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Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (12 Jul 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State for taking the time to come into the Seanad this morning. Education is of critical importance to children and young people but education is about more than just schooling, as many perceive it to mean. Education is a foundation for healthy development throughout one's lifespan. It means the freedom to think, create, play and imagine. It is learning about...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (12 Jul 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State for her comprehensive response. There are parts of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs, EPSEN, Act that have not been commenced but there are also parts that need to be amended. I obviously agree that the transfer from one school to another at the request of the parties does not fall into the idea of a breakdown. I refer to schools...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I want to raise an issue I raised by way of a Commencement matter yesterday to ensure when we resume after the summer recess we can have a real conversion about the expulsion of kids with special needs from schools. I have spoken about autism and special needs many times in this House but every time I read a newspaper article or get an email and read the words “violent”,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021 (29 Jun 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I am located in Leinster House. I thank the witnesses for their contributions today. I have been engaging on this legislation since I was first elected in 2016. It has been a long conversation, never mind all the conversations that took place in this area in the ten, 20 and 30 years before that. Having come to the issue with new eyes as a legislator, it seems to me that many of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann of EU Regulation 2021/693: Motion (14 Sep 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I am in Leinster House. Is it okay? I cannot hear anything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann of EU Regulation 2021/693: Motion (14 Sep 2021)

Lynn Ruane: Can you hear me?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann of EU Regulation 2021/693: Motion (14 Sep 2021)

Lynn Ruane: Obviously, I am largely supportive of the framework but there were three points in it to which I want to draw attention. One of those is in regard to paragraph (9) of the regulation. I was wondering where it leaves us in respect of the Special Criminal Court, or if that arises at all. The paragraph refers to the notion of transparency. I am wondering if it is possible for us to remain in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann of EU Regulation 2021/693: Motion (14 Sep 2021)

Lynn Ruane: To clarify, I was referring to one King's Inns' bursary relating to a specific minority group, women, access students and so on, rather than bursaries in the general sense.

Seanad: Bullying and Sexual Harassment in Third Level Institutions: Motion (21 Sep 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I move: That Seanad Éireann: - calls for a debate on the bullying and sexual harassment that exists for faculty, students and staff in Ireland’s third-level institutions; - notes that third-level institutions should not support the use of non-disclosure agreements, which limits accountability of perpetrators, in such instances; and - calls on the Minister for Further and...

Seanad: Bullying and Sexual Harassment in Third Level Institutions: Motion (21 Sep 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank every single person for contributing today. The motion, the NDA Bill and work of this kind are my next steps in moving on from purging and purging myself of my experiences and trying to be heard, to get an education and to get people to understand. It does not happen easily because each and every time I work on something in this area and have a telephone conversation with someone...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank all the witnesses for their contributions. I have questions for everybody so I hope to be able to come back in at the end. I will ask direct questions and I ask the witnesses to be as concise as possible in their responses so I can get through as many of them as I can. My first questions are for the witnesses from the Garda Representative Association. Can they inform the committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. O'Connor. My next question is for the Department officials. Will they explain to me why members of An Garda Síochána are exempt from any criminal liability including the one set out in this legislation? The Policing Authority's submission speaks about trusting the gardaí but then we carve out an exemption in the legislation around the law on their own liability.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Lynn Ruane: My next question is for the Policing Authority. Can the representatives justify public health as the primary purpose of body-worn cameras? My concern is around the privacy of people who might be experiencing psychosis or struggling with addiction, or those in the homeless sector, all of whom fall under the umbrella of public health. Consider also the situation currently with Covid, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Lynn Ruane: My next question is to the Data Protection Commission. Should the storage and retention of mass surveillance through CCTV networks and targeted surveillance be regarded as data infrastructure? If so, how would we have to treat and manage such data and surveillance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. Sunderland. I would like to go back to the Garda representatives for a moment. Reference was made to the protection of gardaí with regard to body-worn cameras. Obviously, violence of any nature should not be condoned but, as they say, the camera does not lie. When a body camera is turned on, however, it could give a perception of an event that may not be accurate. When a...