.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on options for applying a variable rate of Vacant Homes Tax, which varies annually and...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 2: In page 21, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “(iv) drug or alcohol use.”. I welcome the Minister. Amendment No. 2 seeks to insert, in page 21, between lines 25 and 25, the phrase "drug or alcohol use". It is a simple amendment which seeks to add drug and alcohol use to the definition of what constitutes vulnerability in the...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I withdraw the amendment with the right to resubmit on Report Stage.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 3: In page 21, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “(iv) advanced age and social isolation.”. I withdraw the amendment with the right to resubmit on Report Stage.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Are amendments Nos. 4 to 6, inclusive, grouped?

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 4: In page 23, line 18, to delete “Minister” and substitute “Independent Examiner”. This amendment seeks to replace the responsibility for deciding whether a matter relates to policing services or security services with the independent examiner of security legislation. In the Bill as drafted, this responsibility lies with the Minister for...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: The Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland suggested that the new office could act as an adjudicator in circumstances in which questions or disputes arise in respect of policing and security services. In the Bill as drafted, the independent examiner is not empowered with this function. Will the Minister clarify why this provision was not included in this Bill and consider accepting...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 5: In page 23, to delete lines 20 and 21 and substitute the following: “(4) In reaching a determination under subsection (3), the Independent Examiner shall consult with the Minister, and other relevant persons and bodies so determined by the Independent Examiner.”. I withdraw the amendment with the right to resubmit on Report Stage.