Results 41-60 of 125 for garda speaker:Lynn Ruane

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: My point relates to the reference to harmful effect in section 62 of Garda Síochána Act 2005. I was glancing through the legislation as the Minister was speaking. It states it is an offence to disclose information if the person knows its disclosure is likely to have a harmful effect. If I do not push these amendments, could we consider section 62 between now and when we come back...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ..., and the secretariat as to why they did not – my feeling is they may feel there are some legal issues with decriminalisation because outside of their remit is the problem for stop-and-search powers of An Garda Síochána. An Garda Síochána believes that decriminalisation means its ability to stop and search will be removed. Why would you want to stop and search...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Addressing the Deputy Leader, last week in the Chamber I raised significant concerns on Second Stage of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill which would grant powers to an Garda Síochána to use body cameras. Sometimes, I feel like I am a bit of lone voice in how concerned I am about how these can be used and abused. Specifically, I argued that the absence of...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...as focused as I can. The first issue I wish to raise is something that directly contravenes a core recommendation by the commission. That is the retention of prosecutorial powers by An Garda Síochána. The commission was clear in recommending all prosecution decisions should be taken away from police and given to an expanded State solicitor or national prosecution service. The...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Sep 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...and space to consider this evidence in a stand-alone context. The Minister and her colleagues in government have spoken about bodycams in what I consider to be quite narrow terms. We need to equip gardaí with what they need to do their job safely but the true picture of how bodycams function within the culture of policing and justice system is far more complex, as we know from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Lynn Ruane: On people leaving the country, why would the Garda intercept in some cases and not others?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...impact of this behaviour on the victim, which may be difficult to prove in many instances. This could, for example, cause issues in terms of timely reporting of stalking and harassment to the Garda if victims feel they cannot prove the harm caused to them, which risks further harm. Additionally, it could work against victims who actively choose not to alter their day-to-day activities in...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...will have a past conviction. If a person with a conviction is registered, he or she would obviously have to be registered with a body. What happens in that case? When the person is vetted by the Garda, is he or she told he or she cannot be a childminder? Should we be making sure there is inbuilt discretion regarding how people read Garda vetting reports and decide what is relevant? If...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Possible Enhancement of Child Protection Powers of Tusla: Discussion (25 Apr 2023)

Lynn Ruane: That is what I was going to ask. When referring a matter to An Garda Síochána relating to a perpetrator, where is the scope when it comes to measuring risk in also referring other members or board structures to An Garda Síochána? On the one hand, there is an alleged perpetrator but, on the other, there is complete negligence where there is the potentiality that people...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Possible Enhancement of Child Protection Powers of Tusla: Discussion (25 Apr 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Before moving to Mr. Brophy, in light of the Dr. Geoffrey Shannon report, have there been further referrals to An Garda Síochána?

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...

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

Lynn Ruane: We just need to communicate that more across different sectors. Drug possession is in the same category as murder, rape and sexual assault so when it comes back on the Garda vetting, sometimes people just look at the category it is captured in. Having been in possession of €20 worth of cannabis in the 1990s could all of a sudden prohibit someone from a job later in life because it is...

Seanad: Independent Review of the Handling of Past Complaints of Abuse in St John Ambulance Ireland: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...the Shannon report are acted on immediately, including as they relate to the need for cultural changes within the organisation. The structural corrections, which include improved processes for Garda vetting, must be undertaken without delay. Dr. Shannon's review found that the differential rank and file structures within St. John Ambulance have assisted in facilitating the abuse and...

Seanad: Public Order and Safe Streets: Statements (23 Nov 2022)

Lynn Ruane: ...that with a longer-term vision and in a longer-term way that creates real safety, rather than the perception of safety. When we respond really quickly, we give the public the idea that a 24-hour Garda station or more police on the street is going to create more safety. That again for me is just perception because crime has persisted for generations in communities. Crime persisted under...

Seanad: Review of Allegations of Sexual Abuse at St. John Ambulance: Motion (17 Nov 2022)

Lynn Ruane: ...report. We need that independent report to be matched with a needs analysis of what type of needs are there for people who have had to endure this, especially when we know that the State and the Garda have let them down, because they had been made aware of this. This is not something that has been uncovered that everyone is surprised by, because people did go to the Garda and to Tusla....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2022)

Lynn Ruane: ...Chair did not hide behind it. He was literally quoted and delved into a private committee meeting on what was meant to be a meeting on community safety, which did not mean inviting in two or three Garda representative bodies. The rest of the committee understood that very well. I thanked Deputy Carroll MacNeill, Senator Ward and others who advocated for a well thought out session on...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2022)

Lynn Ruane: ...ones and our family members, and when we continue to be destroyed by chaotic drug use, by death in our community and by violence in our community.Our literal existence is often the consequence. A garda coming into an estate or a potential day in court is not a consequence in comparison with what people are actually living within their everyday life. Of course it does not matter because,...

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...

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

Lynn Ruane: ...Once again, powers of data retention are exceptional powers which stand down people’s data privacy rights. I am concerned by the perceived weakness of some of the provisions in respect of user data. It seems that Garda and Revenue officers currently have the scope to use these powers whenever they see fit in respect of user data. Notwithstanding the previous clarification of user...

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

Lynn Ruane: I might be missing something elsewhere in the legislation, but section 5 states: A member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of superintendent may require a service provider to disclose to that member user data in the possession or control of the service provider— (a) where the member believes that the data relate to a person whom the member suspects, on reasonable...