Results 1,401-1,420 of 3,697 for speaker:Lynn Ruane

Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 23: In page 7, line 2, after "her" to insert "and the deletion of "persistently" ". These amendments all relate to proposed changes to the harassment offence contained in section 10 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997. I am delighted the Minister of State is making these changes. I have had my concerns about the operation of that section and the...

Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Lynn Ruane: On how one defines what "seriously" means, I understand having to qualify particular things in terms of meeting a certain requirement for a certain offence. I do not necessarily think that removing the word "seriously" makes the offence a lesser offence. I am saying the word "seriously" is so arbitrary that not many people understand within the justice system what serious is. My problem is...

Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Lynn Ruane: The problem happens with "persistently". Something that is deemed not persistent, in terms of it happening daily and weekly, undermines seriousness because it seems that something has to be persistent to be serious. Leaving the word "serious" and looking at the work "persistent", persistence could be even setting the bar too high in terms of people thinking that it has to be daily and...

Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 27: In page 7, to delete lines 21 and 22 and substitute the following: “(1) The Minister shall, not later than three years after the commencement of this Act, carry out a review of the operation of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Minister, as part of the review, shall: (a) concurrently review all enactments relating to...

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (19 Jan 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister for being in the Seanad today. I sat down to read this report last week and I have been reading for days. I read it with a view that I was a pregnant, unmarried minor, albeit only 20 years ago. I also read it as someone who would have been deemed an illegitimate child when I was born in the early 1980s. When a family is given support and not punishment, the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (1 Feb 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Seanad today. I raise a crucial matter relating to Ireland's efforts to combat climate change, particularly the absolute necessity to ensure significant and tangible reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases for the protection of our natural environment, the health and well-being of our citizens and the prevention of catastrophic climate...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (1 Feb 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome his contribution, especially the reference to working together. I know there will be differences in the way we view this moving forward but it would be good to find common ground and work from that point. I have one question. If needs be, can he commit to going further than the EU legislation? We have been operating under an EU directive on...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I join my colleague, Senator Black, in raising an extremely concerning report from the Irish Examinerover the weekend with regard to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. The report states that the commission has destroyed audio recordings of the interviews given by survivors of the mother and baby homes and that the oral testimony of evidence given to the commission's...

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Housing, Local Government and Heritage): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. I will begin by welcoming what I believe has been done right in housing since the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic last year. I welcome the fact that, finally, the Department and the Minister moved to introduce an eviction ban, despite many years of claiming that such a ban would be unconstitutional. I reject the notion that such a ban must...

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Housing, Local Government and Heritage): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Lynn Ruane: What about the human rights issue I raised?

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister for being here. I am going to heavily focus my contribution on women who have been impacted by Covid. Before I do so, I want to acknowledge that when one talks about gender quotas, gender balance on boards, and the gender pay gap, for example, it sometimes feels like those issues are far away from me, my life and where I have come from. These are conversations that we...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I request a debate on sport and Covid-19. I have been working with a number of sports clubs, especially clubs involved in youth sport, for the last number of weeks. All the clubs, from Lourdes Celtic, St. Francis Football Club and clubs in Arklow and Knocklyon, are concerned by the drop-off rate in child engagement on the pitch and even in the Zoom conversations they are setting up. I have...

Seanad: Family Leave Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 4: In page 6, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “Reporting 4. (1) The Minister shall, not later than 12 months after the passing of this Act, carry out a review of the operation of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Minister, as part of the review, shall: (a) conduct policy and budgetary analysis on a...

Seanad: Family Leave Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister for his response and his engagement. I accept and trust what he says in terms of the continued engagement with the committee and individual Senators. I will not press the amendment. I look forward to working over the next year or so to complete everything that is mentioned in the amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Victims' Testimony in Cases of Rape and Sexual Assault: Discussion. (23 Mar 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank everyone for their testimonies. My questions are mainly for Mr. Hayes and Ms Murphy and relate to sexual history. The O'Malley report states that the working group takes the view that the terms of the current application strike a fair balance between protecting the rights of accused persons and those of victims in sexual offence trials and it does not recommend any change to this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Victims' Testimony in Cases of Rape and Sexual Assault: Discussion. (23 Mar 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I will follow up with Ms Murphy as to that bar that is set and about cases where evidence does not seem relevant at all. In such cases, what kind of recourse is there? There were a number of cases in Ireland in the past number of years which may have referred to underwear or such things. What happens in those situations and how would such a case make it through the process without being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Victims' Testimony in Cases of Rape and Sexual Assault: Discussion. (23 Mar 2021)

Lynn Ruane: That is not a problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Victims' Testimony in Cases of Rape and Sexual Assault: Discussion. (23 Mar 2021)

Lynn Ruane: A couple of speakers have talked about the courtroom experience. I apologise if there has already been comment on it, but could the Department speak about the strategy it has in place under the Supporting a Victim's Journey plan to assess the impact of the court environment and procedures on victims? Many of the submissions outlined the need for an impact assessment. One in Four referred...

Seanad: Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Mar 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister for attending. I am delighted to formally second the reading of the Bill.I pay tribute to Senator Higgins for her hard work in this area both in this term and the previous one. This is a complex area of public law. It involves much jargon, legalistic language and terminology that are often not instantly accessible. It may not be instantly clear to persons reading the...

Seanad: Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Mar 2021)

Lynn Ruane: Is that a gendered joke?