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Seanad: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I am happy with the Minister's response and will wait to see how the conversation progresses with the Office of the Ombudsman for Children. I will withdraw the amendment and reserve the right to resubmit it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Illegal Drugs: Motion (13 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 1:In the first paragraph under "notes that", to delete "illegal drugs" and substitute "the harms of drug use and the drug trade".

Seanad: Illegal Drugs: Motion (13 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: The amendment relates to the language used and tries to make it much more inclusive of how people who use drugs like to frame themselves. It also moves slightly away from the idea that we need to strengthen laws instead of focusing on prevention. Much of the language in the motion is very much focused on strengthening the criminal law, which seems unusual in that we are also talking about...

Seanad: Illegal Drugs: Motion (13 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 2:In the fourth paragraph under “notes that”, to delete “illicit”.

Seanad: Illegal Drugs: Motion (13 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 3:In the third paragraph under “further notes”, to delete “are addicts” and substitute “have dependency issues”.

Seanad: Illegal Drugs: Motion (13 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 4:In the eighth paragraph under “further notes”, to delete “abuse” and substitute “use”.

Seanad: Illegal Drugs: Motion (13 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 5:To delete the ninth paragraph under “further notes” and substitute the following: “- every cent spent on drugs on the unregulated market funds organised crime;”.

Seanad: Illegal Drugs: Motion (13 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 6:To delete the first paragraph under “agrees” and substitute the following: “- the implementation of a public health approach to drug and alcohol misuse is of paramount importance;”.

Seanad: Illegal Drugs: Motion (13 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 7:In the sixth paragraph under “agrees”, after “comprehensive” to insert “person-centred”.

Seanad: Illegal Drugs: Motion (13 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 8:To delete the fourth and fifth paragraphs, under “calls for” and substitute the following: “- action to be taken to respond to open drug dealing on city streets; - increased measures to prevent young people being drawn into the drugs trade.”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Process (12 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: As the Minister will be aware, Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 set out new criminal penalties on the purchase of sexual services from sex workers, where the buyer of sex is criminalised but the sex worker is not, sometimes referred to as the Nordic model.In response to concerns that have been raised on the impact of this model on the safety of sex workers in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Process (12 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister for his very detailed response. This is more an observation as we move forward when speaking of the monitoring committee. The space in respect of representation for sex workers in Ireland is dominated by organisations and NGOs in support of the Nordic model. This is more about putting down the marker to ensure those groups that are not often represented in those wider...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Business of Joint Committee (12 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: Apologies have been received from the Chairman, Senator Colette Kelleher, and Deputies Colm Brophy, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Martin Ferris and Fiona O'Loughlin. I propose that we now go into private session to deal with housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I welcome members and viewers who may be watching this meeting on Oireachtas TV to the meeting of the Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community. The purpose of today's meeting is to begin our deliberations on the topic of education and how it impacts the Traveller community. We will meet representatives from the National Traveller Women's Forum and the Tallaght...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: Ms Flynn should feel free to speak off the top of her head because we have her submission. If she does not want to read from the page and feels more comfortable speaking as she always does, she should please feel free to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: That is okay. Ms Flynn can stay in her seat and Ms Joyce can sit beside her. We will go into private session for a few moments. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: We are in public session. I call on Ms Joyce to continue the presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Ms Joyce and Ms Flynn. Reduced timetables come up a lot. The witnesses have been very generous with their time with regard to the Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills. Reduced timetables have been used as a tool to reinforce inequality and to further increase the level of racism and segregation that is happening in schools. It is something that, like the Joint Committee on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I now call on Ms Joyce to make her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Ms Joyce for her very strong presentation. It contained little with which I would disagree. One of her first points was how education is a right. Unfortunately, there are still people who do not have rights. Rights can exist theoretically but where people come from communities which have never been in a position to facilitate, support or exercise their rights, and they do not have...