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Seanad: Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (20 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I welcome back the Minister of State. I will be brief on these amendments. We covered them a lot on the previous Stage of the Bill. They go back to the recommendation IHREC made.We spoke a great deal in the last session about the journey of a smuggled person and people obviously do not take that journey very lightly. The Journalreported a number of weeks ago that on 18 July people were...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (20 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: The most basic entitlement that people deserve and which this Bill seeks to protect is to be treated with respect and dignity. This starts with the training of the people who will be the first responders to anybody who enters this country. The Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, GRETA, committee recently recommended that Irish authorities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank everybody for their submissions and their time today. I only have a short time so I will get straight into the questions. It would be great if the answers were straight to the point, where possible, just so I can get through them. The first question is for the Mr. Harris. It relates to head 30. Has the Commissioner any concerns about head 30 and how the written directives from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. Harris. He spoke a little about the accountability structures and who he is accountable to. Has he any concerns about the confusion within those accountability structures in some parts of the Bill and how that might affect his work? I am thinking of heads 11, 23 and 28, which all state the Commissioner is not accountable to the board whereas head 25 states he or she is. Does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. Harris. I also have a question for the Policing Authority. Do its members believe there is the need for the creation of an internal board, as provided for in this Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. Collins. I have a question for the ICCL. It relates to the provisions on prosecution by An Garda Síochána. The Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland's recommended that the Garda should not have a role in prosecution. What does the ICCL feel are the implications of this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank everyone for their answers. They are much appreciated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: As regards some of the conversation around what is and what is not referred to GSOC, the word "performance" has been used. Obviously, referrals are made in respect of, for example, human rights and disciplinary matters. We are separating those things in relation to when we decide who investigates what. So, when it comes to an issue of a more disciplinary nature, it would not make sense for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: Perhaps Mr. Toland could comment on that. While he is commenting on that point, he might also address the issue of there appearing to be some resistance to the word "Garda" being in the title of the proposed new Garda ombudsman. Are there implications for some communities if the word “Garda” is contained in the title? If so, should we be calling this body something else so...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Commissioner and his answer does provide clarity. I do not agree at all that all performance issues should go to the ombudsman in any shape or form. I want to ensure, though, that anything considered serious will not end up somehow falling under the umbrella of performance. I just wish to ensure that there are clear definitions of what each of those things are. I do not know...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Ms Coughlan. I agree with her. I asked my question to emphasise the need for specialised interventions in cases of complex trauma.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: If I have time, may I ask a question of Adoption Loss?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: It has been well covered. I thank everybody very much.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank our guests for being here today. I appreciate their testimony. I will ask my first question of the representatives of In It Together - Who Am I? False records have been already spoken about a lot. The current provisions of the Bill refer to affected persons as those whose entry in the register of births was made before 31 December 1970, and that cut-off mark is obviously...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 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) (19 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Ms Wallace. I have a quick question for Ms McEvoy. The submission speaks very much to terminology and language. Will the witness speak to how the language in the legislation has framed a particular narrative with the Bill? She mentioned that the term "birth mother" could be seen as offensive. We can see it now and that should not have to be pointed out. When it is, we can see...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Ms McEvoy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: BreastCheck and National Cancer Control Programme: HSE
BreastCheck Screening Programme and Improving Outcomes for Breast Cancer: Discussion (19 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Senator Black for giving over her slot to me today. I wrote recently to the committee to ask it to begin to look at this module in the next while and I am very grateful to the committee for inviting me today. A few comments have confused me a little today. Mention was made of “below the age of 40”, “below the age of 35” or even “below the age of...