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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: Dr. Lambert is very welcome. I will focus on violence. Particularly over the past couple of years I have begun to explore responses to violence in other jurisdictions. Ireland is potentially way behind in understanding the core drivers. People get what the core drivers of violence might be to some degree, but, to date, we have always had shaming and punitive responses to violence. Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: In respect of the victimisation piece, I do not know if Dr. Lambert agrees, but in Ireland there needs to be a better understanding that being a victim and being a perpetrator are not mutually exclusive groups. A person can be both a victim and a perpetrator. Unfortunately when it comes to men and violent crime or to violence in general in Ireland, the moment a person goes from being a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I have a final question and I will not come back in afterwards. I know I have taken up a lot of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I do not know whether it is a philosophical question or whether there is a theory on it, but my question is about the illusion of safety. I have become a little bit obsessed with the subject. When I am doing community work in certain environments, people will say that we need more police on the streets. I am aware that more police on the streets does not reduce instances of violence over...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I know we only have a short time left.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: The answers Dr. Lambert has given are really good. She drew a distinction and referred to prevention. Basically, if somebody dies through violence, the response, as a policy, should not naturally be a harsher sentence and that is not saying the person should not be held accountable. There is obviously accountability for crimes that have happened and the fact that there is a victim. I am...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 1: In page 23, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(b) a personal gaming device or console,”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: A lot of the discussion has previously happened on Committee Stage but some of the amendments we have brought forward to Report Stage are ones we felt we could not really let go at the last Stage of debate. The Minister of State stated he would come back on amendment No. 1 and that he would consider our amendment. I hope that he can accept this amendment today as he did indicate an...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 3: In page 27, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “(b) to take measures to reduce or eliminate compulsive or excessive gambling,”

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: Amendment No. 3 would ensure the authority must, as part of its function, take steps to reduce problem gambling. We have listened to the Minister of State and have taken on board his views about the intention of the authority to reduce gambling harm and believe this amendment would strengthen that intention and make it very clear that the authority exists to try to eliminate problem gambling...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 4: In page 28, line 18, after "activities", to insert ", including the harms associated with compulsive and excessive gambling".

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 5: In page 28, line 23, after "activities,", to insert "including research into emerging industry trends and technologies,".

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 6: In page 29, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “(e) personal data processing and the principles of data protection,”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No.7: In page 39, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “(c) the prevalence of illegal or unregulated gambling, including by children;”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 8: In page 40, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(3) The Authority shall keep under review certain activities by non-licensees, which, while not constituting gambling activity, may operate in manner sufficiently similar and constitute sufficiently similar risk as gambling activity, and may, from time to time, prepare a report of any findings...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: This amendment seeks to insert a new subsection which would charge the Gambling Authority with reviewing gambling-like activities which may need to be regulated in the future. With this amendment we are thinking of things like cryptocurrency and trade in speculative investments which are not technically gambling but do look and behave a bit like gambling. The Gambling Commission in the UK...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 9: In page 41, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(g) the Health Service Executive,”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: These amendments seek to add two persons whom the authority may enter into an information-sharing agreement with in the performance of its functions. In amendment No. 9, we are seeking the inclusion of the HSE. As we highlighted on Committee Stage, we believe that there should be a capacity for the authority to share information with the HSE. By framing gambling harm through a public...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 10: In page 41, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(g) the Central Bank,”.