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Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I begin by thanking Senator Flynn and congratulating her on her first Private Member's Bill. What an important one it is. There is the topic we are discussing itself, but even the conversation on language and its importance matters. I congratulate the Senator's office as well for all the hard work done in respect of the essential piece of legislation before us. The Bill is based on 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...

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 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)

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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...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I echo what Senator Hoey said about the health committee meeting. I had to turn off the camera at one stage as I thought I was going to have a panic attack. I thought I had been hurled through time, given everything I have stood for in this Chamber over the last six years and hoped that people were listening to me. I felt very disheartened and sad. I thought: "What is the point in me...

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

Lynn Ruane: With all due respect, the past 45 minutes, in particular, of this meeting have been among the most excruciating I have ever had to listen to when speaking about drug use in Ireland. I cannot believe I am hearing it in 2022. A lot more that was wrong has been said in the past 45 minutes than the naming of a building in the city centre, but nobody picked up on that and intervened, such as...

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

Lynn Ruane: If it is appropriate, Chair, that is not why the national drugs strategy was brought in. The strategy has been around for a long time.

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

Lynn Ruane: It is the version in my hand I am talking about. The war on drugs is criminalisation. Does the Minister of State understand that that is what that means? It is a reference to criminalisation.

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

Lynn Ruane: As a politician that stands over policy, does the Minister of State understand that the war on drugs is about the criminalisation of people who use drugs? Does he believe drug users are criminals?

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

Lynn Ruane: It is not about stigmatisation. I am going to have to outline the basics. The war on drugs is an American system that came through the UN treaty. If the Minister of State goes back right to the 1970s, to his party, Fine Gael, and to the Fianna Fáil Party, he will see the conversation on what the war on drugs means and where the drugs legislation came from. It originates from the UN...

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

Lynn Ruane: I want to make the point that criminalisation cannot be uncoupled from a health-led approach and they cannot be offered up as two separate themes. They are intrinsically linked. We do not reduce harm or increase happiness unless we stop labelling and criminalising 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 did not interrupt Deputy Durkan.