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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: When I became a Member of this House, I did not imagine that this Bill would be the one to cause me the greatest insult. We have started talking about lay people as if they are a different species.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I do not know who the lay people are who were referred to by Senator McDowell and Senator Norris and who will come in and infiltrate the system by interpreting the law. The judge interprets the law but these Houses amend legislation and the Constitution. What do the Senators think is going to happen on a commission on which lay people sit? They seem to have an image of lay people as...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: Nobody is suggesting a team of eight lay members from the radical left. It will attract people with a genuine interest in contributing to a commission and to the Judiciary of the country. This is about creating diversity and I do not understand why people are afraid of diversity. People are only afraid of things when they feel threatened so I wonder what it is about lay people that...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: Are they simply people who do not operate in the same circles as the Senators?

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: No. Amendment No. 7 was removed from the group and it is being dealt with on its own.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: My amendments are in this grouping. I support Senator Ó Donnghaile's amendment. I will speak to amendment No. 11 first. I welcome much of section 7, particularly that judicial appointments are to be made based on merit and that gender equality will be a key objective. However, feasibility and practicality should not be a consideration when setting out aims, especially in terms of...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I will come back to the term "feasible and practicable". Section 7(2)(a) states, "the objective that the membership of the judiciary should comprise equal numbers of men and women,". When we set out an objective, it is what we aim for. It is a vision or a mission. It is not that it must happen. When it comes to the mix of men and women, there is an indication of an objective but we do...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I revert to the original point on diversity. The Minister used the word "obligation". I do not think that objectives are obligations. Objectives set out what we would like to achieve in the best-case scenario of us fully executing and implementing this Bill in the way it is supposed to be, which is to increase diversity. I do not see how the suggestion that the provision would be rigid or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I have a just a couple of questions and might have some more if there is another round. When first reading the material, I noted morality was mentioned many times. Maybe it is the philosophy student in me. The word "morality" just kept jumping out at me. Morality can be relative. Who exactly sets out the moral indicators for children in terms of what is and is not acceptable, especially...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: My question was not answered in relation to -----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I thought he was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: The questions were on the first round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I asked how the JMB feels about the Catholic bishops or their organisations writing to schools which they have learned are providing consent classes. I wonder how the JMB feels about that because it obviously is an issue for relationships and RSE. Mr. Curtis responded to Deputy Naughton to say that they do teach everything, yet the Catholic Church is intervening so I wonder how the board...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I do not want Mr. Curtis to comment on the specific issue and that is why I did not name the specific school. I am talking about the idea of an outside body becoming involved. The school was running this programme for nearly two years. It was going well with positive feedback, parents were involved and the school principal sanctioned everything. It was the Catholic Church outside...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I have a quick question. If we look at it logically, when we say that the curriculum is the same and the guidelines are the same, but that is just on paper. A school or a teacher can take them and say they follow the guidelines but Mr. Curtis said-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I was speaking on that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: Yes, but that was because it related to the issue. I was only referring to a phrase he used that was related to the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Lynn Ruane: Mr. Curtis talked about being mediated by ethos. Everything seems to be mediated by the characteristic spirit and by ethos. Both delegates talked about the challenges and obstacles, such as trying to balance the co-trustees. In their honest opinions, is the only way forward to remove characteristic spirit and ethos from our schools?