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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: To put that in front of it, you then have to make a case that somebody is not going to protect their child, as in that final condition Ms Hynes mentioned. I am not using "you" to refer to the witnesses but for illustrative purposes. Within this provision, you are making a case that this person will be unlikely to be kept safe or protected in this imaginary situation of "likely to be". It...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: They are currently being neglected. That is what I am saying; it is not "likely to be".

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I cannot stand over the semantics of that. If they are currently being harmed or currently at risk or currently being neglected, it is already in the provision. You do not add "likely to be". "Likely to be" is based on the assumption that something is not happening but could happen.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: That is currently in there.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Does Mr. Quinlan agree that is currently in the provision without adding "likely to be"?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: No, it adds "likely to be".

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: If feels dangerous.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Let us say I work with man who has just come out of prison. Twenty-five years ago, that man committed a violent act and has not done so since. A social worker could make a very strong case if he seeks his children back or has children. It is open to being abused. I am not saying it will happen in every situation. My concern is that when it is open to being abused. A person may have...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I am okay with "likely to continue" because that implies something is already happening.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I would like the witnesses to comment on the explanation for the three to five years and, potentially, provisions for kids in voluntary care.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: What does that do to the relationship in terms of involvement of the natural parents and their rights?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: What if a foster parent did not want a child to be vaccinated and the actual parent did, but the foster parent was given an enhanced right after three years? Whose right prevails, if enhanced rights are given? Whose rights, medically, prevail in that situation?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Is the parent told of every situation that the foster parent is now consenting to? Are they consenting to the consent? Can something already have happened without the other parent being able to intervene and say they do not want it to happen?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I am speaking about the birth parent.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Can I clarify another thing for my own understanding? Is the five to three years only in cases where there is no hope of family reunification?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Can the parent still be active in that?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I have one more question. A few years ago, there was an attempt within the adoption part of the legislation to remove the consent of the parent to enable the foster parents adopting a child. The removal of that consent could be applied for through the court. At the time, an intervention was made. I submitted an amendment stating that the family would need support. There was back and...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: What about the point on independent advice being on a legislative footing?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Educational Disadvantage (3 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Education, Deputy Byrne, to the Chamber. I raise the issue of the lack of support provided to children and young people in disadvantaged communities. Such support would allow them to engage in curriculum learning. The DEIS system naturally tends to focus on what is required in schools as regards additional educational support. However,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Educational Disadvantage (3 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: The Minister of State indicated that the gap in educational achievement has narrowed. In fact, that is true only in respect of specific categories and metrics, in which we see a slight narrowing. My fear is that without an adequate review of DEIS that targets the children who need it most, and if we start framing many different schools, whatever bands they are in, as DEIS schools, the...