Results 821-840 of 3,693 for speaker:Lynn Ruane
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I ask that some leeway be given on the groupings. We received a grouping list for which we prepared before coming to the Chamber and then we received a brand-new list as we entered. We have two lists. In the original list, amendments Nos.1 to 4 were grouped together. That is what was emailed to us. We prepared to come to the Chamber to respond to Government amendments on that basis. It...
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: What I am talking about is that the grouping of the amendments changed from when I left my office to when I got here. My preparation was already done.
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: It is not the same because the order in which the amendments arise is important. There are 80 amendments. When you prepare, and to be effective, you have everything ready in light of the order in which the amendments are grouped.
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I have a new grouping that I just got as we came into the Chamber.
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: Yes, but this changed in the past half an hour. When we prepared, we were originally told that amendments Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, would be grouped together. All I am asking is if some leeway could be given for us to be able to figure out our notes because they no longer not match with the groupings.
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: It does in terms of being ready to speak and the order in which you put your own documentation. You then have to begin to try to shuffle them around. I am only saying-----
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I am not sure the Acting Chairperson often comes in to speak on 80 amendments. With all due respect, it is a big issue when people are preparing for a lot of amendments.
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: The Acting Chairperson is not being asked for his point of view. I asked for some leeway-----
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I am not saying it interferes with my rights.
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: Nobody is saying I will not be allowed to speak. The Acting Chairperson did not have to have this length of a conversation. I only asked for some leeway regarding the fact that I prepared my notes in a certain order. That is it.
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: Jesus.
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: Yes, I wish to speak on amendments Nos. 7 to 9, inclusive. In speaking to amendment No. 8, the Bill as drafted does not include a provision that would allow a person who is interacting with a member of An Garda Síochána to ask that his or her body camera be turned on. This is a significant oversight. If we leave the Bill as is, it will mean gardaí will have absolute...
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 8: In page 10, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “(d) is requested to do so by an individual with whom they are engaged in the course of their duties,”.
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 12: In page 11, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “Additional provisions regarding operation of cameras affixed to, or part of, an aerial vehicle 11.Reasonable measures shall be taken to ensure that the use of any camera affixed to or part of an aerial vehicle, manned or unmanned, shall be overt and clearly identifiable as being Garda...
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 14: In page 11, after line 35, to insert the following: “(e) turns off, or causes not to be operated, a recording device to knowingly and purposefully conceal the use or misuse of force,”.
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I will speak to all of the amendments in this grouping. Amendment No. 14 would make it an offence for a garda to turn off their body camera or cause it not to be operating in the first instance to knowingly and purposefully conceal the use or misuse of force. The Minister advised during Committee Stage discussions that she could not accept this amendment because placing the circumstances...
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister. In the codes of practice there is a process whereby somebody will have to be answerable as to when a camera is turned on or off and there will be disciplinary procedures. When I consider this I must weigh up turning on or off a camera merely being a disciplinary procedure against an individual who may be impacted and their case, their life or their trial. I understand...
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: Are there definitions of what the information entails?
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: May I make one point?
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)
Lynn Ruane: It will determine whether I press the amendment to a vote. I might actually save the Chair time.