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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. McCarthy. I will ask the IPRT one question while I have time. Previous reports indicated that there was a disproportionately high number of young people aged between 18 and 24 in prison. This suggests that intervention supports at an early stage are either absent or ineffective. It follows on from what Mr. McCarthy said. Will either Ms Joyce or Ms McCreery speak to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: The recurring theme of restorative justice has come up and it is kind of widening out the conversation from the antisocial piece because restorative justice is obviously not only related to that level of crime. When we speak about restorative justice, obviously it is really important to meet the needs of the victims. For me, however, restorative justice is also about the rehabilitative...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Ms Doyle.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I had some other questions to ask but having listened to the contributions that have been made, I am going to stick to the issue of problem gambling. I have worked in addiction for 20 years. To be honest, gambling is the hardest thing with which we in the addiction sector have ever worked. When I hear about interventions, wage slips and someone being told they are a problem gambler over a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Who funds the addiction treatment? If there is an intervention and a conversation is had with someone, it would be kind of fruitless if there are no options for that person. There is somewhere between €6 billion and €8 billion in gambling revenue in Ireland. What role should the industry play in funding residential treatment intervention for people who have got to that point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Does the algorithm pick up the demographics?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Are they part of the conversation that is had with individuals? Who is in the room having a conversation with an individual when the accounts have been frozen? What specialists are in that room?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: They are not in the room.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Before getting to Mr. Le Jeune I have another quick question. There are data indicating people on lower incomes tend to play more and spend more than richer counterparts. I read that either in a submission or in the lead-up to today. When problem gambling is measured, is consideration given to the income of an individual? That is instead of setting a threshold at a particular amount for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I am substituting for Senator Higgins who cannot be here today, but we have spoken beforehand about the contribution. Going through the Minister's contribution relating to the Citizens' Assembly recommendations, there is reference to potentially meaning a referendum. There is a lack of clarity about the Taoiseach deciding whether there will be a referendum. I am following on from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister for that clarity. He mentioned Article 41.2, which is something I care about. One third of families, families like mine, are not represented in the Constitution. That is something we have been waiting a long time for. The Minister mentioned in the briefing from his Department previous interdepartmental consideration in 2014. He also mentioned the Attorney General's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: The Minister referred to care. It is important to put on the record that the Citizens' Assembly also chose to make sure that we refer to care, not carers. That should not get lost in the discussions as well. With regard to the potential wording, the Minister will probably say that he will wait for the committee. The Citizens' Assembly made recommendations relating to Article 41.2 and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank all the witnesses for their submissions. Everybody seems to be on the same page as to where we need to be, which is always a good start. We all may then have different views as to how we get there, but at least if the end goal is the same we are doing well. I will start with a question for Mr. Graham. His contribution is very important. Those with lived experience are always...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Does that negatively impact on the goals that would be set within rehabilitation? What type of impact does that have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. Graham. I will come back to him in a few minutes. My next question is for Mr. Mullins. The governor mentioned the community a lot. I have heard him speak about recidivism in the community. We are looking at what investment is made in individuals within the prison system. Will he elaborate a little on how the prison system is only one part of that? Obviously, there is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. Mullins. My next question is for Ms McCaffrey. Education has been coming up a lot in the contributions. As Mr. Graham said, education plays a key role and people's suffering increases with the realisation that having the knowledge is not always going to introduce everything they may need. Will Ms McCaffrey speak about the importance of education within prison and how we can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Ms McCaffrey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: We have a shorter amount of time in this round, so we must be concise. We went from a question that referred to everyone having hope to the targeting of 10% of prisoners. I would like to put the hope back in for those 10% of prisoners, whom we are potentially discouraging from engaging with these programmes because they are imprisoned for particular reasons, to ensure we are not...