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Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: This is a simple amendment by means of which we are seeking to impose new obligations on gambling licensees in terms of information and documentation to be provided when applying for a licence. We have talked at length about data privacy, both today and on Committee Stage, and how gambling companies use data to target and encourage customers to spend more money and time on their apps and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: Dr. Lambert is very welcome. I will focus on violence. Particularly over the past couple of years I have begun to explore responses to violence in other jurisdictions. Ireland is potentially way behind in understanding the core drivers. People get what the core drivers of violence might be to some degree, but, to date, we have always had shaming and punitive responses to violence. Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: In respect of the victimisation piece, I do not know if Dr. Lambert agrees, but in Ireland there needs to be a better understanding that being a victim and being a perpetrator are not mutually exclusive groups. A person can be both a victim and a perpetrator. Unfortunately when it comes to men and violent crime or to violence in general in Ireland, the moment a person goes from being a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I have a final question and I will not come back in afterwards. I know I have taken up a lot of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I do not know whether it is a philosophical question or whether there is a theory on it, but my question is about the illusion of safety. I have become a little bit obsessed with the subject. When I am doing community work in certain environments, people will say that we need more police on the streets. I am aware that more police on the streets does not reduce instances of violence over...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I know we only have a short time left.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: The answers Dr. Lambert has given are really good. She drew a distinction and referred to prevention. Basically, if somebody dies through violence, the response, as a policy, should not naturally be a harsher sentence and that is not saying the person should not be held accountable. There is obviously accountability for crimes that have happened and the fact that there is a victim. I am...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: It is essentially a similar answer to the one given last week. I do not believe that gaming consoles are completely covered by the word "Internet". As it currently stands, people can access and be exposed to such things as advertisements while they are offline. I do not know whether anyone has tried to play a game while up in the air in an aeroplane. They would still see advertisements...

Seanad: Maternity Protection Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I join with everyone's comments on the positive nature of the Bill before us. It is extremely welcome. While I want to focus on the positivity of one part of the Bill, and I am very glad it has been given the priority it needs, it is very difficult to weigh it up and give it the credit it deserves because I must also acknowledge the absence of reference to the NDAs which also affect...

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I extend congratulations to Ms Brennan on her new role. I understand that questions may need to be directed elsewhere while she gets to grips with that. When I think of the future of the drugs court, a part of me says, "No, there is no future for the drugs court." That is the little reaction I had, but I had to rewind and say that under what it is hoped will be a decriminalised model, the...

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: An individual would not move past bronze if he or she did not remove the primary substance.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: Progress is not subjective then. It is about making sure that language matches action. Reducing from ten bags a day to three bags a day will massively change somebody's life. It would be hoped that the person would progress. That might form part of the review so that those two things match. If the idea of going onto a silver phase is the golden bullet, for what of a better term, if...

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: Would Mr. Duffin amend the current legislation to include consumption in general but also potentially mobile consumption rooms?

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I want to discuss dissuasion and what that can potentially look like in terms of the mechanisms in an Irish context. I am becoming more and more concerned each week when I hear Sinn Féin's contributions to the discussion on drug decriminalisation, with all due respect to my colleagues. This is a committee where we are focusing on the individual, and the individual harm of a drug...

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I am sorry, can I just come in?

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I ask that some members of Sinn Féin look back at their contributions over the last few weeks.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: It is not a conspiracy.