Results 81-100 of 128 for garda speaker:Lynn Ruane

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. Sunderland. I would like to go back to the Garda representatives for a moment. Reference was made to the protection of gardaí with regard to body-worn cameras. Obviously, violence of any nature should not be condoned but, as they say, the camera does not lie. When a body camera is turned on, however, it could give a perception of an event that may not be accurate. When a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Lynn Ruane: ...I spent thinking about why I do not speak about the matter this morning, I recalled the many occasions when I have tried to speak about it and when I was met with a love fest of all the things the gardaí are great and good at and people recounting the great experiences they had with this or that garda. The latter completely dismisses the experiences of communities which are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Civil Liberties during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Lynn Ruane: ...and we have just heard similar from Mr. Herrick. I know the need for different, disaggregated data, etc. has been talked about but is there currently, or should there be, data on the number of Garda interactions with individuals which tracks all prohibited grounds of discrimination under the Equal Status Act? Protests were mentioned so I want to ask a question around the protests and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Civil Liberties during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Lynn Ruane: Yes, to the deputy Garda commissioner.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Lynn Ruane: ...to information sharing that even an NDA that is legally signed under this Bill cannot apply to, for example, whistleblowing under the protected disclosures legislation, communications relating to the harassment by the Garda, a lawyer or a therapist. Finally, the Bill would require that agreements made under this Act must be written in plain English, insofar as is possible, that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2020: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Lynn Ruane: ...than ending up in a space where we say that everybody must have proficiency in Irish? We see from other sectors where we are fighting to have diversity, such as the teaching profession and the Garda, that even in order to be able to study in the area, having a proficiency in Irish could reduce diversity before anyone even has the opportunity to apply to the Bar, for example. Sometimes...

Seanad: Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 May 2021)

Lynn Ruane: ...to take on a language or they may miss out on certain subjects as their choices are narrowed down by the time they reach second year or third year. With regard to creating diversity in certain sectors, to be a garda or a teacher, one needs particular things at leaving certificate level which, as it stands, are sometimes just not provided for. I was a lecturer in Maynooth University a...

Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Dec 2020)

Lynn Ruane: ...in respect of coercive control could have on me. I got a phone call about the images that were shared online before the story went live. I had to tell them to ring me back because two gardaí were in my sitting room with me as I began to look at taking my own case concerning harassment that has been ongoing for five years. As this Bill was coming through at speed, I sat down to look...

Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Lynn Ruane: ...but I have never met him. I have had to avoid taking leaflets from people on the streets because, since I do not even know what he looks like, I think he will jump out an hand me something. The Garda has tried to get me an image of him. He has been very threatening. How does one make the distinction the Senator mentioned when something is lawful but also abusive? That is another...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child Abuse (22 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: ...of the kind in question have come to light, St. John Ambulance has implemented child protection measures. I have been told there was some resistance in the beginning to measures such as Garda vetting. All these issues have been sorted but, regardless of child protection measures within an organisation, the law still applies to any organisation in which there is child sexual abuse. The...

Seanad: Electoral (Civil Society Freedom)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (22 Oct 2020)

Lynn Ruane: ...and criminal sanction. Last year an ad hocgroup of local residents in south Dublin who organised together to participate in the planning process and to fundraise locally through a Facebook page were referred to the Garda by SIPO and brought to the High Court. Of greatest concern in the case of the group Equate, actors on the opposing side of the baptism-barrier issue deliberately used...

Seanad: An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála eile ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Mar 2020)

Lynn Ruane: ...We must be mindful that even though recruitment drives can happen everywhere else, they cannot happen within the prison system unless we bring back retired officers. The only other option is the Garda or the Army whose members I am sure would possibly be dispersed elsewhere. The goal is that if we are picking people up that we already have a warrant or we are detaining them for some...

Seanad: Criminal Records (Exchange of Information) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ...in the State, be a conviction which: (a) could be regarded as spent by virtue of section 5 of the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016, or (b) for the purposes of Garda vetting, that it could be a conviction to which Section 14A of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 applies; than as appropriate, it shall be eligible to...

Seanad: Criminal Records (Exchange of Information) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ...law: a general regime under the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016, which can apply to District Court and Circuit Court convictions, and a specific regime for Garda vetting under section 14A of the National Vetting Bureau Act 2012, which applies to District Court convictions. The general rule is that after seven years, and without reoffending, a single...

Seanad: Criminal Records (Exchange of Information) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ...though the points are similar, how we address them might be a little different. If we consider something to be spent here, it should be removed completely from every system that exists here. The Garda vetting bureau or the central authority should not be able to see it or be able to relay to another country that it exists. We are into a conversation on whether something is spent at all...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ...and not only a conversation about how we can find ways to prosecute people who end up in that position. I have fears about the relationship that currently exists especially between young men and gardaí in areas that are extremely disadvantaged. We have a history in Ireland where gardaí have withheld methadone from people who are on heroin so that they could extract information...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ...some of the recommendations from that working group to be given life. Obviously, this is something that is extremely close to my heart in relation to drugs possession, and especially in respect of Garda vetting and the significant amount of people who we keep out of certain sectors because of simple possession in their past. I hope the Minister can accept the amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ...relate to Part 3 and will amend the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012. Amendment No. 22 will make the same change as amendment No. 17, namely, removing the limit on the number of convictions from the Garda vetting scheme. Amendments Nos. 21 and 23 will amend the 2012 Act to ensure that convictions received in the Circuit Court can become spent for the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ...No. 15 and in light of the recently heralded shift in the Department towards a health-led approach to drug policy rather than one rooted in the criminal justice system. The list of excluded offences for the purposes of Garda vetting provides that a first conviction for simple possession of drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act can become spent but that second and subsequent offences cannot....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Process (12 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ...make them fit-for-purpose, rather than just forcing vulnerable migrant women to work alone? I know in responses to parliamentary questions on this issue that the Minister will be engaging with An Garda Síochána, the HSE and civil society groups and that he will be funding research in this area. What is the methodology that will be used for the research? Will the Minister commit...