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Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: It does not have to go before a court, however. Basically, a superintendent can make the decision. There is no court hearing. A superintendent can decide to give access to the data, potentially with reasonable grounds and evidence, but there is no court involved. A superintendent can make that decision.

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I know Senator Higgins is waiting to come in, but it is easier to stay on this thread and jump back to her. I understand the point in respect of Schedule 2 data and the seriousness of the threat in terms of a threat to security or the State and all those things. Obviously, that needs to go before a court as that is where the bar needs to be set in that regard. It seems less harmful when we...

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 9: In page 8, line 13, to delete “preventing,”. Similar content has been covered in the last group of amendment but I will repeat for clarity. Amendments Nos. 9, 10, 12, and 13 would again limit the scope of Garda and Revenue officer powers in respect of “user data”. The Bill currently states that “user data” can be retained...

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 14: In page 37, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “Protection of journalistic sources 7E.(1) Sections 6B, 6D, 6E, 7B, and 7D shall not apply in the case of data belonging to a journalist, and no powers may be exercised in respect of the retention, preservation or disclosure of data of a journalist as a matter of urgency, without relevant...

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: We are on Committee Stage. I do not think we need a seconder, just for efficiency and time.

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Amendment No. 14 seeks to insert a new section into the Bill which would provide additional protection in respect of data journalists. It would provide for the non-application of certain sections of the Bill in respect of journalists' data, specifically the sections which provide for the use of emergency powers in respect of data retention. Certain sections of the Bill, for example, the...

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Senator Ward and the Minister. They have made a valid point on how to define the online space. This is where it stings us as Opposition Senators that we are doing all Stages together. We recognise there is an issue and if there was time in between the Stages we would have been able to work together to ensure that perhaps we could look at and sensitively handle what the definition...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (12 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 1: In page 13, to delete lines 33 and 34 and substitute the following: “ “student union” means an independent and self-governing body, elected by students in a higher education institution, that is established for the purpose of promoting the general interests of students of a designated higher education institution, and of representing students,...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (12 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Amendment No. 1 specifically defines a student union as an independent body elected by students. The electoral mandate is the key element here, not the recognition of a particular Minister or a governing authority. We spoke about this in detail last week but it remains an unanswered and fundamental point. If we say external recognition of a students' union has more weight legally, rather...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (12 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister and his office for their engagement and for the detailed email response to many of the amendments, which has been helpful. When he indicated the definition would be detrimental, is that purely because it would be out of line with that in the sectoral legislation? In the context of what is the best possible definition of a student union, if making it out of line with...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (12 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 2: In page 13, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: “ “United Nations Sustainable Development Goals” means the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 1 to 17 set out in the document entitled “Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, published by the UN Department of Economic and Social...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (12 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: The amendment proposes to insert a definition of the UN sustainable development goals into the Bill.I propose this amendment because in subsequent amendments Senator Higgins references the SDGs and, given Ireland has signed up to these, it is important that we reflect our international obligations in how the higher education sector functions into the future. I urge the Minister to accept...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (12 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister for his response. It is not to say the Bill has not been made better on previous Stages but it possibly has not been made its best. The Seanad is trying to bring it to that next level of better. We are hugely concerned by the outdated definition in the Bill. I will press the amendment.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (12 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 3: In page 13, to delete lines 39 and 40, and in page 14, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following: “(3) In this Act, references to environmental development and sustainability shall be construed as references to development and actions that meet the needs of the present and which contribute to climate action without accelerating or worsening the...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (12 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 4: In page 13, to delete lines 39 and 40, and in page 14, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following: “(3) In this Act, references to environmental development and sustainability shall be construed as references to development and actions that meet the needs of the present and which contribute to climate action, in line with the United Nations...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 5: In page 13, to delete lines 39 and 40, and in page 14, to delete lines 1 to 3.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 6: In page 14, line 1, after “needs” to insert the following: “, while recognising historic responsibility for climate change and its effects on current populations,”.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 7: In page 14, line 3, after “development,” to insert “climate justice,”.