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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Lynn Ruane: We do not have a health-led approach because we criminalise people for their drug use.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I know I am coming in hard, but the Minister of State must remember that I do not visit a treatment centre and ask people if they support legalisation. What I do is I ask my friends if they think they are criminals. If I ask the father of my child if he is a criminal for his drug use, he will say "No". I do not ask people if they think drugs should be legalised. We have to be careful...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Then legalise it and then we will remove that. Let us have the conversation on legalisation. We gave them the market. We gave drug dealers the market.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Lynn Ruane: It is not evidence based. The working group ignored the evidence that was presented to it on criminalisation. It ignored the evidence so do not tell me that this policy is evidence based. It was one of three scenarios put forward and it was not the one that had the most evidence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Lynn Ruane: It is not an opinion; it is a choice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Basically, there is a drug disparity that health-led approaches are prohibitionist. We will also have that discussion. We have a prohibitionist drugs Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Lynn Ruane: It is the opposite.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I echo everything that others have said about how important and needed the legislation is. It is brilliant. I have one or two queries. I want to avoid being too particular or specific. If a woman ends up having to go to a refuge a fair way away from her workplace, is there scope within the Bill to cater for extenuating circumstances and allow that woman to apply for additional leave? Is...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I apologise that I missed my name when it was called earlier. The sound went on me and by the time I got it back it was too late. Many of the questions I had intended to ask have been covered. However, I am always confused by what does not seem to come up very often, especially from a poverty perspective and also when we discuss social welfare. At some point over the past decade or so, the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Lynn Ruane: No-----

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Perhaps it is this concept that all of a sudden meant it was attached to asking schools to sign the form. When I went to school, I never had to bring a form to the school to prove I was in school so my mother could collect the children's allowance. It is like the decision was made at a policy level. It is something new in the past 17 years. I am trying to think of the age of my daughter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I will not be too long. Perhaps Mr. Walsh is better off answering my question, which is a continuation of the conversation with Deputy Hourigan and adds to it. Maybe there is nothing in it, but Mr. Walsh has emphasised a couple of times that there was funding there for the company. It is just an odd phrase to use because usually one would say the funding is there for the task force. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I do not know why the Cathaoirleach was looking over there for me.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2022)

Lynn Ruane: First, I would like to note the reports from the Minister, Deputy O’Gorman’s Department this morning in relation to the recent debate in this Chamber on care and those who have experienced the care system. In addition, I tabled a Commencement matter specifically on the issue that was announced this morning, where the Department and the Minister have launched the largest ever...

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Senator Malcolm Byrne for his work on this legislation. I get nervous when phrases such as "surveillance technology" are used. I could come in here and speak about the scourge of illegal dumping. We can point to it and speak about its impact on communities, where it is, what it is and what it costs to pick it up. We always fail to speak about the mechanisms we will use to address...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I just wanted to figure that out. Being a chair of the task force, I am familiar with the SLA process and sat in those meetings recently in terms of the canal. Is there an issue with the current SLA, as it is being presented? Are there changes in this SLA, in comparison with the SLAs which used to be signed? They would usually be quite predictable and I wonder what the delay is in the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Rights of the Child in respect of Domestic and International Surrogacy: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Leading on from that question, there is no situation where families will begin to be considered differently within the legislation. If we cannot legislate for international surrogacy, what does that look like for some families? If we can create a framework here for domestic surrogacy, will that begin to cause complications for anybody who seeks international surrogacy in terms of being able...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Rights of the Child in respect of Domestic and International Surrogacy: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Professor O'Mahony for that response. My final question is for Dr. Bracken. She mentioned in her contribution the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 and how it falls short in terms of children's rights standards. She mentioned that a number of pathways to parentage are omitted from that legislation. Could she elaborate on that?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Rights of the Child in respect of Domestic and International Surrogacy: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Great. I thank Dr. Bracken for that.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Rights of the Child in respect of Domestic and International Surrogacy: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank everyone for their contribution. It is an important issue and one which I care about but am still learning about. I hope my questions are suitable and allow us to have a helpful conversation. My questions are geared towards Professor O'Mahony and Dr. Bracken. They are more legal questions about understanding how to move forward with the legal framework. I feel I am coming from a...