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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...

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

Lynn Ruane: That is good. My questions are about the Garda vetting process, and whose responsibility it is to make sure that escorts are in place and Garda vetted. Senator Gavan referred to the 450 children with special needs who are currently waiting. How long are they waiting? I accept it was said that some came in late, but if the system is used to year-round applications why are children...

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

Lynn Ruane: Is it only new applicants every year, or does an application still have to be sent in to get a child back on the bus the next year?

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

Lynn Ruane: No, in the cases of other children.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Facilities and Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Aug 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I have to leave at some stage but I hope we get through everything before that. I thank the witnesses for their presentations, all of which I read carefully. This is a subject which is particularly close to my heart. We spoke at length about the costs for parents, and the fact that the schools are underfunded, which passes the costs to parents. In the case of primary-level children, the...