Results 121-128 of 128 for garda speaker:Lynn Ruane

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: .... Young people were resorting to all sorts of made-up ideas of what they should do to protect their friends or to bring them out of an overdose. They often did not ring an ambulance for fear the Garda would come as a result of that historical negative relationship that exists between the Garda and drug users. That is why the one part of the Bill I am concerned about, much like Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Last week I raised the issue of the discriminatory introduction of Garda vetting of access students at Dublin Institute of Technology, DIT. I would like to put on the record that since last week it has reversed that decision and realised that it was a negative move. I would like to congratulate it for reversing that so quickly. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Education and...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: It came to my attention approximately two weeks ago that Dublin Institute of Technology, DIT, intended to have all of its access programme students Garda vetted. The programme aims to provide second-chance education, often for students from poor socio-economic backgrounds. What is happening is alarming and discriminatory. Dublin Institute of Technology is singling out a cohort of students...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: ...and search them. I think that is the equivalent of giving Dublin City Council the privilege of being able to access a person's home. The Bill proposes to give the granting of search warrants beyond the normal remit. The Garda Síochána, Customs and Excise, and the Revenue Commissioners are the accountable officials who grant search warrants and no other authority should have the...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: ...the issue of fixed payment notices. There will be no recourse to appeal in this regard. I reiterate the importance of an appeals mechanism and the fact that sweeping powers, which go beyond the Garda Síochána, need to be addressed in the reply from the Minister.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Lynn Ruane: ...problem of trafficking for sexual exploitation? Why was there no focus on implementing the existing law more effectively? The next point I wish to make concerns sex workers and their distrust of the Garda. Many come from countries where the police are quite abusive. According to a report that came out last week, the Ombudsman is looking into 70 accounts of sexual assault by gardaí...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Nov 2016)

Lynn Ruane: ...I find the words "policing this facility" distressful in that I would question why anybody would want to use a facility that is being policed in the first place. I could not even let the community garda anywhere near the front gates of a community project in which I was involved and if i did the young men would not come in and use the facility. We will fail from the very beginning if we...

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (5 Jul 2016)

Lynn Ruane: ...or coming "into possession of any property that he or she has reasonable grounds for suspecting" was obtained through criminal activity. Will there be set criteria on what constitutes "reasonable"? Will it be up to the Garda or will there be a set structure to define "reasonable"? The Bill also makes reference to the threshold value of property subject to the Act being "no less than...