Results 1-20 of 124 for garda speaker:Lynn Ruane

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2024: Discussion (16 Apr 2024)

Lynn Ruane: ...50. On head 11, which provides provisions on information exchange, I refer to its purpose in respect of GDPR. What is the purpose of the sharing of information when it comes to CAB with An Garda Síochána or the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission? Is it related to crime itself? What type of data is it? Is it full access to data? That would obviously have 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 apologise in advance for pressing for concise answers but the time constraint is not helpful in one sense, although it means I have to look for yes-no answers. The first question is to the Garda Commissioner. I am looking for a simple answer. Does he oppose judicial overview of FRT?

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: 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: ...expertise. Facial recognition technology is about facial recognition. As Dr. Bracken-Roche said, that facial image can be obscured in many different ways. In speaking on the heads of Bill, An Garda Síochána has pointed out that there are measures already in place. People can be identified by clothing and then followed from point to point until they are identified. Its...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Lynn Ruane: ...” to insert “the number and nature of”. These amendments concern section 77. Section 77 of the Bill provides for the collection, compilation and storage of statistical information by the Garda Commissioner. The section as drafted provides that the "... Commissioner shall ensure that ... statistical information [in relation to] offences, criminal proceedings and the...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 57: In page 75, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(c) consequences for members of garda personnel for breaching the code of ethics.”. You would think we would be used to doing that.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Lynn Ruane: ...to insert “,in a timely and efficient manner”. Section 85 sets out the powers of an appointed person in the context of an inquiry relating to the administration, operation, practice or procedure of An Garda Síochána or the conduct of Garda personnel. The investigation of disciplinary matters tends to be an incredibly legalised process, prone to extensive delays...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Lynn Ruane: ...amendment No. 59: In page 93, line 25, after “State” to insert “in the fulfilment of their professional functions”. Section 101 sets out the circumstances in which members of An Garda Síochána and the Garda Commissioner will be held liable for certain acts. The section, as drafted, provides that where a garda commits an actionable wrong, the...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I accept that with respect to something that occurs in the line of duty. If somebody was not on call and has access to a Garda vehicle, the use of that vehicle would not be within his or her professional remit. If my house is burgled while nobody is at home and I come home and ring the Garda station, the driver of a Garda car who is involved in an accident on the way from station would not...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Lynn Ruane: Is that regardless of what type of offence a garda is responding to while using the car?

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Lynn Ruane: ...the coalface and on the front line, whereas the statutory bodies bring a different layer of expertise into those spaces. The local authority is hugely important when it comes to safety, as is An Garda Síochána, but the people involved are all a particular type of representative. The task forces also include community representatives. I cannot imagine a scenario where the whole...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Lynn Ruane: ...State and community organisations. The partnership model cannot succeed without buy-in from State agencies and the community, including their representative organisations and, most importantly, the Garda. It is hard to see why State agencies would invest resources when there is no obligation on them to do so and there are few outcomes visible from this forum. This is a major barrier in...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...move amendment No. 44: In page 57, line 2, after “a” to insert “fair,”. This is a very simple amendment. It seeks to insert the word "fair" in respect of the performance by a member of Garda personnel of their duties. As drafted, the Bill provides that the duties shall be discharged in a “lawful, professional, punctual and prompt manner.”...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...page 59, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “(b) the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission,”. Chapter 6 of Part 2 relates to the governance and accountability of An Garda Síochána. This critical responsibility currently lies with the independent Policing Authority. Under the Bill, the Policing Authority will have responsibility for...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: With regard to amendment No. 47, section 63 of the Bill provides for the establishment of a strategic plan for An Garda Síochána by the Garda Commissioner. This amendment simply seeks to provide that the Garda Commissioner, when preparing a strategic plan, would have to have regard to the public interest. The strategic plan is a very important guiding document for policing...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...views so that they can contribute positively to the development of policy, practice and legislation. The amendment seeks the deletion of such a provision as it relates to the appearance of the Garda Commissioner before the Committee of Public Accounts. The amendment also seeks the deletion of the provision as it relates to the appearance of the Garda Commissioner before the Oireachtas...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...No. 20 seeks to insert experience and expertise in matters connected to community development to the list of types of subject matter expertise that may qualify someone for appointment to the board of An Garda Síochána. At present, the Bill provides that only persons with expertise in the functions of the Garda, organisational governance, management and public administration, or...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...the Minister will not accept the amendment now, will she try to reframe the issue in the long run? It is not about just taking someone fresh from prison who says they want to be on the board of An Garda Síochána. How people are selected and appointed, the interview process and whatever else goes along with that, would have to make sense and be in line with the legislation . It...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: We oppose section 26 of the Bill, which provides for the appointment of the Garda Commissioner, in its entirety as its inclusion in the Bill risks politicising the office of the Garda Commissioner. It is a retrograde step without any evidentiary justification and we are unclear why it has been taken.In recent years, the independent Policing Authority has had a strong role in the appointment...