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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: In his submission, Mr. McGarr said that technically any attempt in the Bill to create a list of personal data, to which a person would have right of access, is not compliant with EU and GDPR law, which affords citizens the right to all their personal data. Mr. McGarr has just given us an insight to what that means. In his professional view, will Mr. McGarr explain how the Bill should be...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I have one more question for Mr. McGarr, and if I have time I will go back to Dr. Logue to pick up on something he said earlier. On the data controllers, other than Tusla and the Adoption Authority of Ireland, do the data controllers still have to comply with GDPR because they are not covered by this Bill? Is there confusion there?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. McGarr. In a response to a question from Deputy Bacik, Dr. Logue said the GDPR supersedes the Constitution. Will Dr. Logue elaborate on that?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: Are there any examples in Ireland where that right to supersede EU law over the Constitution has been exercised?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Dr. Logue.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses for the submission and their contributions. I have just two questions. In his submission, Mr. Sunderland mentions that developments have been made on the release of medical information. Will the witnesses speak to that progress? We heard in earlier submissions about the restrictions surrounding access to medical information and how they gravely contravene the GDPR....

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. Sunderland. I am thinking about Aitheantas, which presented its Adoptee Voices report and survey to an earlier committee. Its report outlined the roles State agencies play in the gatekeeping of access to personal data. Could the witnesses comment on what type of regulation and oversight there is over State agencies that are responsible for information and tracing, such as the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thought when I was reading the AONTAS report and I do not know whether I am misrepresenting the report, that it thought it would be on the individual person to say if somebody was not upholding or acting as gatekeepers to information. I was curious as to what oversight can or does exist to ensure legislation is adhered to, without it being the responsibility of the person trying to request...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Women's Shelters and Domestic Abuse Refuges: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank everyone for their contributions. We have already covered a wide area. I would like to focus on two separate issues. Safe Ireland spoke about refuge design, which is an issue that been raised in a number of women's groups I have worked with recently. I refer to the accessing of a refuge by women with disabilities, with additional needs and whose supports are local, and attend an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Women's Shelters and Domestic Abuse Refuges: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: Ms McDermott has provided enough information. Given the time constraints, I will move on. The question has been well answered. What Ms McDermott said earlier about refuge not being the answer to domestic violence is going around in my head. I relied heavily on Saoirse in getting people refuge throughout Covid. What came up a lot in that - and as referred to by Deputy Carroll MacNeill...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (16 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: Prior to hearing the opening statements, I want to declare a conflict of interest so it is on the public record. Ms Yara Alagha from the Amal Association works with the Civil Engagement group but is here in a different capacity.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (16 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I still have not mastered taking off a mask while wearing earrings. This has been a very informative session, which has covered a great deal. I note the number of solutions each witness provided, as opposed to simply identifying the issues. This session is helpful in that rather than simply naming the situation, the witnesses are offering a number of solutions with regard to how we can...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (16 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Dr. Skuce.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Asset Management Agency (18 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State for being in the Chamber. We need to talk about the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, and, more specifically, what the agency is doing to fulfil its mandate to contribute to the economic and social development of Ireland. While the agency may be fulfilling its economic mandate, it has dropped the ball regarding its contribution to the social development...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I want to first mention Seán Binder.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: As many Members will have read during the week, he is on trial in Lesbos for his humanitarian work. Seán was in the same year as me in college. He is 27 years of age. We spoke in the Chamber recently on legislation concerning the need to carve out humanitarian work and have it as an exemption rather than as a defence. This is the type of case that proves this point. Seán is now...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (16 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: Our guests from Safetynet mentioned medical cards a couple of times and the issue whereby someone might have one but have nowhere to go with it. Will they speak to how we can remedy that? Should there be something in policy whereby if someone has a medical card, he or she could, especially because of his or her migrant status, access any doctor, or perhaps there should be a quota per type...

Seanad: Report on Victim’s Testimony in cases of rape and sexual assault: Motion (17 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I appreciate that. I will not use all the time available to me because, as a victim of sexual assault, I always struggle to speak about this topic. It struck me that the report found that less than 10% of victims report incidents of sexual assault or rape. As the mother of two daughters, I would like to be able to encourage my daughters, if something was to ever happen to them, to hold the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Asset Management Agency (18 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: As the Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts, in 2019 the Minister of State himself commented on the unacceptable delay in terms of what NAMA should be doing, yet, according to his presentation today, NAMA is doing all that it can. I am wondering what has changed since 2019. One of the key points is that NAMA states that it will not build the 10,000 units that it could, because they are...