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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...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move: That Seanad Éireann: notes with concern that: - the cost of renting in the State has approximately doubled in the last decade; - the cost of rent and mortgage repayments are having a significant impact on people’s financial security, with approximately 20% of the population being at risk of poverty when rent and mortgage payments are deducted from disposable income,...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State. What strikes me is that we all have a common goal but what frightens me is how long we attach ourselves to how we do that. We talk about working together and then we listen to Senator Higgins talking about those tension points and how things work when so many people have different ideas. Up until this point, we have not got it right. When do we admit that we...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (23 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I welcome our MEPs to the Chamber. I was following the debate from my office and I picked up on one or two points in Senator Higgins's contribution, which, owing to time constraints, were not addressed in the responses. I will reiterate some of those points. On the proposed EU legislation on business and human rights, which includes due diligence on supply chains, I ask that the MEPs speak...

Seanad: Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (23 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State for being here this afternoon. I am finding it very difficult to contribute on this issue lately - more and more so trying to hold my emotion together and trying to hold the reality of lives together. I just need a minute.

Seanad: Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (23 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Just in case I cannot keep myself together later, I support the two amendments in the first instance. This Chamber has proven more harmful to my mental health than my drug use ever did. I apologise for finding this very hard. There are many policies we can all speak about. The likes of the drugs policy has many threads. Decriminalisation is one of them. Blood-borne viruses, family...

Seanad: Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (23 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 2: In paragraph (2), to delete “a Citizens’ Assembly, to be known as the Dublin Citizens’ Assembly, with a total of 80 members, including an independent Chairperson, 67 randomly-selected members of the public living in Dublin City and County, and 12 Councillors selected from across the four local authorities, to consider the type of directly elected...

Seanad: Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (23 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 3: (a) In the lead-in to the motion, to delete “the calling of two Citizens’ Assemblies” and substitute “the calling of three Citizens’ Assemblies”. (b) To insert a new paragraph after paragraph (2): “(3) a Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs, with a total of 100 members, including an independent Chairperson and 99...

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

Lynn Ruane: I thank our guests for their contributions. I am struck by the words we use when we talk about antisocial behaviour and its presentation within some communities. Everywhere experiences some levels or variations of antisocial behaviour but it is highly concentrated in some communities. Our guests have drawn a direct correlation to poverty, family and safety, but when I think of community...

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

Lynn Ruane: Mr. McCarthy can say whatever he thinks appropriate. I trust him.

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

Lynn Ruane: Will Mr. McCarthy speak to the reduction in the age of those the youth workers are working with? At what age do youth workers begin working with young people in communities?

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.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Strategies (10 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for being in the Chamber. I wanted to speak with the Minister today about the Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and the progress made so far in addressing the serious delays in processing times for young people interacting with the courts and youth justice systems. For context, an article was published in The Irish Timesa number of weeks ago...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Strategies (10 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State. Even though I am always happy to see her here in the Chamber, I was unaware that the Minister would not be here today. It is not the Minister of State's fault but, historically, I have always looked to withdraw my Commencement matters in such instances in order to ensure that nuanced questions, such as those around the JLO and timing out of the system, can be...