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Senator Lynn Ruane
- Independent Senator (University of Dublin)
- Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
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Most recent appearances in parliament
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: Second Stage (29 May 2024)
“I second the motion. In our thousands and in our millions we are all Palestinian. I once read that humans are wired for interconnectedness and interdependence and not for conflict or killing each other. This is why the chant, in our thousands and in our millions we are all Palestinians, deeply resonates with me and what I believe is the essence of what it means to be human. Right now we...”
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: Second Stage (29 May 2024)
“Inspections already happen.”
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)
“Do we not get to choose, as a committee, what way we do pre-legislative scrutiny, PLS?”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 43 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among Senators.
- People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — above average among Senators.
- 29 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Lynn Ruane speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 605 times in debates — above average among Senators.
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