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Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Oct 2018)

Lynn Ruane: Can I put it on the record that I might submit an amendment in the same vein on Report Stage with regard to making the members accountable to committees and so forth?

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Oct 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister for her time. I wish to start by welcoming the legislation before the House. It is a good Bill overall, with the principal aim of strengthening and clarifying the legal and regulatory standing of Quality and Qualifications Ireland and ensuring that it is able to achieve its aim as a regulator of quality assurance in further and higher education in the State. I wish to...

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Oct 2018)

Lynn Ruane: My point was they will not have the capacity to pay into the sinking fund, and they will not benefit in the long run as, although they are not-for-profit, they are not listed as excluded from it.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Sexual Offences Data (3 Oct 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister for Justice and Equality for taking this matter. I am raising the issue of the second Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland, SAVI, report which his Government has committed to, and which will investigate and survey the levels of sexual violence and abuse experienced by men and women in Ireland. It has been 16 years since the first SAVI report was published in 2002, and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Sexual Offences Data (3 Oct 2018)

Lynn Ruane: My question relates to the scoping exercise, which is very important and which I welcome. I know that organisations which work with survivors have been involved but I am concerned that a huge amount of data from women who never access services are missing from the report of the scoping exercise. This is because so much is not reported. Much still needs to be done by way of a public...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2018)

Lynn Ruane: Today, I would like to raise the housing crisis and the serious inadequacy of the State's response to a crisis affecting every sector of society. I have no interest in scoring political points but, at this stage, it has to be accepted that the current strategies, whether it be Rebuilding Ireland or the array of other initiatives attempted by the Government, are just not working. The housing...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2018)

Lynn Ruane: We need rent controls without the wide expectations of the current rent pressure zones, with rents to be linked to inflation. We need targets to end long-term homelessness and we need to amend the Constitution to include a right to housing. These are radical calls but they are an appropriate response to the seriousness of the current crisis. I hope to see as many of the Members as possible...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Electoral Commission: Statements (27 Sep 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State for his time and his statement on proposals for an electoral commission. I welcome that this issue is gaining traction in the Oireachtas and I would like to express my strong support for the establishment of an independent, empowered electoral commission with broad responsibility and remit across our different elections. We are lucky to live in a country where...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. I wish to raise the case of Sean Binder. He is 24 years old and hails from Togher, County Cork. He was a classmate of mine in Trinity College. For the past year he worked for an international non-governmental organisation, NGO, called the Emergency Response Centre International on the Greek island of Lesbos. He co-ordinated search and rescue activities to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I think the question was on the staff rather than the actual vehicles.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Lynn Ruane: Go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Lynn Ruane: That is a city girl for you. It sounds like the rural people have a lot more to say than I do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Lynn Ruane: The members are welcome to attend committee meetings on these important issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Lynn Ruane: My questions are aimed at getting a logistical understanding of what happens. Most of the emails that come to me relate to transport for special education rather than mainstream transport issues. I was supporting a couple of mothers in connection with the former issue. It was very difficult to understand who was responsible for Garda vetting. I was told there was a gap of four months...