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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (16 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: Our guests from Safetynet mentioned medical cards a couple of times and the issue whereby someone might have one but have nowhere to go with it. Will they speak to how we can remedy that? Should there be something in policy whereby if someone has a medical card, he or she could, especially because of his or her migrant status, access any doctor, or perhaps there should be a quota per type...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (16 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I seek clarification on the medical cards and the idea of uncoupling the two things from each other. I think that worked well for homeless medical cards when it came to decoupling the idea of having a medical card from having an address. Is there a similarity in what needs to happen? Did an individual need to have a doctor take him or her on to get the homeless medical card or what was the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State for being here. I welcome the Bill, which represents a step forward towards a fairer and more caring judicial system that is built on the ideals of justice and rehabilitation, rather than simply punishment. I have spoken at length in the past of my strong beliefs that a culture of rehabilitation and education should be put firmly at the heart of our justice...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Women's Shelters and Domestic Abuse Refuges: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank everyone for their contributions. We have already covered a wide area. I would like to focus on two separate issues. Safe Ireland spoke about refuge design, which is an issue that been raised in a number of women's groups I have worked with recently. I refer to the accessing of a refuge by women with disabilities, with additional needs and whose supports are local, and attend an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Women's Shelters and Domestic Abuse Refuges: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: Ms McDermott has provided enough information. Given the time constraints, I will move on. The question has been well answered. What Ms McDermott said earlier about refuge not being the answer to domestic violence is going around in my head. I relied heavily on Saoirse in getting people refuge throughout Covid. What came up a lot in that - and as referred to by Deputy Carroll MacNeill...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I wish to call attention to the report on the Traveller community and homelessness that was finally released last week. The report makes for difficult reading. I wish I could say it comes as a surprise but we have seen too many reports like this before. My colleague in the Civil Engagement Group, Senator Flynn, has spoken passionately in this House about the unacceptable conditions our...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I will add it to my minute at the end, or else I will not get two minutes. I was getting a donation.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the MEPs for joining us today. As they may be aware, next Monday marks equal pay day in Ireland, the day when women in Ireland effectively stop earning relative to men, given the current gender pay gap of 14.4%. Despite this ongoing inequality, Ireland remains perhaps the only country that has not yet signed up to the Council of European Municipalities and Regions, CEMR, European...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank our guests for their contributions. I will hit on similar points to those raised by others, but I may elaborate on them. I ask that we can be as concise as possible so I can get through the questions within the seven minutes. In Dr. Logue's opinion, in what way do data controllers benefit from restricting adoptees access to their personal data?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: Yes.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: Since Tusla is not an accredited body under the Adoption Act 2010, and is therefore unregulated in its adoption services, how might Tusla's involvement in a statutory-based tracing service contravene EU GDPR law?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: My next question is for Mr. McGarr. The Bill states that an adopted person will not be entitled to identifying information about any relative beyond the birth certificate information. For example, head 2 defines birth relative information as only including anonymous information, and it defines care information as not including anything about the parents or guardians care of a person. What...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: In his submission, Mr. McGarr said that technically any attempt in the Bill to create a list of personal data, to which a person would have right of access, is not compliant with EU and GDPR law, which affords citizens the right to all their personal data. Mr. McGarr has just given us an insight to what that means. In his professional view, will Mr. McGarr explain how the Bill should be...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I have one more question for Mr. McGarr, and if I have time I will go back to Dr. Logue to pick up on something he said earlier. On the data controllers, other than Tusla and the Adoption Authority of Ireland, do the data controllers still have to comply with GDPR because they are not covered by this Bill? Is there confusion there?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. McGarr. In a response to a question from Deputy Bacik, Dr. Logue said the GDPR supersedes the Constitution. Will Dr. Logue elaborate on that?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: Are there any examples in Ireland where that right to supersede EU law over the Constitution has been exercised?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Dr. Logue.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses for the submission and their contributions. I have just two questions. In his submission, Mr. Sunderland mentions that developments have been made on the release of medical information. Will the witnesses speak to that progress? We heard in earlier submissions about the restrictions surrounding access to medical information and how they gravely contravene the GDPR....

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. Sunderland. I am thinking about Aitheantas, which presented its Adoptee Voices report and survey to an earlier committee. Its report outlined the roles State agencies play in the gatekeeping of access to personal data. Could the witnesses comment on what type of regulation and oversight there is over State agencies that are responsible for information and tracing, such as the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thought when I was reading the AONTAS report and I do not know whether I am misrepresenting the report, that it thought it would be on the individual person to say if somebody was not upholding or acting as gatekeepers to information. I was curious as to what oversight can or does exist to ensure legislation is adhered to, without it being the responsibility of the person trying to request...