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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: This is potentially a "Yes" or "No" question for the Department. It relates to offshore processing, which is allowed for in the pact. Has the Department been discussing introducing a head on the offshore processing of applicants?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Great. I wonder then about the whole legal fiction around non-entry. The witnesses from IHREC, or others, may have a comment to make on that. We are creating the potential for a no-man's land in which obligations do not have to be fulfilled. We are potentially creating a scenario where people are left temporarily stateless. What concerns do the witnesses have in relation to that? The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Could this increase the number of scenarios in which there are unaccompanied minors because people will want to find a way to get their children to safety in a country that appears more hostile? With the increased measures, we might actually see an influx of cases involving the thing people think they are advocating against.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Does anyone else have a comment on any of those questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Does Mr. Herrick have a comment on the legality of the non-entry piece?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Does Ms Vuma or Dr. Lannon have any concluding comments to make on anything that has come up today?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Mr. Lowry is saying that start-ups can have the energy to create something. I am not saying that any of them are not efficient in terms of the chatbot. What I am concerned about, however, is a process in which a start-up may involve the right person but that it then skips a tender process and is used elsewhere. Under, say, the govtech situation, even if there is an identified start-up that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I have only a couple of seconds left. Briefly, I go back to agriculture and the €30,000 and €40,000 grant applications and how AI seems relatively harmless in the processing of applications. I have asked this question a few times and have never felt satisfied with the answer. I do not know whether that is because I do not understand what is being said or whether it is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: It is a wider point. I am just using farmers as an example.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Brilliant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses for the presentations and information so far. My question intersects the discussions on human rights impact assessments and on procurement. I hope procurement acts as a barrier to bad practice in terms of what could and could not be introduced. I read an article in The Guardiana couple of weeks ago about ministers in the Labour government in the UK meeting with Google,...

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I did not initially have any questions but I had similar concerns as others that were previously raised. I did not have any additional questions until the Minister’s contribution. My questions can probably be answered quite easily without me having to look at submitting future amendments on Report Stage. This may see seem like a side point compared to the conversation here today,...

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Free Travel Scheme) Bill 2025: Second Stage (22 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I get a sense that the general feeling in the Chamber is not one of support for the Government's amendment. Sometimes, listening to Members from the Government parties speak, one can tell there is not an energy behind wanting to delay something. That can be felt in how Members present their contributions on a topic. I can sense that here today. I encourage colleagues opposite not to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I thank everyone for their presentations. The issue of force is a follow-on question from the legal counsel. I have a fear and have hypothetical questions in my head as to what that could look like. I think about collective advice that is not tailored to individuals, that is not about a person's individual rights, needs or assessment, their own asylum process and that it is a kind of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Yes. The qualified piece also raises a concern for me and it is more to note it when we are going forward to write our report. One of the most concerning parts in the legislation is always when Ministers have particular powers in situations. As part of this legislation, the Minister can enter into contracts for services directly. One of my concerns is always that we end up with privatised...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Yes. It is extremely concerning that continuity of care would be interrupted in such a way while somebody is still in this country regardless or not of a deportation order. I was quite surprised when Dr. Skuce said that. I wish to raise one issue with the time I have left and I will probably come back in with health-related questions. I have a question for the UN High Commissioner for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I have been sitting here thinking about the fact we do not really know what the places of detention are, what they look like, and whether places of detention such as the prison system will be used. I am specifically thinking about health and the fact that the contract for health services in places of detention is with the Prison Service and the Department of justice. It does not necessarily...