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Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 May 2024)

Lynn Ruane: Like others have said, this is important legislation. It is welcome. It has been long awaited. It will completely reform the regulatory landscape for the gambling industry in Ireland. I am glad this Bill has finally made its way to us here in the Seanad. I look forward to working with the Minister of State and my colleagues here in the Upper House to make improvements to the Bill in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Aid Board: Chairperson Designate (30 Apr 2024)

Lynn Ruane: ...of access to justice being a fundamental human right, if the body responsible for prosecution already has favourable measurements in being able to keep up morale among its workforce and with pay, that creates an inequality compared with the body which is there to potentially advocate on behalf of people who have to defend themselves. The inequality in terms of being fair and just is kind...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Lynn Ruane: Much of it speaks to the concerns I have with the pact. When we think of international protection and asylum we should be thinking of enhancing people's rights. The pact is a punitive measure. It is not really about international protection. It is actually about detention. The moment we begin to speak about detention of any group, especially under the conditions that are laid out in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Lynn Ruane: This question is for either Mr O'Neill or Ms Hennessy. It relates to the 1951 convention in the context of non-refoulement and the EU pact. The information provided by the witnesses does not go into how the pact interplays with previous conventions in the context of eroding some of the protections and core principles within those conventions. Will the witnesses comment on what assessment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Lynn Ruane: Grand. Regarding biometrics, we may have missed an opportunity at this meeting to avail of more expertise to inform our own understanding. Biometrics includes DNA scanning. DNA is a physical attribute. There are behavioural attributes and physical attributes. Being in the pact does not necessarily mean everyone would engage in DNA scanning, but it is included as an option under the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I will look at minors specifically in a few cases. When we think of negatives and what we opt into, there are some concerns that relate to minors. The first point relates to the last point Deputy Daly made about Eurodac and security risks. Perhaps the Minister could give the committee an idea of the criteria that meet a security risk, such as particular offences. Of all the border...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Lynn Ruane: What about age-disputed minors? There are obviously lots of issues about how we determine the age of unaccompanied minors at present in Ireland. There are lots of questions around that. What if the minor is age-disputed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Lynn Ruane: Yes. There are reports in Ireland at the moment that age-disputed children are actually put into adult care settings. We obviously need to be sure.

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: I thank the Chair. I hope we get a second round because the Department also submitted items on the community safety innovation fund, which I will address separately if we come back around, in terms of its criteria, the intention and budget and so on. For this round, however, I might stick specifically to the heads of Bill. I am obviously trying to understand receiverships and liquidation...

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: A few things came up. They do not relate directly to the heads of the Bill, but to the principles that in some sense underline it. I am thinking of the case where a house may be taken and a lot of investment went into bringing it up to scratch. However, we see a lot of houses in housing estates where a monetary value is put on it, but there is a cost to the State because it is stripping...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment to the Order of Business. Often when you travel as a politician internationally you can come back feeling a little bit dismayed at the response of some countries to talk of a ceasefire to halt the destruction of a people like we see in Gaza. Even though we can always do more - we need to do more - and that is what this legislation can do, Ireland has a real role in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: The witnesses must have looked at other models and hope that certain things are or are not suggested, if there is going to be a suggestion.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I apologise if I have to leave when the witnesses are responding. I am a member of the justice committee and we are working in a similar vein, on facial recognition technology at 4 o'clock. I will look back at the Official Report but I wanted to apologise in advance. Professor O'Sullivan highlighted some of the UNICEF guidelines, one of which related to providing transparency,...

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

Lynn Ruane: What does that mean? I am short of time. Let us say there are ten people and it has been tested against ten faces. Two people have come up wrong and eight people have come up as having not been matched at all.

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.

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.14: In page 25, line 8, after “decision” where it secondly occurs to insert the following: “, if An Coimisiún can reasonably conclude that the decision ensures compliance with the Digital Services Regulation”. Amendments Nos. 14 and 15 propose a reasonable belief test which must be met before an coimisiún adopts its own decision...