Results 301-320 of 3,747 for speaker:Lynn Ruane
- Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (27 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: I thank our guests for the presentations. A committee like this can really create a big change domestically because it gives us an opportunity to consider what is done in other countries and obtain expert evidence from people who have been working not only domestically but also on an international scale. It is important for us to hear this evidence because we do not have the same history as...
- Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (27 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: There is so much floating around now in terms of this conversation. What we need to remember is that several different things have to happen in parallel but none should be so attached to the other that the other does not begin. I remind everyone of the earlier conversations about the importance of decriminalisation in terms of not compounding all those other things that have been built on...
- Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (27 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: To all of the other things.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (27 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: I know it was not. I am just reasserting-----
- Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (27 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: I offered to swap with him but he said it is fine.
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: It is the previous section, which is gone, so there will be no more amendments in it.
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: I did not intend to speak today, but listening to some of the comments has raised new queries for me that are related to the section, notwithstanding the piece around ensuring no one is on the sexual offences register, which to me seems obvious. I am concerned, regarding how the section is worded, where that leads if we are looking at what the regulatory authority actually looks at. Is it...
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: Is it okay to have a dad who is rapist, because the woman is forced to carry it and bear it-----
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: Oh my God.
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: In fact, the Minister has mischaracterised what was said. Senator Mullen did say two men should not be parents. He referred to there being no mother. The Minister's initial comment was an accurate representation.
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: We all have televisions in our rooms.
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: Today is a good day; there you go.
- Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: I am firmly opposed to the renewal of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009. My colleagues in the Civil Engagement Group echo that view. I reiterate the concerns that we have expressed on each previous occasion on which motions for renewal have been considered. Those concerns are well founded and have been raised regularly by many...
- Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: We have received apologies from Deputy Murnane O'Connor and our Chairman, Deputy McNamara, whom we congratulate on his election to the European Parliament. Parliamentary privilege is considered to apply to the utterances of members participating online in a committee hearing when their participation is from the parliamentary precincts. There can be no assurances in respect of...
- Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: I thank Ms McArdle. I now invite Mr. Ryan to give his opening statement on behalf of the Department of Justice.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. Ryan. I now invite Ms Queally to give her opening statement on behalf of the HSE.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: I will move on to Deputy Gould.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: We might come back to that in the next round. We will allow all the speakers in the first round to contribute first.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: Next are Deputies McAuliffe and Hourigan.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)
Lynn Ruane: Dr. Keenan is probably looking to come in.