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

Lynn Ruane: No.

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

Lynn Ruane: No.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I am honoured to second the introduction of this legislation. It is an important Bill. I became involved in activism as young as the age of eight when I campaigned to become an altar girl in a male-dominated space. I know Members would not think it now and they are all shocked, but I was an altar girl. I acted on the principle of the rights of gender-----

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Yes, I was one of the first altar girls. I was also involved in a campaign to change loads of different school policies. As a young person, I believed I was well capable of making a political decision regarding where my vote should go. I knew at the age of 16 after I left the room having met local Deputies and other public representatives in An Cosán at a voting workshop who I would...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: We are here to represent young people, not party issues.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I suggest that we return to talking about votes for young people.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Senator Wilson's proposal makes no sense. There will be no difference between now and January.

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I will start by providing Senator Colm Burke with a solution to drug dealers that is not a penalty and I would be happy to work with him on it. That solution is the possibility of prescribing in heroin injection centres to do away with the problem, although we are probably a few decades away from that idea. I welcome this legislation hugely on a personal and a professional level. I...

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I think a meeting is organised for next week.

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: It only happened just before we came in.

Seanad: Adult Safeguarding Bill: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I will not need the eight minutes. I had not planned on speaking but as I was listening to everyone's contributions, I could not help thinking back over so many of the faces and the cases of adult abuse I have witnessed over the years. Although we have uncovered some of the most extreme cases, there are many cases that are so subtle and so carefully manipulated that we will never be able to...

Seanad: Adult Safeguarding Bill: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Especially when it is Senator Michael McDowell.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I join with Senator Ardagh in congratulating the Ballyfermot community where I attended the re-enactment of the passion of the Christ over the past two days. It was a live play for two days. I commend the parish in Ballyfermot which participated and allowed the use of the church for what might have been seen as a very modern day telling of the story of Christ. Jesus was played by a woman....

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I congratulate UISCE, the Union for Improved Services Communication and Education, on the launch of its strategic plan. UISCE works with drug users and drug service users to keep drug use advice at the centre of drug policy, which is extremely important. Senator Joe O'Reilly described Good Friday as part of our identity. Most things about Good Friday are definitely not part of my identity...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Training Fund (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting the matter and I thank the Minister of State for giving his time today. The national training levy is crucial source of revenue in the context of the ongoing national debate on the funding of third level education. As the Minister of State will be aware, the Cassells report released last year has painted a bleak picture of the state of our higher...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Training Fund (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I have one or two more questions which I will send directly to the Department because the Minister will not have access to the information here. I wish to clarify whether I understood the Minister of State correctly. He said that additional funds cannot be allocated unless there is a reduction in the Exchequer fund. Will the increase be a replacement and not additional?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Training Fund (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I have another question. Obviously, much of the additional spend in previous years has gone to filling skills gaps at jobseeker level and third level funding has not received a great deal from the national training levy. Will the percentage increase be directly for third level? If so, and this ties in with the Cassells report, is it expected that the Department would not decide where that...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I wish to raise the issue of the child care subsidy. It has been announced that 9,000 families will miss out on the subsidy due to commence in September. It probably does not seem like much to some, but €48 per month for child care for some families, who would have already begun to consider it part of their budget from September, is a massive deal. The articles I have read today...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment. I will not go into too much detail on all the amendments, as Senator Norris and others will cover them. I will speak to amendments Nos. 10 and 11 specifically. As we all know, the canal waterways are not just for the enjoyment of tourists. For communities of people the canal is their home. In this context, with regard to our housing crisis, we must ensure any laws...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: It is more just a point of order than anything, to say that the amendment is not linked to inflation. It just takes inflation into account.