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Committee on Drugs Use: Kinship Care and Care: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I thank everyone for their presentations. I am a huge supporter of each group's work and I am very appreciative of it. I join with the Chair in acknowledging the death of that woman's daughter and that child's mother. I extend our sympathies. It shows the complexion of life for many families. Before I even ask any questions, I caveat that there are many families who will continue to...

Committee on Drugs Use: Kinship Care and Care: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I am speaking on the defamation Bill in the Seanad so I apologise if I have to leave; I will obviously be in and out.

Committee on Drugs Use: Kinship Care and Care: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Cathaoirleach. My question is brief. I thank Ms Dunne for emphasising the refuge aspect. I am very aware of refuges turning women away if there is an intimation of substance use, especially if the women have been referred by a local drugs service. This referral comes with assumptions. Turning the woman away is removing her capacity to ask for help even at local level if it is...

Committee on Drugs Use: Kinship Care and Care: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Not stigmatise those in care by way of correlation.

Committee on Drugs Use: Kinship Care and Care: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Exactly.

Committee on Drugs Use: Kinship Care and Care: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Grand. I wanted to tease it out because I thought that was what Mr. Stanley meant. The point he made originally stood out to me because, if we are to call for bespoke responses, it is about acknowledging the connection between one thing and the other. That is super helpful. I thank Mr. Stanley.

Committee on Drugs Use: Kinship Care and Care: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Sometimes, personalities come into the fray.

Committee on Drugs Use: Kinship Care and Care: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Some family members have even been refused because two same-sex children would have to share a room, yet council policy is to give housing on the basis of same-sex children sharing a room. There is a very classist undertone.

Seanad: Budget 2026 (Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation): Statements (8 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Before I make two points on the budget, I want to bookend my contribution with something to frame it and keep in mind. Earlier I read a document produced by the Parliamentary Budget Office's economic modelling and policy costing unit that looks at the impact of the budget, including the announced increases in current spending of €6.1 billion, capital spending of €2 billion and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Disability: Discussion (7 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses for their contributions so far. My first questions are geared towards whichever of the representatives of Voice of Vision Impairment wishes to speak to them. The AI Act prohibits the use of AI systems that threaten fundamental rights, which we have touched on, or exploit vulnerabilities such as disability. The national artificial intelligence office is responsible for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Disability: Discussion (7 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Would Ms Apaza Machaca agree that beyond surveys and consultations, there should be a role for DPOs and other civil society organisations at the level of the AI advisory council or else the artificial intelligence office?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Disability: Discussion (7 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Ms Apaza Machaca. Everyone has mentioned GDPR. I think VVI described the vulnerability of disabled people when it comes to their personal data as discrimination on steroids. What is the consensus on understanding how data is being collected and used? Should this committee and organisations that are representative of people with disabilities have a larger focus on understanding and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Disability: Discussion (7 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: How can we potentially differentiate between data on one hand to enhance accessibility and on the other data that can potentially leave a person vulnerable to the things Ms Apaza Machaca spoke about? Does she think that transparency and understanding will help us differentiate between those two?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Deputy Leader for the comments at the beginning of the Order of Business. They are welcome. I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that after statements, instead of finishing at 1.30 p.m., we have statements from An Taoiseach or the next available senior Minister to update the House on the flotilla and send a message to the families at home who, I am sure, are extremely...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: It is very much a kidnapping. The activists are in international waters. They have been taken from international waters.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Kidnapped-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: If somebody came in here and kidnapped me from the Chamber with no charges or without me committing any crime, that would be kidnapping.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: They have been kidnapped in international waters. Israel does not own international waters and the Senator has just used a genocide in Gaza to make political points. Shame on him.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Lynn Ruane: He is anywhere up to a week behind.