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

Lynn Ruane: Can I come back in?

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: Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: This is the first sitting day since the passing of Ann Louise Gilligan and I wish to pay tribute to her in the Seanad not only for the impact she had on my life but the impact she has had on generations of lives across the community in Tallaght. She cannot be faulted on the level of work and commitment she gave to working class communities as well as the LGBT community for many years. A...

Seanad: Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (20 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Is nobody else speaking on it?

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: They were not late.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: They were purposely late to the Bills Office, it is different than----

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Perhaps we should have adjourned so they could have had time to put in their amendments?

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I know we are speaking to the amendments but this is the first time in the year and a half I have been in this House that I have been ashamed of how business is being conducted here. I do not think it has ever been heard of for a Minister of State to say that the Government would share draft amendments with every Senator and I do not think that was done in the name of transparency. It was...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I am not.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: What about this day?

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: There is consensus.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Training and Supports for Providers of Special Needs Education and Education in DEIS Schools: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses for their contributions which I found interesting and invaluable, in particular the contribution of Ms Noreen Duggan. The focus for me in this area is always DEIS and disadvantage. Many of the contributions today focused on special education but I note that there are many similarities with these complex needs and what is necessary for a school to address them. I will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Training and Supports for Providers of Special Needs Education and Education in DEIS Schools: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Just to add to that, they make those decisions based on a conversation with the student.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Training and Supports for Providers of Special Needs Education and Education in DEIS Schools: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Lynn Ruane: If students are coming home after dropping higher level on the day, there is no inclusion of the parents in actually making the decisions on LCA or on certain subjects.

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I will speak briefly on amendment No. 52, mainly to acknowledge its importance. I have been fairly silent throughout the debate on this Bill and one of the reasons is amendment No. 52, which deals with coercion and controlling behaviour. This is something that has impacted me personally, so I still feel that I cannot stand in the Chamber and acknowledge it out of fear of inviting that type...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (11 Jul 2017)

Lynn Ruane: No problem. I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Many members have covered a large number of the concerns to which I had intended to refer. I will not reiterate what has been said. The policy relating to the scheme, which is somewhat of a side issue, has not been raised. I have received several emails on this matter and the committee may have received correspondence on it. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (11 Jul 2017)

Lynn Ruane: No.

Seanad: Equality of Access to Education: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I welcome the Minister to the House in her new position, which is a much-needed role.I would like to start by thanking the Labour Party Senators for tabling this crucial motion and allowing us to debate what is essentially the heart of the question on the future of higher education funding in this country. I believe that how a state funds higher education reflects the values intrinsic to it...

Seanad: Equality of Access to Education: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Lynn Ruane: In all of my research into loan schemes internationally, as a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Skills, and during our debates on the Cassells report, I simply cannot find a jurisdiction where it can be claimed that such a scheme has been even remotely been a success, no matter what metric is used to measure it. In Australia, which has had a loan scheme for 20 years,...