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Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I will only be a second.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: It is about one line, and it could have been covered when I left the Chamber. If so, I apologise. Throughout this section, we have been using the words "permits" or "licences". I want to draw attention to the fact that licences for canal use do not exist, but permits for barges to dock do. I wonder is it the intention to create licences. I am open to correction on this, but I do not...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I join with others in expressing my sadness and condolences to the families of Annmarie O'Brien and that of the young children who lost their lives in Clondalkin. I also wish to acknowledge the death yesterday of a young activist who was heavily involved with the unions. No matter what picket line one visited he was sure to be there supporting fellow workers. His name was Joe McGouran. I...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (9 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I second everything Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell said. I feel empathy as someone who was an unmarried teenage mother from a disadvantaged background. In another time, I would have fulfilled all the criteria of somebody who would have been an outcast in society. Although I can never truly understand what women and children have gone through, I appreciate I could have been in that position...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (9 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Senator Kelleher can read the words. Can we go back to Senator Kelleher?

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to Disability Service in the South East and Related Matters): Motion (9 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: After listening to Senator Kelleher giving such a blow-by-blow account of what happened, what I want to know is that, apart from the whistleblowers, are the people whose names were attached to Grace's case for all those years and who turned a blind eye still in the profession because they most definitely should not be. They should be fired. I do not know how anyone in the State is supposed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their submissions. I feel extremely ambivalent as to what is the right thing to do. I agree with much of what Deputy Jim Daly said but I also understand the issue. I tend to look at matters through the lens of class, disadvantage and DEIS schools. My initial reaction is there is a huge need for an ombudsman with regard to those areas, especially...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Implications of Brexit for the Irish Educational System: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses for their contributions today. On procurement, is there anything to be said about Irish universities buying lab equipment or items like that from abroad? Has that been costed, and will it be affected by procurement? Do the witnesses expect that the number of English students coming to Ireland to study will be reduced because they will no longer be able to avail of free...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: It came to my attention approximately two weeks ago that Dublin Institute of Technology, DIT, intended to have all of its access programme students Garda vetted. The programme aims to provide second-chance education, often for students from poor socio-economic backgrounds. What is happening is alarming and discriminatory. Dublin Institute of Technology is singling out a cohort of students...

Seanad: Pensions (Equal Pension Treatment in Occupational Benefit Scheme) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (22 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister for his time this afternoon. I join everyone in thanking the Labour Senators, especially Senator Bacik, for bringing this short and important Bill before the House and for using their Private Members' time to highlight this issue. I also welcome the work of Senator Norris on this issue because if I recall correctly, he tabled an amendment to the Government's Finance...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Last week I raised the issue of the discriminatory introduction of Garda vetting of access students at Dublin Institute of Technology, DIT. I would like to put on the record that since last week it has reversed that decision and realised that it was a negative move. I would like to congratulate it for reversing that so quickly. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Education and...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: There are three amendments in this group that I will be pushing. I propose a line on each to remind the House what they apply to because it was a few weeks ago that we discussed them. I will not be making a Second Stage speech. Will we take the group as a whole or do I wait until we get to mine?

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: That is why I am making a specific comment.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Amendment No. a1k tabled by Senator Craughwell is crucial and will ensure that Waterways Ireland must consult user groups and local authorities when it is making by-laws that will close canals. People who live on canals and local authorities which administer them should be made aware of any canal closures. This amendment will ensure that happens. Amendment No. 1m is also crucial as it sets...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 1m:In page 4, to delete line 36 and substitute the following:“the canals or other canal property by all users. Any permits and licences issued should be set at a cost appropriate to the intended use and linked to the rate of inflation in the economy. Any increases from current cost levels should be introduced on an incremental basis, subject to public...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Yes.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment a1w:In page 5, to delete lines 27 and 28.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I have a quick point. Most organisations and sectors now use iPads rather than hard copies. We will amend our amendment to reflect that so it does not refer to a hard copy.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. a1ai:In page 7, to delete lines 12 to 44, and in page 8, to delete lines 1 to 3.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: We will send the Leas-Chathaoirleach a copy.