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- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)
Lynn Ruane: -----the campus council.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)
Lynn Ruane: There is probably a gap-----
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)
Lynn Ruane: But also in the statistics that capture how many people do not reoffend.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)
Lynn Ruane: What about the continued use of single separation?
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I engage with a woman regularly whose son is in Oberstown. She felt the more separation he endured, the more frustrated, lonely and isolated he felt. His behaviour was not improving with separation.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)
Lynn Ruane: Are there any parents on the board?
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)
Lynn Ruane: Would it be worth considering having a member who has expertise through experience of this?
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)
Lynn Ruane: The decision-making level.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I thank Ms Yiasouma, and I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for indulging me.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)
Lynn Ruane: Would some young people be released into homelessness at 18 years of age?
- Seanad: Disregard of Certain Criminal Records of Gay Men: Motion (17 May 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I stress how welcome this motion is and express the Civil Engagement Group’s full support for it. I do not want to endlessly repeat comments that have been made so I will echo the gratitude expressed to those people who, over decades, brought us to this point, although I will not namecheck them all again. The motion has many different strands about the history of criminalisation of...
- Seanad: Climate Action and Biodiversity (Mandates of Certain Organisations) Bill 2023: Second Stage (16 May 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I am delighted to be in the Chamber this evening to second Senator Higgins’s Bill. I want to begin by commending Senator Higgins and her staff, Sárán Fogarty and Ciara Gaynor, on their work in developing this Bill. We are very fortunate to have Senator Higgins and her team in the Oireachtas, given the work they have undertaken in developing their own legislative solutions...
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I thank everyone for their submissions. I have a few questions. I will go through them all first and the representatives might take notes. Many of the questions are for the representatives from EPIC but I will highlight those that are not. Some of Deputy Sherlock’s questions touched on points I want to make about independent advocacy. There is a lot of talk about ensuring the...
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)
Lynn Ruane: Basically, if we had independent advocacy, it would mean it would be spread across all kids-----
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)
Lynn Ruane: -----whereas now it is only if they seek it out through EPIC.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)
Lynn Ruane: No, those are the most important areas. They are the issues I should loop back to. Hopefully, I will be back in time. The more important thing is that they will be on the transcript.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I am asking about the position if a person is not registered to access some of the State supports. I have done a lot of work on spent convictions and it always creeps into my head when I think of some who may fear registering because of a past conviction, especially in working-class communities that have been over-policed to a high degree. The conviction may be minor and would not...
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I do. We will probably discuss some of the areas I wish to touch on, which include the in camerarule - that has been addressed - the interpretation of in loco parentis, and the joint protocol and its potential relationship to the duty to co-operate. If I am not here for that discussion, I apologise.