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Seanad: Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 6:In page 32, after line 16, to insert the following:“Report on union membership 46. The Minister shall, within six months after the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the following—(a) the impact of the measures contained in this bill on union membership, (b) the potential measures that could be taken to...

Seanad: Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I accept most of what the Minister of State has said, especially that relating to the Department's intentions. Unfortunately, however, sometimes policy has unintended consequences. Whether it is the intention of a Department or a particular policy to discriminate in a particular way or to discourage union membership or not, unfortunately the impact of some of these decisions is that people...

Seanad: Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Then it would be a very positive report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (14 Dec 2017)

Lynn Ruane: On behalf of members of the joint committee, I thank the Chairman. At one stage she spoke about me not being appointed as Chairman of this committee. It is probably good that I was not appointed because I would not have been able to show the patience, calmness, strength and bravery shown by her in the face of considerable criticism and many attacks in difficult discussions and...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State for being here. It is quite hard to capture in words how proud I am to have been part of this committee. I owe that very much to my colleagues in the Civil Engagement group who stepped aside and did not contest our place on it and allowed me to have a voice in that room. I was not even born in 1983 so I definitely felt that I was the one in the group who had...

Seanad: Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I was not going to speak but I have become confused as the debate has gone on.

Seanad: Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I was not going to speak. I simply need to clarify some points.

Seanad: Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)

Lynn Ruane: That is easily done, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. I am only joking. I call on the Minister to clarify something. I agree with what everyone in the Chamber has said in respect of how restrictive the measure is. Is the purpose of the motion not to sign up to the EU directive in order that we will strengthen the rights of the vulnerable people and the people in direct provision who we are talking...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I was not paying much attention yesterday to what the Taoiseach said about accessing mortgages until I went home and opened my Facebook page where I saw the timeline of people from my community talking about how unachievable that is for them. Not only is one of the three options that the Taoiseach offered, moving home to live with parents, travelling abroad to raise the money or getting...

Seanad: Mandatory Reporting: Statements (25 Jan 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister. Like everybody else, I welcome mandatory reporting. I cannot be strong enough in saying that. I read the national guidelines on child protection and welfare practice. I read through as much of the handbook as I could because of a particular aspect of mandatory reporting that has arisen frequently in the past year in regard to adults. My history of working with...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Jan 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I should not require the whole amount of time. If I skip half the niceties and it is acceptable, perhaps Senator Ó Ríordáin can take some of the time.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Jan 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I welcome the Bill and agree with all of the positives everyone set out. I will skip on to the importance of the student voice within the technological universities. Through my experience sitting on the board of governance and the finance board of Trinity College Dublin, and through our student representatives on the academic council, I know how important that representative role is, as...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Jan 2018)

Lynn Ruane: Really?

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Jan 2018)

Lynn Ruane: That is no problem. My colleagues will pick up on it tomorrow. I thank the Minister of State for her work and her engagement so far with us on this issue.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Taoiseach for his time today and he is welcome to the Chamber. I will be sticking to the theme of the republic of opportunity. The privileges and oppressions that we are born into are mostly out of our control. They are the fate of birth, however, the reinforcing of them by society is somewhat in our control. They must be challenged by us all and by the Taoiseach, the Head of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Inequality and Disadvantage: Discussion (6 Feb 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I will apologise to everyone, as I am unwell. If a fit of coughing starts, just ignore me. I thank the witnesses for their presentations. This is a topic close to my heart. I will start with a criticism, though. With all due respect and while I am sorry to shoot the messenger, the contribution from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, a body that represents some of the most...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Lynn Ruane: Were amendments Nos. 19 and 20 grouped together?

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Lynn Ruane: Perfect. There are two amendments here in respect of academic councils, which are variations of one another. I listened to some of the debate at home last week from my sick bed. I turned it off after a while when I realised that watching work from home was making me feel even more unwell. When I watched back, I was really struck by people's lack of understanding around the strength of...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Lynn Ruane: Senator Ó Céidigh spoke about the board he is on, perhaps in Galway. It was somewhere in the west of Ireland. Institutes of technology do not historically have as positive and as established a student representation as the universities. As they are now going to become part of the university sector, we are trying to put them on the same footing as what currently exists in the...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Lynn Ruane: Following on from what Senator Norris was saying about the number of students on governing bodies being very small, as a student who sat on a governing body I can say it is a very intimidating space to walk into. I was an adult who had worked in different sectors of society for years and I still felt intimidated by the level of knowledge in the room, the academics in the room, people who had...