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Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 92: In page 47, to delete lines 38 and 39, to delete pages 48 to 50, and in page 51, to delete lines 1 to 7.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 94: In page 48, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “(b) a detailed technical specification of the devices to be used in the CCTV scheme, including the hardware, software and any artificial intelligence used to record, store or process the recorded visual data,”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 95: In page 48, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(iii) the deletion and destruction of recordings made and documents produced pursuant to that scheme,”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 96: In page 48, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(c) shall include an assessment of the ethical, environmental and social class considerations and implications of the CCTV scheme, and”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 97: In page 48, line 34, after “shall” to insert “, in consultation with relevant persons,”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 98: In page 49, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(c) the precise location of any recording devices provided by the CCTV scheme shall be recorded in a local authority database of CCTV recording devices, which is accessible to the public on the website of the local authority concerned.”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 102: In page 51, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “(17) Notices, which shall be known as Surveillance Transparency Notices, shall be published in respect of every CCTV scheme approved under this section, both online on a website maintained by the relevant local authority, and in all important public forums within the local...

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 103: In page 51, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “Prohibition on use of artificial intelligence under CCTV scheme 33.The Act of 1997 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 23A: “23AA.(1) The use of facial recognition technology, or any other cognate artificial intelligence technologies, in combination...

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 108: In page 52, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “(v) the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission,”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 109: In page 53, to delete line 22 and substitute the following: “(a) may, where obtained on foot of a valid search warrant, be admitted as evidence in criminal proceedings, and”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I second both amendments from the Independent Group with regard to the guillotines. This is what the Minister, Deputy Harris, said about the Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: I am here to engage in good faith. It will take the time that it takes, and we will work our way through it. I would not be so rude, as a Member of the Lower House, to try to tell the Upper House how to do its...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: We will join with the other groups with regard to the amendments seeking to remove the guillotines. I am disappointed that Senator Mullen has left the room. As a Member of-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I say it in order for him to listen to my contribution, rather than to out him for having left the Chamber.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: With power comes great responsibility. We all have very privileged positions. We talk about free speech and our responsibility, but for some reason we are talking about the mistreatment of individuals with power, privilege, voice and space on a committee, instead of talking about witnesses who had to leave committee rooms in tears. Who protects them? Where does the Oireachtas protect them...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: On a point of order, there were no difficulties about how the committee business was done. Some of the narrative is not an accurate representation of events. All voices were heard at the committee.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I dispute the comparison with the repeal committee. The situation was the same at the surrogacy committee.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I do. I welcome the Minister of State back to the Chamber. I had spoken to the majority of the amendments when we finished last week on this section. I had not elaborated on amendment No. 62 so I will now speak briefly to that. Amendment No. 62 seeks to include the provision that a registration authority may enter the name of a person on the pending elector list for the register of...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: It is not appropriate to speak in the Chamber about people who are not here. It is not okay.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: As it was brought up in reference to the Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill, which has been very well-supported by the Minister and by the Government and will be so again this evening, I wish to point out one slight difference in that the NDA Bill is legislation that will apply to all citizens, and I know that is an intersection with policy, whereas the reference...