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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister. It has been very helpful to sit back and listen to the previous engagements. I acknowledge the work of the Minister and the officials in the Department over recent years in working with me as the Bill went through the Seanad. We also allowed each other space to have these discussions. To put it on the record, what I am hearing is that it is the drafting that it is...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: It is about the timeframe. Is the Minister saying that there is no doubt in his mind that the timeframe will not shift and that I will not be told in a week's time or two weeks' time that there still was not enough time? I know it is his intention to see this brought forward as an amendment on Committee Stage but it was also his intention that it would be part of the general scheme. My...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: If an election happens first, everything falls.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I appreciate that. Why is this to be done on Dáil Committee Stage rather than on Committee Stage in the Seanad? As a Senator, it is extremely important to me and not only am I having a discussion about waiving pre-legislative scrutiny in the committee that I am on, but I am also having to hand over the other part of my legislative role, which is in the Seanad. The suggestion is that it...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: Separate to the NDA aspect, the Seanad not being able to introduce amendments to that aspect of the Bill before it is debated on a Dáil Stage is a problem not just for me but for the procedures and processes that exist within the Houses to allow all Senators to do their jobs. It is an issue that goes beyond just me and could apply to issues other than just the NDA amendments. Even...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: Regarding not having full control over the priority of the drafters, does the Minister have a schedule in place with the drafters where, for example, they update him on a weekly basis or every few days on where the drafting process is at? Will the Minister just wait until they produce something the week he expects it to be in the Dáil? Is a regular meeting being held?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: On an ongoing basis.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I have one more question, which is on the hugely important retrospective bit. It is not in the heads as we have seen them proposed. Some of the communication we received from the Minister or his Department over the past week or so was that a legal definition of a non-disclosure agreement is needed because there is no legal definition for it in any legislation. I find it interesting to say...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: Free Legal Advice Centres, FLAC, released a report this morning or yesterday, which I am not sure whether the Minister has seen, which stated that it found State bodies, healthcare providers, educational institutes, retailers and hotel operators have all sought to conceal settlements in discrimination and equality cases by insisting on confidentiality clauses. Basically, we are saying that...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: So the legal-----

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: For clarity and clearness, once I saw the word "complexities" come up, that caused a huge swell of asking what is going on rather than just drafting and time. It has been good to tease that out. I have never not been confident in the Department's dedication and ownership. It has taken over this work. The concern I have, in regard to the answer to Deputy Coveney, is that the drafters would...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: All I wanted to clarify was that there was no policy push back in any shape or form. That is good to hear and to understand. I get the pressure stuff. I have one final question. In response to Deputy Sherlock, the Minister said things can change in the draft between what was in the heads for us in terms of what we were provided with and what is produced. I want to ensure that while the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I send my congratulations and well wishes to the Irish Homeless Street Leagues teams who are playing in the Homeless World Cup in Seoul, South Korea. As athletes, they do not get enough attention when they go off around the world each year to play in the Homeless World Cup. The team changes every year and includes people experiencing homelessness, addiction, social isolation and many...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I have apologies from Deputy Gould, who will be represented today by Deputy Quinlivan. I also have apologies from Deputy Stanton. Parliamentary privilege is considered to apply to the utterances of members participating online in a committee meeting when their participation is from within the parliamentary precincts. There can be no assurances in respect of participation online from...