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Seanad: Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: TRIPS Waiver: Motion (15 Dec 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I second the motion. I thank the Minister of State. I also thank Senator Higgins, who has shown great leadership and come from a place of being a global citizen and of caring deeply about everybody around the world, not just ourselves. It will be hard for anybody in this House to match her knowledge, experience and passion. We should all listen carefully to what she is saying about this....

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. I did not anticipate how anxious this conversation would make me today, but it has. It is clear we know all the solutions and we know what helps and what does not. We know about increased child benefit, social housing, the resourcing of services and multi-annual funding, but there is something lacking in how we engage with the systems. It is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank colleagues for coming to Tallaght to play-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2021)

Lynn Ruane: Thankfully I have been back playing football for a while, so I am still match fit and was able to bounce back this morning. It was good fun. At the end we had a brief presentation from Lev from the Irish Homeless Street Leagues which I have been supporting for some years. A few years ago, we developed a bid to host the Homeless World Cup here in Ireland. We were shortlisted for selection...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2021)

Lynn Ruane: He can quote Rihanna.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I want to raise the issue of the mid-term review of the national drugs strategy, NDS. There are four community voluntary networks and each of them is designated as a core constituent of the NDS. They are all due to be removed from the oversight committee. I think this is one part of what has been, for a number of years, an attempt to dismantle the community voice, dissent, agency and...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(b)by the deletion of subsections (4), (4A), (5) and (6),”.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I completely accept that. That is democracy, to allow the speaker to speak. I thank the Senator. Before explaining the purpose of each amendment I want to dispel any misconceptions surrounding these amendments. The purpose behind these amendments is to create a fairer, more just and rehabilitative focused justice system, not a let-off system. I could not make the last debate and I went...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. I will, yes. What brings this Bill before us today is minimum sentencing in regard to the Firearms Act 1964, specifically in regard to minimum sentencing legislation and the Ellis v.Minister for Justice and Equality case. Without rehashing the details of the case, with which I am sure Members are all familiar, this amendment would ensure that should any...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I hear what the Minister of State is saying about what the Bill is intended to do. I am sure he can appreciate that, as someone who cares about this area, I try to find any possible way into the conversation and to amend the legislation. I wonder whether the Minister of State could explain a little more the reason the section in question has to come under the suite of measures. Logically,...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: "(ii) the deletion of subsections (4), (4A), (5) and (6),".

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 3: In page 4, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: "(ii) the deletion of subsections (4), (4A), (5) and (6),".

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 4: In page 4, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: "(ii) the deletion of subsections (4), (4A), (5) and (6),".

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 5: In page 4, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: "(ii) the deletion of subsections (4), (4A), (5) and (6),".

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 6: In page 5, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: "(b) by the deletion of subsections (3C) and (3D),".

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No.7: In page 5, line 11, after "subsections" to insert "(9), (9A), (10), (11),".

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 8: In page 5, to delete lines 14 and 15 and substitute the following: "8. The Criminal Justice Act 2007 is amended by the deletion of section 25.".

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (1 Dec 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Independent Group for tabling this motion. I, too, was in the privileged position to visit Taiwan. In the lead-up to the visit, I spent a lot of time doing research, especially in the areas of interest to me. While looking into the education system in Taiwan, I became aware of the Sunflower Student Movement, about which I read with great interest. It was a wave of youth...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: I echo the sentiments expressed by the previous speaker on secretarial assistants. In the previous Seanad we all signed a cross-party motion to bring change in this area, but the change has not come. We only have to look at the Bill I introduced which was discussed during Private Members' business yesterday, and which was drafted by my secretarial assistant. That is the level of skill,...