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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...

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.

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

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

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

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

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

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

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

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

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

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.