Results 1-20 of 108 for garda speaker:Lynn Ruane

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) (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 32: In page 49, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:“(6) In making a determination under this section, the Garda Commissioner shall have due regard to the capacity of An Garda Síochána to fulfil its regular functions.”. Section 43 makes provision for policing services to be provided for private events by An Garda...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Youth Work: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Lynn Ruane: First, I would like to pick back up on the Garda vetting piece that was previously mentioned. Although I fully support Garda vetting, it is a little unfair to say that if someone is worried about Garda vetting they are probably not suited. People are worried because they have to divulge particular aspects of their lives to a potential employer but they may be completely irrelevant to 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) (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 31: In page 45, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(c)significant developments that might reasonably be expected to adversely affect the performance of An Garda Síochána;”. This is a simple enough amendment that would mandate the Garda Commissioner that he or she be duty-bound to keep the Minister and Secretary General at the...

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Spent Convictions: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Lynn Ruane: We constantly put the onus in terms of employment on the person with the conviction but an information campaign is also needed for employers to let them know it is Garda vetting, not Garda clearance. So many employers read the Garda vetting, see there is something on it and do not give the applicant the job, even though whatever is contained in the vetting has nothing to do with the skills...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: Perhaps Mr. Toland could comment on that. While he is commenting on that point, he might also address the issue of there appearing to be some resistance to the word "Garda" being in the title of the proposed new Garda ombudsman. Are there implications for some communities if the word “Garda” is contained in the title? If so, should we be calling this body something else so...

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

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 27: In page 41, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(d) the person has engaged in conduct that brings discredit on An Garda Síochána or that may prejudice the proper performance of its functions, or”. Amendment No. 27 seeks to include a provision in the Bill that the Commissioner or deputy commissioner of An Garda...

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

Lynn Ruane: .... As with similar amendments that I have already spoken to, my intention in tabling this amendment is to tease out the distinction between public confidence and the exercise and fulfilment of functions of a member of An Garda Síochána. My view is that public safety should be the primary consideration when considering the removal of a member of An Garda Síochána. This...

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

Lynn Ruane: I oppose the section, in a similar vein to the previous section. The Bill will provide for the appointment of the deputy Garda Commissioner and we oppose the entire section given its inclusion poses similar risks to section 26 in politicising the office of deputy Garda Commissioner.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Mr. Collins. I have a question for the ICCL. It relates to the provisions on prosecution by An Garda Síochána. The Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland's recommended that the Garda should not have a role in prosecution. What does the ICCL feel are the implications of this?

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 27:In page 17, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:“Out of hours barring orders 9.On request from a Garda attending a domestic violence incident, a Garda of appropriate rank, can authorize communicating with an on-call judge to apply for an out of hours barring order.”.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Lynn Ruane: ...I will ask direct questions and I ask the witnesses to be as concise as possible in their responses so I can get through as many of them as I can. My first questions are for the witnesses from the Garda Representative Association. Can they inform the committee of any plans to couple the use of CCTV with crime predictive technology such as PredPol? Has the Garda piloted any crime...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Lynn Ruane: ...keeps being reported such that the lads hanging around are repeatedly moved on, young people will not have a sense of safety themselves or a sense of space. If you come from a community where Garda cars crawl around your estate all day, that in itself feels unsafe for young people and they will respond to that negatively, which can create very negative scenarios and relationships, such as...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ...relate to Part 3 and will amend the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012. Amendment No. 22 will make the same change as amendment No. 17, namely, removing the limit on the number of convictions from the Garda vetting scheme. Amendments Nos. 21 and 23 will amend the 2012 Act to ensure that convictions received in the Circuit Court can become spent for the...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages [Resumed] (15 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...amendment No. 24: In page 15, line 17, after “approval” to insert “, for a collective period of not more than three months”. This amendment seeks to make explicit in the Bill that An Garda Síochána could not undertake monitoring of an individual using ANPR for a combined period of more than three months. As the Bill is drafted, a superintendent of...

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: Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Lynn Ruane: ..., in relation to IP addresses or anything that one associates with one’s phone, etc., the idea is that it is given voluntarily to phone companies rather than State bodies such as Revenue or the Garda. Even though it is voluntarily given, where it is voluntarily given is differentiated a little in terms of it just being general user data that the Garda or Revenue would have access...