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Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Lynn Ruane: What I am wondering has less to do with the rights of the child and more to do with where bodily autonomy, reproductive decisions and the rights of women come into these conversations. If we consider the termination of pregnancy, if we are honest, we would have to say that economic considerations come into play when people decide whether to terminate a pregnancy, regardless of their...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I will be aiming to make it a triple now.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)

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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I formally second Senator Higgins's amendment. Senator Clonan is no longer present; however, as the only woman left on the Trinity panel, I welcome him. He mentioned matriarchs, so I will now claim to be the matriarch of the Trinity panel. The real travesty is that there has only ever been one Senator from Killinarden in the Chamber, never mind Blackrock. I wish to speak to a very sad and...

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...

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

Lynn Ruane: Brilliant. I thank Ms McCreery. Turning to Ms Gavin, and to draw on her experience regarding some of the gaps that exist in the system, and I refer to issues such as vacancies, one major area that stands out for me is the lack of digital literacy among people leaving prison. Does Ms Gavin think we must address this gap in the prison system by teaching people these skills? When people come...

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

Lynn Ruane: Brilliant. I have one last question for Mr. Graham. He has been in prison for a while now, but he has also lived through the Covid-19 pandemic in the prison system. Can he speak a little about the impact of that experience? In society beyond the prisons, free hugs were being offered in the streets at one stage because people were so deprived of human touch and because of the resulting...

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

Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. Graham.

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: 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?