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Seanad: Appointment of Members to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (13 May 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Parole (Special Advocates) Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 May 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I will share time with my seconder, Senator Eileen Flynn. I will not be using all the time anyway.

Seanad: Parole (Special Advocates) Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 May 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach and welcome the Minister. I know this Bill came to the Minister's attention within the past week with respect to having time with the legislation but I think it is extremely straightforward. It is a simple, short Bill. I will give it some context in terms of where it comes from and what it is trying to achieve. First, for anyone who is unaware of the...

Seanad: Parole (Special Advocates) Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 May 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I thank everyone for their contributions. They will be helpful in teasing out what questions may come up for people. I am always grateful for the further exploration of a topic as it is coming up. I will try to answer some of them. Some of them I cannot answer just now. I considered approaching the Parole Board on this but I was also cautious around including the board in legislation...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cancer Services (7 May 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Unfortunately, I have to let the Minister of State go to vote in the Dáil.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cancer Services (7 May 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I ask the Minister of State to briefly respond to Senator Cosgrove and then we will move on.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I hope that in the coming weeks we can arrange statements on the recent publication of the review of the operation of section 7A of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993. I was in the minority in this Chamber in 2017. Only a couple of us at that time spoke against the introduction of section 7A. It was promised at the time that there would be a review of the Act by 2020. Five years...

Seanad: Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Second Stage (30 Apr 2025)

Lynn Ruane: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Second Stage (30 Apr 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2025)

Lynn Ruane: When thinking about why people make decisions on exemptions, even though they may not hold a particular moral position on a situation, and about the actions in relation to discretion or whether we should inspect planes when passing through Ireland, I was quite struck by the Taoiseach’s comments in the Dáil yesterday. In light of the arms embargo Bill and related Bills, those...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2025)

Lynn Ruane: The Senator can bring forward amendments on Report Stage.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2025)

Lynn Ruane: On a point of order, we are discussing section 2 of the Bill.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2025)

Lynn Ruane: We need to also point out that the Senator had the opportunity to table amendments for today. This is Committee Stage. He had a week, so he should not be disingenuous by standing up now and trying to frustrate this process. He had the chance to table Committee Stage amendments for today and he did not do so.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2025)

Lynn Ruane: He is frustrating the process and it is clear for us all to see.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Apr 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I want to speak about the weekend and the policing of the protest outside this building, which was really a vigil. Mother's Day is a celebration for some but for others it is quite a complex day, such as the women and children of Gaza. I refer to the fact that the world would show solidarity with them, that women would give up their day to come and spend time outside Leinster House and show...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Funding (19 Mar 2025)

Lynn Ruane: The Minister of State is very welcome. It is not often that I have raised a local issue in the Chamber since I became a Senator in 2016, but this is an issue that is extremely close to my heart. Scoil An Chroí Ró Naofa Sóisir in Killinarden is facing serious financial trouble. The school opened in 1980 and now caters to three generations of the Killinarden community....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Funding (19 Mar 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State. This is a school I went to as a child. I spent all my primary years there. One of my teachers, Ms Bridget Clare, is here today for the debate. It is a very important school, and I urge the Minister of State to communicate to the Department the need for a year-on-year doubling of the capitation grant, and not just this interim investment. It helps and is...

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2025)

Lynn Ruane: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Is that agreed? Agreed.