Results 41-60 of 587 for does speaker:Lynn Ruane

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Engagement with People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2024)

Lynn Ruane: What I am struggling with is that it is very hard to think about a system that excludes people based on disability. It is also very hard to think of an assisted dying system that does not have safeguards outside of legislation. There is something we are missing in terms of being able to look at those things in parallel to each other, or as one thing after the other. It is something that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Engagement with People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2024)

Lynn Ruane: ...the disability matters committee, and whether Mr. Kearns was including that in his contribution as not maybe having the same impact or output. Is Mr. Kearns saying that the work happening there does not contribute or maybe that it is not doing what it should do?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (13 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...not ready to respond or catch up with so everything has a consequence. Unfortunately, in the past few months, we have seen what this consequence is. The fact that there have been over 40 deaths does not mean that there are not more deaths that have not been captured adequately. This is on top of the fact that already, one person per day dies from an overdose. They are not all opioid...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ..., where doubt arises as to what constituency an area sits in, the Minister would have to consult with the Electoral Commission. This is a reasonable compromise. The Minister stated in the Dáil that he does not see a role for the Minister of the day in this. What our amendment does is balance this with the role of the new commission. I urge the Minister of State to accept this...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...Election, which notes that the presence of PR-STV in Irish general elections will strongly influence decisions about candidate selection and party strategies, and has gender defects. Dr. McGing further notes that while constituency magnitude does not influence women's Dáil representation to the extent the political science literature would suggest, the effect is strongly mediated by...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...currently lies with the independent Policing Authority. Under the Bill, the Policing Authority will have responsibility for setting the policing priorities for policing services in Ireland. Before it does so, however, the Bill provides that the authority shall consult with the Commissioner, the national office and such other persons as the authority considers is appropriate. The...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Sorry, why does the Standing Order exist if I cannot call it?

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...that. Many people who leave care are in homeless accommodation and live in hostels. They leave State care where the State was effectively their parent for a period. That becomes obsolete if the person does not go on to education, which can be extremely difficult if he or she does not have a safe environment in which to be able to engage in education. We should look at the pilot scheme...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...take on a full-time caring responsibility for another ten years. Will these people simply fall through the cracks as they will not have sufficient employment or care contributions to qualify for the contributory pension? It does not seem fair if that is the case. The stated purpose of the policy is to cover gaps in the contribution record for carers. What if the gap is only ten years,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: What if it includes the option that is being made legal, which is assisted dying? Does Dr. McQuillan then see herself removing herself from the room?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Even though the person is one, two, three, or six weeks away from death would they be moved? It does not feel like patient-centred care then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...spoke about the moral pressure when things change. However, the end result there is that an intervention that goes against all the other principles people put forward on prolonging life like why does this person want to die and the suggestion that if we give them a certain amount of interventions or psycho social supports, they will not want to die. There are still people who will choose...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Why does the idea of someone withdrawing medical care not have the same impact as assisted dying? You could say the same because we allow for the right to refuse medication legally. Why has that not had a knock on effect on everybody who might think they will do that when they see that people want to avail of assisted dying? The public support is there with people saying they want to see...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...back to the invention of palliative care, medicalising death has already happened in how we prolong life at a particular stage or give medication. Allowing something to take its natural course does not include morphine or painkillers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Why does it? That is also a human invention. How is that the natural course?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Their natural course from what point in life? Going back to the natural course of what? They are slowly moving closer and closer to death. Maybe they are becoming more incapacitated. What does Dr. Doré mean about returning to their natural-----

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...Women for Election by Claire McGing notes that PR-STV in Irish general elections has strongly influenced candidate selection and party strategies and has had a gendered effect. She notes that while constituency magnitude does not influence women’s Dáil representation to the extent that political science literature suggests, the effect is strongly mediated by individual...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...Rather, it goes back and forth. Is the Department looking at, or will it look at, independent research on the root causes of violence and how to end it, rather than only how to police it? How does the Minister, who has responsibility for justice, view her role in ending, rather than just policing, violence? What does the idea of Fine Gael being the party of law and order mean when it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: In every academic study, poverty is indicated as the main driver of violence and crime. Ending poverty does not begin at eight or nine; it is a societal thing. Keeping that in mind, I understand the interventions to which the Minister refers, but the whole picture shows that the narrower the gap between rich and poor in a country, the fewer instances of violence and crime there. What,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ..., there was a purpose. Some people felt that they were finally standing up for themselves against something. The Minister would need a full analysis of the intentions of people. Of course that does not excuse it. It does not mean that somebody should not be held accountable. However, we cannot end people’s driver towards this stuff if we do not understand the personal...