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Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Amendment No. 69 seeks to delete section 17 as authored and to substitute it with a new section that replaces the mandatory information session with a registered letter that sets out information regarding the contact preferences of each relevant parent. The suggestion to substitute a register letter was recommended. A considerable amount of discussion and thought went into attempts to find...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I have huge respect for the Minister and the task at hand. Usually when I hear people's reasoning and logic I go back and forth in my head exploring the issue and ask if they are right. When I hear the Minister speak, however, I do not feel any confidence that a balance has been struck as regards how communication is received. We are putting a hierarchy on how somebody receives information...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 69: In page 25, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “Information relating to contact preference 17.In every case where an applicant is provided under this Act with a birth certificate or copy of the records that contain the birth information to which the application relates, or with a statement setting out the birth information contained in those...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 70: In page 25, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “Information relating to contact preference 17.In every case where an applicant is provided under this Act with a birth certificate or copy of the records that contain the birth information to which the application relates, or with a statement setting out the birth information contained in those...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: It was agreed with the Seanad Office that Senator Moynihan would take the rest of my amendments.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I have two further technical questions about the heads of the Bill. On heads 3 and 6, the role of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform seems to be dominant here given that decisions are primarily sanctioned by that Minister. While the role of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is obviously relevant given the financial implications, there is a concern that the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Potential Double Standards in Protections for Surrogate Mothers in Domestic Arrangements: Discussion (26 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. They were brilliant. I wish to focus on Professor Madden's points in her presentation about the idea of commercial surrogacy and being able to challenge its definition or the belief that commercial surrogacy is, by its very definition, for some reason unethical. From the very beginning of this committee, and having looked at this issue as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Potential Double Standards in Protections for Surrogate Mothers in Domestic Arrangements: Discussion (26 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I have only a couple of seconds left. I know this is a bit of a stretch, but I am trying to look at the language we use. Say we were to force a situation whereby non-commercial surrogacy was not allowed or deemed unethical or illegal. Could we say the inverse would also be true, that is, that to enforce altruism on somebody in a difficult situation can also be exploitative? That way, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Potential Double Standards in Protections for Surrogate Mothers in Domestic Arrangements: Discussion (26 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: They clarified it later. When they elaborated, they said they were okay with it, given it was the law of the jurisdiction. There was a clarification of the comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: The Verona Principles: International Social Service (26 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I just have one question. I thank the witnesses for their presentation. Many of the principles as laid out would raise constitutional issues in Ireland. Principle No. 11, for example, refers to the protection of identity and access to origins. This is particularly relevant in Ireland in the current climate in the context of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill, for example. It is an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: The Verona Principles: International Social Service (26 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I have another question on the principle around financial transparency which does not mean no compensation but transparency around it. I ask Ms Woellenstein to explain the intention of that principle.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 1: In page 8, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(c) a person who was otherwise illegally adopted,”.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: This grouping of amendments seeks to ensure that illegal birth registrations are specified in the Bill along with incorrect birth registrations. Currently, the Bill only applies to people whose births were illegally registered before 31 December 1980. It is a deeply flawed decision to insert a date limit, as there is no evidence to suggest that illegal registrations ceased on 31 December...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 2: In page 8, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(c) a person who was subject to an illegal birth registration,”

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 33: In page 31, line 35, to delete “next of kin” and substitute “close relative”.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Amendment Nos. 33, 34 and 36 form a group that seeks to replace the definition of "next of kin" with a new definition of "close relative". The three amendments together replace the current next of kin mechanism with a new close relative mechanism for requesting information about deceased relevant relatives. Amendment Nos. 33 and 34 replace references to "next of kin" with references to...