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Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: Those on somebody's qualified payment are captured but a lone parent who has engaged in casual or low paid work is subject to a six-month waiting period before he or she is able to progress.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: Yes.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: Yes, but people who leave employment want to progress into full-time education, rather than something which is the equivalent of the outcomes of that education.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I second Senator Humphreys's amendment to the Order of Business. I also wish to raise the issue of dual diagnosis. I read an article in The Irish Times today about a young man who sought help for psychiatric issues but was turned away because of addiction issues. Last year a person was in position to work on a strategy in the area of dual diagnosis but the person was subsequently let go....

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. There is a lot in them, which is always hard to process. It is a tough topic. I heard the statistics on the prevalence of suicide in a community which is much smaller than Tallaght, where I live, and has a population of 120,000. The impact of suicide on the community of west Tallaght is traumatic and the adverse childhood experiences stuff is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I second Senator Black's amendment to the Order of Business. I wish to raise my concern about and hope for the group announced by the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection regarding a statutory maintenance agency. I have been a bit scarred by judge-led task forces in recent years with regard to my drug decriminalisation Bill and how that panned out. The Minister means well...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: First of all I must say thank you to Missie. Sometimes I fear that I am becoming desensitised to trauma, pain and struggle. I definitely had this challenged in me just there. I was definitely re-energised in listening, supporting and continuing that fight she has long been fighting. Hopefully we can play a part and see through all of the work the witnesses have been doing for all of these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I was not encouraging Travellers to go to nursing homes but that whatever incentives doctors have to visit nursing homes should exist within communities that have similar ageing issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: To clarify that, this would happen just once, where a person is caught once.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I agree.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I agree. I am a member of the Joint Committee on Education and Skills and we often examine this area. As I am still fairly new to this committee, I do not know whether it refers to other committee work. I am pretty sure we have published reports on this specific issue. When we respond to a petition, can information be provided directing the petitioner to the work of other committees in...