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Senator Lynn Ruane
- Independent Senator (University of Dublin)
- Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
- Email me whenever Lynn Ruane speaks (no more than once per day)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Aid Board: Chairperson Designate (30 Apr 2024)
“I thank Ms Egan for her presentation. She referred to the salary scales there. Is she saying there is potential flexibility to start on a different point of the same scale or are two different scales used?”
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Aid Board: Chairperson Designate (30 Apr 2024)
“They are the same scales but there is flexibility in respect of the point of the scale on which person starts.”
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Aid Board: Chairperson Designate (30 Apr 2024)
“Thinking 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...”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 44 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — 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") 601 times in debates — above average among Senators.
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