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Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Blame the church.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I want to come back in to pick up on a couple of points. I am glad Senator Kyne came back into the room. Senator Malcolm Byrne said there is a concern that people would vote for fringe candidates or crazies.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: When Senator Kyne rephrased that in his contribution, he referred to candidates on the left. I wanted to pick up on the point. Senator Malcolm Byrne did not mention the left. He referred to fringe candidates and crazies. I would like to acknowledge that candidates of the left are neither fringe nor crazy.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: In listening to everyone's contributions, I am mindful we are trying to make the case for how active young people are. That is obviously a good thing. We are trying to note how knowledgeable and opinionated they are. I would like to state we do not require that level of input from anybody else who votes in the political system.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I know we are trying to demonstrate a case but we do not carry out any sort of psychological, emotional, well-being or capacity assessment on anybody from the age of 18 upwards. We would not say that 30-year-olds cannot vote because a portion of them do not go to Pride or engage in climate activism. It feels as if we are putting an awful lot of responsibility on 16-year-olds to the extent...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 17: In page 22, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(3) Where the Commission enters into contracts or appoints persons as consultants or advisers, a record of such contracts and consultations shall be kept and laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas on a bi-annual basis.” This amendment inserts a new subsection into section 15...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 19: In page 24, line 39, after "time" to insert ", but only once". Amendment No. 19 seeks to limit the term of the chief executive to being renewable only once. Currently, the Bill provides that the chief executive can have a five-year term and may be reappointed but not for more than ten years sequentially at a time. This amendment would look to only allowing two...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Yes.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 20: In page 25, to delete lines 1 to 3.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 21: In page 25, line 10, after “section” to insert “, having due regard to the desirability of the appointee having knowledge of, and experience in, the areas as set out in section 9(4)”.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 22: In page 27, line 19, after “office” to insert “with a record of such representations to be kept”.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 23: In page 29, lines 23 and 24, to delete “in such manner as the Commission considers appropriate” and substitute “in an accessible manner on a website maintained by the Commission”. Amendment No. 23 seeks to amend the provision that the commission shall publish its annual report in such a manner as it deems appropriate by removing the...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 24: In page 30, line 18, after "Office" to insert ", the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission". The amendment seeks to provide that the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC, be included alongside the Central Statistics Office and Ordnance Survey Ireland as an organisation that may assist the commission in the performance of its functions. The IHREC...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Vótáil.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 25: In page 30, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “(d) to review the electoral system and franchise for Seanad Éireann;”. This is a really important amendment for the Civil Engagement group. It seeks to include that one of the expressed functions of the electoral commission would be to review the electoral system and franchise...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 33: In page 31, line 35, to delete “next of kin” and substitute “close relative”.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Amendment Nos. 33, 34 and 36 form a group that seeks to replace the definition of "next of kin" with a new definition of "close relative". The three amendments together replace the current next of kin mechanism with a new close relative mechanism for requesting information about deceased relevant relatives. Amendment Nos. 33 and 34 replace references to "next of kin" with references to...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 34: In page 32, line 4, to delete “next of kin” and substitute “a close relative”.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 35: In page 32, to delete lines 5 to 13 and substitute the following: “(2) For the purposes of this Part, the following shall be considered to be the next of kin of a deceased relevant person: (a) his or her mother or father; (b) his or her brother or sister; (c) his or her uncle or aunt; or (d) his or her nephew or niece.”.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 36: In page 32, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “(2) For the purposes of this Part, the following shall be considered to be the close relative of a deceased relevant person: (a) his or her mother or father; (b) his or her brother or sister; (c) his or her uncle or aunt; or (d) his or her nephew or niece.”.