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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Dáil na nÓg Delegate Report 2015: Discussion (21 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I agreed with everything they said but there was one point that triggered a thought of my own struggles in schools with teachers and the experience of my daughters. She can correct me if I have picked this up wrongly but I believe Ms Kate Lehane referred to a conflict with teachers when students try to explain, to contribute or to question....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I will not go back over the calibre and professionalism of the speakers or discuss bias because none of this is about bias. It is about tactics and undermining a process. It is about the status quolosing a grip on what they feel is the moral standard in any given country or over women's access to health care. This is the sting of a dying wasp and we do not need to discuss whether it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: The Deputy does not need to butt in because we stick to our time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: The reason we have to speak up is because they are eating into time-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I would like another five minutes when they are finished.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Context: Dr. Patricia Lohr, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (22 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Dr. Lohr for the presentation. I believe I am correct in saying that most abortions in the UK happen under the broad mental health grounds, with sign-off from two doctors. Are women ever denied an abortion on these grounds? What would the reasons be for a denial? Does the phrasing of the grounds and the verification process ever act as a barrier?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Context: Dr. Patricia Lohr, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (22 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I feel strongly about ensuring this country allows access for women on social and economic grounds. Is that catered for properly? There is a wide range of social and economic impacts but is that captured under ground C?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Context: Dr. Patricia Lohr, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (22 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: The witness has made a strong case for decentralisation of abortion care, with mention of potential administration of abortion by GPs, nurses and midwives. How important is this in the context of reducing geographical barriers to abortion access and also in the context of the well-developed trend of anti-abortion protests in the UK outside approved clinics?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Context: Dr. Patricia Lohr, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (22 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: My other question was on decentralisation. If a woman can access this care with her local GP or in the primary health service, it would stem the level of protest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I thank both witnesses for the presentation. When I was reading it, it was very refreshing to see just how woman-centred the legislation is. Yesterday, we had a presentation where a witness said our bodies are not only ours and asked, given that our hormones are all over the place during pregnancy, how we could make a decision. It was, therefore, nice and refreshing to have this follow...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: As long as I get the three.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: That is great. My next question follows on from that. An anomaly exists in the legislation in the cases of earlier abortions within the 44-day waiting period. There are two cohorts of women involved. Some women are required to have a waiting period and mandatory counselling, but other women are not. I wonder whether any research has been done to gain an understanding of how this process...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: My final question ties in with the next body of work this committee will take on, which pertains to the auxiliary recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly. In their presentation, the witnesses mentioned mandatory sex education, which is something I support in theory. In Ireland, the Catholic church unfortunately still has a monopoly over schools and, therefore, sex education. I have to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I suppose it would be different from Ireland because sex education here is based on religion. I think sex education should be about positive sexual experiences and negotiated sexual consent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Professor Pajkrt and Professor Gevers.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I join everyone in commending Senator Denis Landy on his work to date at local government level and in the Seanad. I wish him and his family well in the future. I wish to raise an issue I became aware of last night concerning a women's refuge. I was going to raise it today when debating the Domestic Violence Bill but I feel this is not appropriate because we will be discussing amendments....

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Amendment No. 27 in the names of Senators Black and Ruane seeks to do something similar in respect of out-of-hours emergency barring orders. I became aware yesterday that there are only ten beds available in women's refuges and I raised this on the Order of Business, as the service in Rathmines is closed. The service in Tallaght is struggling. As there is no provision to protect women in...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I think out-of-hours calls are rare because they do not happen and there is nobody at the other end of the phone to take a call. Time is of the essence when somebody is seeking an emergency barring order. Even waiting until the next morning or until Monday is unacceptable. Even in the most extreme cases where it could cost lives, if this is the...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 27:In page 17, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:“Out of hours barring orders 9.On request from a Garda attending a domestic violence incident, a Garda of appropriate rank, can authorize communicating with an on-call judge to apply for an out of hours barring order.”.