Results 3,141-3,160 of 3,693 for speaker:Lynn Ruane
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Lynn Ruane: I did not say that.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Lynn Ruane: I said the opposite.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Lynn Ruane: That is why it is not in the amendment. The Senator should read the amendment.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2018)
Lynn Ruane: Can the Leader schedule a debate in the House on the implementation of the national drugs strategy? A debate on that is being held in the Dáil and it should also occur here given that the consultation process on decriminalisation is taking place. Perhaps that could be arranged for before the summer recess. On a related issue, I invite Senators to a briefing I am holding next Tuesday....
- Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (28 Jun 2018)
Lynn Ruane: I thank Senator Colm Burke for asking me to co-sign the Bill. Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell and I did not have to do much; Senator Colm Burke has been working for a long time on getting the legislation through. I was delighted to support him. I have one question for the Minister which is more for my own understanding. Perhaps I need to go away and do research and the answer might be...
- Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (28 Jun 2018)
Lynn Ruane: This might seem like a strange question. I look at this and see "half-brother" and "half-sister". Are those official terms used for family? Where are they laid out? Where does that come from? Is that something that has been used as a description but is not actually a legal term to describe a family? Is it something that we have applied to siblings ourselves? What do we recognise...
- Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (28 Jun 2018)
Lynn Ruane: I join with my colleagues in congratulating Senator Colm Burke. The Bill highlights other areas where we can work on legislation in a cross-party manner. Sometimes we are too protective of legislation, but we can take a leaf out of Senator Burke's book and see where we can and cannot agree in order to work on important legislation. This issue only affects a small minority but has a...
- Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (28 Jun 2018)
Lynn Ruane: We are sitting early next Tuesday.
- Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)
Lynn Ruane: My point is less for the Minister and more for Fianna Fáil. The amendment refers to "Irish as a home language". I support the priority being given to children with Irish as their first language and preferred home language. However, the definition in paragraph (k) of "a student who speaks Irish as a home language" dilutes the idea of it being a home language. Senator Gallagher can...
- Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)
Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 47:In page 29, line 10, after “schools” to insert “and arrangements and procedures relating to the exclusion and suspension of students from schools”. This amendment deals with regulations around expulsion and suspension. I am concerned about the use of exclusions and suspensions from schools. In many schools it is done on an ad hocbasis and...
- Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)
Lynn Ruane: It still gives room for individual schools to set up their own codes of practices and that might vary from school to school but every school is different. We heard yesterday at the Joint Committee on Education and Skills about schools using codes of practice and suspensions to deal with children with special needs. The children are in special classes because they have ASD or various other...
- Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)
Lynn Ruane: I want to withdraw it and come back on Report Stage after I read the Tusla recommendations.
- Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)
Lynn Ruane: You should wait until I am finished, Acting Chairman.
- Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)
Lynn Ruane: I know the sun is shining but I just turned down the chance to meet Pink Floyd to come here to speak on the Bill.
- Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)
Lynn Ruane: To clarify, will Senator Grace O’Sullivan be able to resubmit her amendments on Report Stage? She might have got held up somewhere.
- Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)
Lynn Ruane: Will the amendment stand or will it fall?
- Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)
Lynn Ruane: It is not moved. When we come to that section, can I indicate that I want to submit an amendment on age appropriate guidelines for primary and post-primary schools, respectively? I wish to put on record that I intend to submit an amendment on Report Stage in the same vein as Senator Grace O’Sullivan’s.
- Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)
Lynn Ruane: A similar amendment.
- Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)
Lynn Ruane: I wish to indicate that I may submit an amendment similar to amendment No. 51 on Report Stage.
- Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)
Lynn Ruane: I have discussed the issue.