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

Lynn Ruane: If it has not worked-----

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

Lynn Ruane: No, the waiting list.

Seanad: Controlled Drugs and Harm Reduction Bill 2017: Order for Second Stage (31 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Controlled Drugs and Harm Reduction Bill 2017: Second Stage (31 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, for coming to the House to debate this Bill and for her time in the lead-up to its preparation. I also thank the officials in the Departments of Justice and Equality and Health for their advice and input. I welcome that the Committee on Justice and Equality is willing to scrutinise the...

Seanad: Controlled Drugs and Harm Reduction Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I am happy for the adjournment to be moved but I would like to clarify one issue before that because it is an important point of order to finish on.

Seanad: Controlled Drugs and Harm Reduction Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Yes, but I have to give permission for the debate to be adjourned because it is my Private Members' time.

Seanad: Controlled Drugs and Harm Reduction Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I want to make a point of order about parts of the Bill that are not factual.

Seanad: Controlled Drugs and Harm Reduction Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: If wrong facts were given out-----

Seanad: Controlled Drugs and Harm Reduction Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: The Tánaiste's officials, an ex-Attorney General and the justice spokespersons for other parties have not once raised a concern about legalisation. I need to make that point before we adjourn. This Bill does not in any way promote legalisation.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I wish to raise the horrifying case reported over the weekend concerning the young teenage girl who was sectioned and detained in a psychiatric unit under the Mental Health Act for requesting an abortion last year. The girl and her mother thought they were going to Dublin for an abortion and she was sectioned instead. This is nothing short of institutional coercion of a vulnerable young woman.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: She lost her freedom and her right to bodily integrity. This shows what a complete failure the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Act 2013 has been in respecting the human rights of women in this country. The girl qualified for a termination under this legislation and was denied one. I would also like to read a comment from the then Minister for Health, Senator James Reilly, who stated,...

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 2:In page 8, after line 40, to insert the following:“(7) (a) The Child and Family Agency shall publish guidelines in relation to best practices around post-adoption voluntary contact plans. (b) The guidelines should include information on relevant services and supports including those relevant to maintaining post-adoption voluntary contact plans.”.

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I will speak to the first grouping of amendments. These amendments all relate to the post-adoption supports available to both parents and adopted children. Currently, informal arrangements are often in place between new adoptive parents and former birth parents, recognising that this is in the best interest of the child regarding contact. These arrangements do not have any legal status or...

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Yes.

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I second amendment No. 4.

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister for her time. I thank the Senators who supported my successful amendment to this Bill on Committee Stage and continue to do so. The amendment represented a crucial and necessary addition to the Bill that placed a responsibility on the State to support birth parents when their child is taken into foster care and to improve the chances of eventual family reunification. I...