Results 101-120 of 125 for garda speaker:Lynn Ruane

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (20 Jun 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ..., magistrates, victims and witnesses. This is all really welcome and turns the drafting process into a collaborative experience, from which we could really benefit. At a time of reform in An Garda Síochána and an increasing focus on community policing and on what it could look like in the future, we cannot do enough to engage with the public and communities with regard to how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Traveller Education: Discussion (26 Mar 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ...and barriers. The issue is regarded as associated with an individual rather than one that might affect a community. My advice to Mr. McDonagh, in all his successes and when he becomes an amazing garda, is that he should remind people that this matter will not be addressed until he is not regarded as an exception and until he is not a story, when Travellers have achieved true equality and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ...yet to ratify. Even after the litany of revelations of institutional and historical abuse in Ireland, our inspection regime is seriously flawed. There is no inspection body for those detained in Garda stations following arrest. The inspectorate of prisons has published only one prison inspection report since 2014. There is no oversight body for direct provision centres or nursing...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018: Second Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ...are met and after the passage of a set period of time - known as the rehabilitative period - becomes spent and does not have to be disclosed when returning to education, applying for a job or being Garda vetted. The need for a spent conviction regime is rooted in the principles of rehabilitative justice and the generally accepted principle that individuals deserve a second chance and the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018: Second Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ...and say he or she would stay engaged because that person was like him or her. I then thought about the value people with convictions would bring to such places as the Probation Service, An Garda Síochána and the Department of Justice and Equality. Imagine having that expertise in the room, a person who has lived such a life and what he or she could bring to the table. As...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Sexual Offences Data (3 Oct 2018)

Lynn Ruane: ...the ability and the resources to take those experiences and transform them into action. Some people may never be able to speak to another person about their experience of sexual assault, much less a garda. However, just because people cannot report, does not mean they should be invisible. We need a survey that goes into communities, that can reach survivors in their own surroundings and...

Seanad: Electoral Commission: Statements (27 Sep 2018)

Lynn Ruane: ...commission and major reforms implemented to simplify and modernise the registration process. It should be possible to register online without cumbersome administrative barriers such as the requirement for a garda signature to make a simple change to address. The many forms for different categories should be consolidated in one simple online form. I am sure the Minister of State, who is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Lynn Ruane: ...special education rather than mainstream transport issues. I was supporting a couple of mothers in connection with the former issue. It was very difficult to understand who was responsible for Garda vetting. I was told there was a gap of four months following the allocation of a place for a child in a special school and the child being allocated a space on a bus, but then the parents...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Lynn Ruane: That is good. My questions are about the Garda vetting process, and whose responsibility it is to make sure that escorts are in place and Garda vetted. Senator Gavan referred to the 450 children with special needs who are currently waiting. How long are they waiting? I accept it was said that some came in late, but if the system is used to year-round applications why are children...

Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (28 Jun 2018)

Lynn Ruane: ...how, when the definition is narrowed - I have no issue with it being narrowed - "virtually certain" and "highly probable" are to be determined. Does there need to be a long investigation by the Garda and for the Garda to say it is highly probable? What exactly is in place to make that determination in situations that are a little less clear cut?

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2018)

Lynn Ruane: ...system to include e-registering and provide greater access to postal voting, arrangements for overseas and emigrant voting and for the removal of cumbersome administrative barriers such as a garda witnessing a simple change of address. These are not difficult or controversial ideas but they would make a significant impact on the workings and operation of our democratic process. Can the...

Seanad: Mandatory Reporting: Statements (25 Jan 2018)

Lynn Ruane: ...did not want to sit down with the individual without having the relationship with them and when that individual might not have been ready to go through a reporting procedure or a procedure with an Garda. A counsellor would have to try to balance protecting potential victims with protecting the individual adult who is speaking about this for the very first time. When I was reading through...

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

Lynn Ruane: ...safe within the refuge of their home and not have to leave the house in the middle of the night because they cannot access a refuge. This is a simple amendment which states, "On request from a Garda attending a domestic violence incident, a Garda of appropriate rank, can authorise communicating with an on-call judge to apply for an out of hours barring order". It is straightforward and...

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

Lynn Ruane: ...m. when her life was at threat. Even waiting for the next day or for a judge to decide whether there should be an extra sitting is not good enough or strong enough. This amendment provides that a garda of appropriate rank may authorise the calling of an on-call judge. It is about that communication and not having to wait to make that application or for a court proceeding. Emergencies...

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 the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: ...Dr. Eogan. She outlined three options in her presentation that she offers to women who wish to access care. Options two and three allow women to receive care without reporting the incident to An Garda Síochána if aged over 18. If we were to legislate for the involvement of the criminal justice system in assessing access to abortion on ground of rape, would this impact on her...

Seanad: Controlled Drugs and Harm Reduction Bill 2017: Second Stage (31 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: ...can do is control how the State reacts to drug use and how it treats people who use drugs. The question is: when someone we know and love is found in possession of drugs, who do we want to work with them? Is it a garda and a judge or even a prison guard, or is it a health professional and an addiction worker? That is what the Bill boils down to and the question that we should ask is...

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: .... Young people were resorting to all sorts of made-up ideas of what they should do to protect their friends or to bring them out of an overdose. They often did not ring an ambulance for fear the Garda would come as a result of that historical negative relationship that exists between the Garda and drug users. That is why the one part of the Bill I am concerned about, much like Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Last week I raised the issue of the discriminatory introduction of Garda vetting of access students at Dublin Institute of Technology, DIT. I would like to put on the record that since last week it has reversed that decision and realised that it was a negative move. I would like to congratulate it for reversing that so quickly. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Education and...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: It came to my attention approximately two weeks ago that Dublin Institute of Technology, DIT, intended to have all of its access programme students Garda vetted. The programme aims to provide second-chance education, often for students from poor socio-economic backgrounds. What is happening is alarming and discriminatory. Dublin Institute of Technology is singling out a cohort of students...