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- Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (25 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: Others spoke for longer than I did. Those organisations could do with the €2.4 million.
- Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (25 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister for being in the Seanad. I welcome the fact that we have been given the opportunity to debate the motion, an opportunity unfortunately denied to our colleagues in the Dáil. I imagine that the denial of such an opportunity was the impetus for the motion on the greyhound racing industry brought before the Dáil this morning by Deputy Cairns and the Social...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care and Complaints Process: Tusla (24 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses for their engagement so far. I missed the start of the meeting as I was at a meeting of the Committee on Justice, so I apologise if any of these points have been touched on previously. I get the feeling that the majority of them may be for Ms Duggan on social work. Child protection is the biggest turnover and it is the most front-facing part of the profession....
- Seanad: Disability Day Services: Statements (11 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State for being in the Seanad and I congratulate her on her appointment to this crucially important role. I welcome the establishment by the Oireachtas of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters, which shall have within its remit the monitoring of the implementation by Ireland of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD. However, I hope...
- Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (6 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (6 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (6 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (6 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (6 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (6 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (6 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (6 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (6 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (6 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (6 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (6 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 12: In page 10, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 7(4) of Act of 1994 8. Section 7(4) of the Act of 1994 is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a): “(aa) the degree to which the investment limited partnership will make a positive contribution to civil, social, economic or cultural...
- Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (6 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: I have retabled amendments Nos. 12 and 13 from our Committee Stage debate. They relate to the introduction of important civil, social, economic, cultural and environmental clauses into the investment policies of private financial actors who come together to form a limited partnership under this Bill. Amendment No. 12 will empower the Central Bank to, when considering an application for the...
- Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (6 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No.13: In page 10, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 7(4) of Act of 1994 8. Section 7(4) of the Act of 1994 is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a): “(aa) the degree to which the investment policies identified under paragraph (a) will support initiatives that contribute to...
- Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (6 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals and Departmental Priorities: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (3 Nov 2020)
Lynn Ruane: The written statement that we have is slightly different to the statement that the Minister made at the outset. In that written statement, he stated that he planned to examine the possibility of including a new discrimination ground of socioeconomic status in equality legislation. I have advocated on this issue for many years and am concerned by the weakness of that commitment, in light of...