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

Lynn Ruane: Can we move for an extension to pick up the time?

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

Lynn Ruane: The Minister has said-----

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

Lynn Ruane: Thank you.

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

Lynn Ruane: We said we would extend-----

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

Lynn Ruane: No, she is not.

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

Lynn Ruane: Not agreed.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Not agreed.

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 1: In page 10, line 37, to delete “and” and substitute “or”.

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. I will be concise, given we have little time to get through the amendments. The amendment will amend the meaning of "principal burial land" in the interpretation section. Currently, the section defines a principal burial land as land "associated with an institution where burials have taken place ... of persons who died while resident at the...

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Given the time constraints, we will go straight to pressing the amendments.

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 2: In page 11, line 1, after “inappropriate” to insert the following: “or circumstances surrounding the death and/or body-disposal method warrant an investigation as to their lawfulness”.

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 3: In page 14, line 32, to delete “and” and substitute “or”.

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 4: In page 14, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “(ii) of persons, where circumstances surrounding the death and/or body-disposal method warrant an investigation as to their lawfulness,”.

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 5: In page 15, to delete lines 4 to 6 and substitute the following: “(c) the making of the order is in line with the wishes of the majority of relatives of persons buried on the land.”.

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Amendment No. 5 seeks to delete the lines in the Bill which say that an order for an excavation of a burial site will only be made if it is necessary for the purposes of safeguarding important objectives of general public interest. It is not clear what these lines are achieving, so I propose a deletion and substitution that specifies the Government may make an order where doing so is in line...

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 6: In page 15, to delete lines 17 and 18.

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Amendment No. 6 seeks to remove the subsection that provides that the Government shall not make an order to establish an office of director of authorised intervention if the burial site comprises a burial ground in whole or in part. In doing so, the amendment would ensure that the authorised interventions occur in the greatest possible number of cases. As drafted, principal burial land...

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 7: In page 15, line 21, after “recovered,” to insert the following: “unless written consent is obtained from living relatives to excavate the appropriately buried remains,”.

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 8: In page 15, to delete lines 22 and 23 and substitute the following: “(d) recovery of human remains from the land would pose risk of serious physical harm to persons responsible for the excavation,”.

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 9: In page 15, to delete lines 31 to 34 and substitute the following: “(5) Where difficulties listed under subsection (4), or any other substantive difficulties, are identified in respect of a site which meets the criteria outlined in subsection (3), the Government shall make every effort to resolve difficulties and to decide, in consultation with relevant...