IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I put the question before the Senator started to speak------
Lynn Ruane
Rhetoric & votes →On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 11 of 342 decisive votes (0 abstentions excluded). Read it as a government-or-opposition indicator rather than a measure of influence — the figure is near 100% for members supporting the government of the day and near 0% for those opposing it.
Party over time
This is the point of the site: contributions keep the party held on the day, not the one held now.
| Party | Recorded as | Contributions | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| IND | Independent | 1,699 | 2020-01-21 – 2026-07-16 |
| CC | Ceann Comhairle / Chair | 9 | 2025-03-19 – 2025-05-07 |
Membership spells on record: IND 2016-04-25–2020-03-29 · IND 2020-03-30–2025-01-29 · IND 2025-01-29–present
Record
IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
-----and then she come back-----
IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I do not care. I am complaining about it now. The Standing Order is there.
IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
It is not about that. It is-----
IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
The Standing Order is still available to me.
IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
So-----
IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
-----to the Acting Chairperson's knowledge, repetition has not happened.
IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Okay. I will keep doing it on every section-----
IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
-----and then I will come to the Acting Chairperson with the transcript after the session and challenge his ruling.
IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
The Standing Order is there.
IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
The Standing Order is there for repetition.
IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Regardless of repetition, I can invoke the Standing Order.
IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Well, I will keep asking for it.
IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Yes, and you should have to explain why you will not enforce it.
IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Some of us want to support the Senator on it.
IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
They are just being, like-----
IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
If they want to vote on the policing forums and councillors, let us get to it and vote on it.
IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I move amendment No. 48: In page 64, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “(i) the public interest,”. I will withdraw amendment No. 48 with the right to resubmit on Report Stage. To be clear, it is not in the Acting Chair’s gift to refuse Standing Order 55, because the Cathaoirleach has to be in the Chair.
IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
As the Acting Chairperson is not officially the Chair, on the next Stage, I will look for suspension of the House for the Cathaoirleach to return to the Chair to make a ruling on Standing Order 55.
IND
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
On capital planning