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Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: This is not about Senator Mullen's agenda. It is about the survivors and the Senator is making it about his agenda and is using the backs of survivors to do so.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: It is a disgrace.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister for attending. I oppose these amendments, especially amendment No. 7. I am speaking in response to the idea that we are honouring people's confidentiality and honouring our word to the survivors who came forward. Senator McDowell read out the invitation. If we listen to the contribution, we hear that they were told it would be confidential and that the information...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: Senator McDowell has obviously admitted it already so he should go ahead.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: I will pick up on a point Senator Dolan made. She said that this legislation is required for the data to be transferred. Our GDPR legislation allows for the transfer of data in the public interest. I would, therefore, like the Minister to explain why this would not already be allowed under the GDPR legislation. I am open to correction as I am only trying to find it now, but I believe...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: I will speak to amendment No. 26. This amendment is a variation of the cross-party amendment No. 24 but its purpose is the same. It seeks to clarify how GDPR and the related sections of the Data Protection Act 2018 will apply to the database deposited with the Minister under this legislation. The Minister will be aware that Article 15 relates to data subject access requests and is the key...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: I need to respond to the Minister because I will be pressing my amendment. It is disappointing the way the sections are being so narrowly considered. The entire premise of the 2004 Act is not secrecy. Section 198 of the Data Protection Act 2018 makes clear that the right of subject access is only restricted in so far as is necessary and proportionate in order to help a commission to...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 13: In page 4, after line 36, to insert the following: "4.Notwithstanding the provisions made in this Act, the Minister may make regulations providing for the creation of a data processing agreement between the Agency and the Authority, the National Archive or another public body where it is in the public interest and subject to suitable regulation.".

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: Amendments Nos. 25 and 27 relate to the contents of the records being deposited with the Minister under this Act. An index that was appropriately anonymised would be vital in ensuring that the records could be used appropriately for memorialisation and truth-telling purposes. It would also be important as a sign to survivors that light will eventually be shed on the records proposed to be...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 26: In page 5, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “Application of the Data Protection Regulation 6. (1) For the avoidance of doubt, Article 15 of the Data Protection Regulation applies without restriction to the evidence and documents deposited by the Commission with the Minister under subsection (2) of section 43 of the Act of 2004. (2) In this...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 27: In page 5, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “Minister to publish an Index to the Commission’s archive 6.(1) Within 30 days of the Commission’s deposit of evidence and records with the Minister under subsection (2) of section 43 of the Act of 2004, the Minister shall lay before each House of the Oireachtas an Index to all of the...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 28: In page 5, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following: “Legislative Review 7. (1) The Minister shall conduct a review of the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 57 of 2015). (2) In conducting the review under subsection (1), the Minister shall consider the degree to which the Act of 2004...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: I understand what the Minister is saying about collective responsibility and how these investigations can fall under other Departments. However, while we wait on other people to do something, that often means things do not get done. We have seen the outcry on this. Every review or legislative process has to have leadership and a beginning. My experience of trying to deal with child...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child Abuse (22 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister for being here this morning. It is never an easy topic to talk about and I am aware that the Minister is probably well briefed on the issue that I am talking about this morning. I will begin by saying that when I speak this morning to the subject, I am speaking about historic abuse in terms of St. John Ambulance. I am not speaking to any particular cases that are...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child Abuse (22 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: I appreciate the Minister's response. It is comforting to know that conversations are happening in the background on how we can move forward and pursue this, even in terms of answering my request about an inquiry. I would like to put on the record why I mentioned a scoping inquiry. I looked at the Scally report, which I know related to CervicalCheck and which is a different issue, and it...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: First, I would like to second Senator Ward's contribution on the changing of names. I have no interest in changing my daughters' names, but I have come up against the obstacles and complications that the Senator has highlighted. I have had many conversations on this issue. One stands out more than the others because it took place at passport control. I have one daughter who is a Wallace,...

Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: I wish to speak briefly on section 7 to ensure I can revisit some issues on Report Stage. I oppose this section because it proposes to extend section 6(4) of the Investment Limited Partnerships Act 1994 in a way that allows for the participation of limited partners in an advisory committee or gives limited partners the right to appoint someone to this position. This creates the new...

Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 2: In page 10, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: "Amendment of section 7(4) of Act of 1994 8.Section 7(4) of the Act of 1994 is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a): "(aa) the degree to which the investment limited partnership will make a positive contribution to civil, social, economic or cultural life within the...

Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: At this point, I would like to withdraw my amendments. I want to go away and, between now and Report Stage, consider what the Minister has said in regard to how this legislation covers some of what I put forward in the amendments. I will withdraw with the right to resubmit the same content on Report Stage.

Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 3: In page 10, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 7(4) of Act of 1994 8. Section 7(4) of the Act of 1994 is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a): “(aa) the degree to which the investment policies identified under paragraph (a) will support initiatives that contribute to domestic or...