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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I disagree with the last part of it, but I understand the response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in the United States: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Okay. Sorry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in the United States: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I will address Dr. Jeanne first. I refer to the idea that there is not any oversight or regulatory framework to oversee cases like there would be with other medical care. I am trying to find the line in his opening statement. He referred to “specific regulatory or enforcement responsibilities in the statute, other than the portion related to the reporting requirements”. Is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. I have questions under several headings. Are the representatives of the Department of Justice just here to observe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Okay. I have questions for the IPRT and maybe one for the POA. The first one relates to head 7, and I imagine this is for the IPRT and the Department to take note of. Head 7(1)(e), relating to education and training, says "insofar as the length of time in prison permits". In terms of rehabilitation and access to education that is quite problematic because it means that a scenario could be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: There is no workers' representative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I have two questions. First, although I cannot remember which heading this comes under, it is stated that the Minister will lay out the priorities for the year. I suppose this comes back to the separation issue. If there is independence, should the director general and the board not be the ones who are in a position to lay out the priorities, obviously in consultation or in collaboration...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I had a question about opinions and criticism and the director general's ability to criticise, or not necessarily criticise but to have an alternative opinion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I have a few questions and some of them are to seek clarity on a couple of things. Perhaps Mr. Donagh, Ms Phelan or Mr. Lalor will be able to answer my question on heads 18 and 19 and the existence of exceptional circumstances. The exceptional circumstances permit the court to allow second counsel. Is that saying that only at the say of the judge will that person have a second counsel,...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I welcome the Taoiseach to the Chamber. Reference was made to the decrease in poverty rates during the pandemic. It is understood that decrease in child poverty rates was linked to the economic measures during the pandemic. According to Central Statistics Office, CSO, data, there were 671,000 people living in poverty in 2022. Of them, approximately 188,000 were children, while an...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Sep 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. The concerns I intend to lay out in my contribution today have been well aired by many of our colleagues in the Dáil and by representatives from civil society and the wider public throughout the course of the debate on the Bill. The concerns that have been raised about privacy, fundamental rights and civil liberties are legitimate and it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank our guests very much for their contributions today. If it is okay with the two speakers, I will ask all my questions first and then hand over to them if they want to take note of them. Professor Boer mentioned in his submission that in some neighbourhoods, assisted deaths account for 15% to 20% of all deaths. My first question is about whether there is something that defines them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I am not sure I would like the answers to my questions to come from Senator Mullen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Yes, it does.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I asked the same question and it was dealt with.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I was doing some reading on Exit International's Sarco pods. The Swiss medical review board has given the green light to these pods, although I am not sure what that might mean. Does Mr. Luley or Professor Boer have any insights into the ethics of these pods? I think they are called Sarco suicide pods. Reading about them and looking at pictures of them, it does not seem to be a very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Lynn Ruane: It also suggests that artificial intelligence, AI, is being used for the assessment of capacity. It seems very problematic to me to use AI to assess capacity because that removes human interaction.