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Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 27: In page 41, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(d) the person has engaged in conduct that brings discredit on An Garda Síochána or that may prejudice the proper performance of its functions, or”. Amendment No. 27 seeks to include a provision in the Bill that the Commissioner or deputy commissioner of An Garda...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 28: In page 41, line 17, after “Síochána” to insert “or public safety”.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 31: In page 45, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(c)significant developments that might reasonably be expected to adversely affect the performance of An Garda Síochána;”. This is a simple enough amendment that would mandate the Garda Commissioner that he or she be duty-bound to keep the Minister and Secretary General at the...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 32: In page 49, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:“(6) In making a determination under this section, the Garda Commissioner shall have due regard to the capacity of An Garda Síochána to fulfil its regular functions.”. Section 43 makes provision for policing services to be provided for private events by An Garda...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I am thinking of public interest underpinning the decisions on where police are deployed or not deployed. I think that makes sense. When we look at the prosecutorial powers of members of the Garda, I question whether it is in the public interest to keep guards in courts. Is there another part of the legislation where decisions are made that are not in the public interest? I am not sure if...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 33: In page 51, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:“(c) the person has engaged in conduct that brings discredit on An Garda Síochána or that may prejudice the proper performance of its functions, or”.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 34: In page 51, line 20, after “Síochána” to insert “or public safety”.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 35: In page 54, line 9, after “Síochána” to insert “or public safety generally”. Section 51 provides for the removal of members below the rank of chief superintendent for reasons of public confidence. As drafted, members could be removed from office where public confidence is undermined by their continued membership. As with...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I probably sound like a broken record but we often do not think about public safety in terms of occasions when gardaí are overly aggressive or abuse stop and search powers. The use of stop and search powers is for other legislation at another time, however. Sometimes public safety can be threatened in particular communities because some gardaí do not necessarily work towards...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 36: In page 54, line 10, after “confidence” to insert “or public safety generally”.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move recommendation No. 1: In page 65, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “Report on private pension tax relief 39.The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas on private pension tax relief which shall include an assessment on both the gender and distributional impact and an assessment of the...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: This recommendation relates to the report on private pension tax relief. It states, "The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas on private pension tax relief which shall include an assessment on both the gender and distributional impact and an assessment of the potential impacts or benefits of a shift from a marginal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses. I concur with a lot of what Deputy Farrell just said. I know Dr. Cranfield probably thought she was illustrating one thing but it further cemented another thing for me, which was the phases of intervention and how they may change over time. The interventions are probably as transient as the want to die in the sense that our condition can change and increase and our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: What about for those who do not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Would Dr. Cranfield sit with them if assisted dying was legal and they asked for it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: As an individual who understands death, can Dr. Cranfield imagine herself not sitting with someone who chose to die differently than she imagined for him or her?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: What if it includes the option that is being made legal, which is assisted dying? Does Dr. McQuillan then see herself removing herself from the room?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Statistically, if we look at how many people die by the time they get the hospice care, it is usually right at the end of life.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I do not mean for younger people who end up in a hospice but people with what are usually end-of-life conditions such as a cancer diagnosis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: What percentage of cancer patients, for example, at end of life would end up in hospice care?