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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: The 99% is based not on a positive number; it is actually based on how many it did not wrongly match.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: The 99% is not based on how accurate it is. It is actually based on how many times that face did not match.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: If it wrongly matched two people and did not match at all against eight people, it would claim that it has 80% accuracy because it did not match against eight people. That is not really 99% accuracy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: The Metropolitan Police and the South Wales Police say the matches from 2016 to 2023 have been more than 86% inaccurate, if we look at the inaccuracy rating.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I do not think how it is measured is being explained correctly for people to understand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: It is how the 99% accuracy is calculated that is the issue, rather than how many times they check. It is how it is calculated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: It is important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: With regard to the riots, reference has been made to 22,000 hours of footage but surely it is not being suggested that those 22,000 hours of footage would be scanned and every single face processed. Scenario No. 3 of the European Data Protection Board guidelines on FRT and law enforcement deals with the example of a riot or protest. The guidelines clearly state that a generic national legal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: Is An Garda Síochána seeking to process all of those faces in over 22,000 hours of footage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: That includes the processing of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: That would include the processing of people who were not perpetrators.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: Other people would have to be processed in order for An Garda Síochána to be able to whittle it down to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I thank everyone for their presentations. I do not know if anybody watched the last session. It is probably unfair to the witnesses that some of the last session's witnesses' contributions are still ringing in my head. Today's witnesses may be able to clarify some of my concerns from that last session by virtue of their expertise. Facial recognition technology is about facial recognition....

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 1: In page 7, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “ “An Coimisiún” means Coimisiún na Meán;”. Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 seek to add the clarifying definitions that “An Coimisiún” and "Commission" refer to "Coimisiún na Meán” for the first Part of the Bill.Up until Part 3, the...

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I will withdraw the amendment but reserve the right to reintroduce it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: The section grants sweeping powers to the Minister to make "regulations prescribing any matter or thing which is referred to in this Act". The provision is unduly broad and does not put in place adequate guardrails that would limit ministerial discretion in respect of such regulations. I accept further regulation may well be needed and would indeed be welcome on a number of issues. Our...

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 2: In page 9, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: “Definition 7.In this Part, “Commission” means Coimisiún na Meán.”.

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: It is unusual to have reports ruled out of order on the grounds of posing a cost to the State. Over the years, we have tabled many amendments on introducing reports, including ones that have actually come to fruition and been carried out by Departments, that were not ruled out of order. It has always been a positive addition to much of the legislation that has passed through the House. I...

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I appreciate that and I appreciate the Minister of State's comments on the last section about engagement. It did not lodge in my head at first when I came in that we have all remaining Stages today so I do appreciate any further conversation we can have on it. I also want to note the accessibility of online platforms in relation to the UNCPRD, which is also similar in terms of the last...

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 8: In page 18, line 6, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”. Amendments Nos. 8 and 9 seek to strengthen wording in the Bill by specifying that an authorised officer shall rather than may impose a daily penalty on an online platform for an ongoing contravention of the regulation. In order for the regulation to constitute a meaningful...