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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: In regard to Schedule 1, which is subject to the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, we know from deliberations on both the Institutional Burials Bill 2022 and the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 that the number of institutions confined in this Bill does not represent the real number of mother and baby homes. It is of concern that the Minister for Public...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: It is a matter of meeting the criteria and is not connected with the budget allocation.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Ms McGarrigle.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: My apologies if I have to leave the room to attend the Seanad Chamber for ten minutes or 15 minutes. I do not want our guests to think I am rude if I leave during their contributions. I will come straight back afterwards.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I have two further technical questions about the heads of the Bill. On heads 3 and 6, the role of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform seems to be dominant here given that decisions are primarily sanctioned by that Minister. While the role of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is obviously relevant given the financial implications, there is a concern that the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Issues relating to International Surrogacy Arrangements and Achieving Parental Recognition: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Many of my questions have been asked. I refer to the clarification in respect of what we can do in the context of pre- and post-birth internationally. A witness to a previous meeting referred to the wish for the surrogate mother recognised on the long birth certificate and the openness and willingness in that regard. Ms Duffy referred to the benefits of the situation in some US states...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Issues relating to International Surrogacy Arrangements and Achieving Parental Recognition: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: It does. I recall the witness speaking about a willingness and stating that if the surrogate mother wished to remain on a birth certificate, the long birth certificate would be the place for that. Is there a situation where that is required? It is as valuable as what happens in America in the context of a child looking for identification of his or her surrogate mother at a later stage. Ms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Issues relating to International Surrogacy Arrangements and Achieving Parental Recognition: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I have been doing a lot of listening and am trying to process so many things. I am considering whether we move to a situation where we nearly have to prove every single ethical framework conversation, such as love and compassion for surrogate mothers, and try to balance that with the fact we just need to exercise children's rights. At what stage do we balance those two things against each...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Issues relating to International Surrogacy Arrangements and Achieving Parental Recognition: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thought it was 12.30 p.m.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: The amount of committees I am on-----

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Amendment No. 64 is really about financial independence. The Bill provides that the Minister may advance moneys to the commission, provided by the Oireachtas, and with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The Bill does not specify whether any such advancements will be subject to the oversight or approval of both Houses of the Oireachtas, as we see in other...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 64: In page 31, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: “(1A) Any such financial advancements will be subject to the oversight and approval of both Houses of the Oireachtas, prior to their being advanced to the Commission.”. I am struggling to understand the Minister of State's response in relation to broadcasting contracts. Would the...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: This is Committee Stage so I can come back in on the Minister of State's response.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Usually proposers can come back in on their amendments when the Minister or Minister of State has given a response on Committee Stage. This is not Report Stage. The first three amendments in the group are Senator Higgins's amendments. My name is first on amendment No. 64. We have dealt with Senator Higgins's three amendments and mine is next. I had to wait until we reached it-----

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Yes.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Perhaps there is a misunderstanding on my part here. I am not suggesting that the Oireachtas has to oversee every single decision that the commission makes about expenditure on broadcasting contracts and so on. The amendment relates to advancements and yearly budgets. Maybe there is a misunderstanding on my behalf but I am not really following the response from the Minister of State. He...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I will look at the amendment in relation to its intention and perhaps its placement within the Bill. When you look at the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC, I am sure it has to seek contracts in other ways for other things, but yet it seems to have the complete opposite of what is being suggested.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I wish to speak amendment No. 107 in my name. I missed the fact that it is included in this grouping. I have some queries in this regard because the definition made it in without the other definitions that qualify it because they were seen as creating a cost to the State. Yet this amendment allows for the definition of "political purposes". I intend to withdraw this amendment because it...