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Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 11:In page 4, line 36, to delete “boats on the canals or other canal property” and substitute the following: “the canals or other canal properties by all users. Any permits and licences issued should be set at a cost appropriate to the intended use and taking into account the rate of inflation in the economy. In the case of residential boats moored...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: It is clearly a misunderstanding of the text of amendment No. 41. There should be a new ruling on it. What has been perceived from the amendment which seeks to insert the words "All authorised officers should be permanent employees" is that new employees would be given permanent contracts, but that is not what the amendment seeks to do.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: The amendment might need to be reworded to state current employees of Waterways Ireland could carry out that function.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: It is a misinterpretation of the amendment. We need to clarify rather than lose the amendment.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: It is merely a misunderstanding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I thank everyone for their presentations. I tried as best I could to dissect them before the meeting but I did not understand some of the figures and I will seek clarification on them. The moment we allow the State to even step out slightly in respect of education, we will move towards the privatisation of our education system, which will not be a positive. I would like Dr. Corbet and Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: The suggestion is that the fees would be raised by €2,000 if income contingent loans were introduced. Therefore, those figures are wrong because they are based on €4,000 a year while the fees would actually go up to €5,000 per year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: There is no positive effect on it either.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Is it fair to say that the effect of the student loan means those who come from poorer backgrounds are the ones burdened with the debt more so than the person whose family can afford to pay upfront? It is not about inequity of access to college but an inequality in terms of who is left burdened with debt.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I am talking about children whose parents pay upfront. They do not have the debt. They do not have the loan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: No. It still matters to the child who has no choice in such matters. We need a system to ensure that when a family's earning power falls below a certain amount that there is an option not to pay fees. The free fees system simply shifts the wealth to grinds and private school fees. The exact same thing will happen if we introduce income-contingent loans. The poor children will be the only...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: If a person stops paying because he or she leaves the workforce, would the State and whoever is administering the loans just him or her alone?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: The authorities would not keep checking in to encourage the person back into the workforce in order to pay his or her loan, which would be quite intimidating?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: In the UK, if I am correct, there was a 40% reduction in mature and part-time students when the ICL was introduced.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Imagine having to do a whole day's work-----

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I join Senator Boyhan in inviting the Minister for Social Protection to come to the House to discuss the two specific issues highlighted by the Senator. I would like to mention another issue with payments, the effects of which women are most vulnerable to. Under the current system in Ireland, women are ordered by the one-parent family system to go to court to seek maintenance from the...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I had intended to initiate a Bill to be taken in our Private Members' time next Wednesday but there was a mix up with the Bills Office last night. It seems I cannot initiate the Controlled Drugs and Harm Reduction Bill but it will be presented next Wednesday. I understand I only need the signatures of Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin and the Leader to allow that to happen. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I hope I am wrong and I will remain open to seeing what the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, does in his term of office but I am very concerned and disappointed by many of his comments throughout his campaign.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I will look at four key areas. Can the witnesses give some clarity on the prioritisation policy? What was the reasoning behind it and what was taken into consideration when adopting it? Do they think the policy, when applied to subsequent survivor applications, has the effect of ignoring the merits and the ongoing needs of the survivor? If they are kept in limbo and their applications...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I said it was my opinion.