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Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Standards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Lynn Ruane: By regulating we open ourselves to being able to set those standards-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Lynn Ruane: -----more so than having no regulation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I am sorry for going over the time, but are there any other laws, and I know they would be very different from this, where we have international relationships outside Europe and for which we have had to create brand new frameworks that have a human rights aspect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Many of my questions were on the same issue because I was sitting here wondering what an enhancement of family law would look like. I thank Professor O'Mahony for that. I would welcome a view or comment from him in the context of international law. The Commission will not report on its position until later this year, but my question is aimed at improving my own understanding. President...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Lynn Ruane: All I really needed to know is whether that piece was going to impact on this piece. It is clear that it is not. It would be too narrow. That is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Lynn Ruane: What I am wondering has less to do with the rights of the child and more to do with where bodily autonomy, reproductive decisions and the rights of women come into these conversations. If we consider the termination of pregnancy, if we are honest, we would have to say that economic considerations come into play when people decide whether to terminate a pregnancy, regardless of their...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I will be aiming to make it a triple now.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)

Lynn Ruane: A Chathaoirligh-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I formally second Senator Higgins's amendment. Senator Clonan is no longer present; however, as the only woman left on the Trinity panel, I welcome him. He mentioned matriarchs, so I will now claim to be the matriarch of the Trinity panel. The real travesty is that there has only ever been one Senator from Killinarden in the Chamber, never mind Blackrock. I wish to speak to a very sad and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank all the witnesses for their submissions. Everybody seems to be on the same page as to where we need to be, which is always a good start. We all may then have different views as to how we get there, but at least if the end goal is the same we are doing well. I will start with a question for Mr. Graham. His contribution is very important. Those with lived experience are always...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Does that negatively impact on the goals that would be set within rehabilitation? What type of impact does that have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. Graham. I will come back to him in a few minutes. My next question is for Mr. Mullins. The governor mentioned the community a lot. I have heard him speak about recidivism in the community. We are looking at what investment is made in individuals within the prison system. Will he elaborate a little on how the prison system is only one part of that? Obviously, there is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. Mullins. My next question is for Ms McCaffrey. Education has been coming up a lot in the contributions. As Mr. Graham said, education plays a key role and people's suffering increases with the realisation that having the knowledge is not always going to introduce everything they may need. Will Ms McCaffrey speak about the importance of education within prison and how we can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Ms McCaffrey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: We have a shorter amount of time in this round, so we must be concise. We went from a question that referred to everyone having hope to the targeting of 10% of prisoners. I would like to put the hope back in for those 10% of prisoners, whom we are potentially discouraging from engaging with these programmes because they are imprisoned for particular reasons, to ensure we are not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Brilliant. I thank Ms McCreery. Turning to Ms Gavin, and to draw on her experience regarding some of the gaps that exist in the system, and I refer to issues such as vacancies, one major area that stands out for me is the lack of digital literacy among people leaving prison. Does Ms Gavin think we must address this gap in the prison system by teaching people these skills? When people come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: Brilliant. I have one last question for Mr. Graham. He has been in prison for a while now, but he has also lived through the Covid-19 pandemic in the prison system. Can he speak a little about the impact of that experience? In society beyond the prisons, free hugs were being offered in the streets at one stage because people were so deprived of human touch and because of the resulting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. Graham.