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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.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Lynn Ruane: Yes. Thank you for your help, Acting Chairman.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 52:In page 43, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:“(5) The Minister shall —(a) between three and five years after this section comes into operation, commence a review of the operation of Section 7A, and (b) not later than 12 months after its commencement, make a report to each House of the Oireachtas of the findings made in the review, and of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Advanced Skills Teachers and Special Classes in Mainstream Schools: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the delegates for their presentations. I have a few questions. I have a knot in my stomach when I talk about this subject because my daughter who has just turned 17 years has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome in the past nine months. I admit that the diagnosis saved her life. I did not think I would get her out of secondary school alive because of the experiences she was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Management and Operations of Caranua: Discussion (21 Jun 2018)

Lynn Ruane: We probably should have done this in private session but as there are only two speakers, is it possible to ask questions individually rather than in groups?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Management and Operations of Caranua: Discussion (21 Jun 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses for coming today and for their presentation. I have read all the reports.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Management and Operations of Caranua: Discussion (21 Jun 2018)

Lynn Ruane: That should be enough. When I read the documentation I understood the need to look forward but we should also acknowledge the treatment of survivors throughout the process. I am keen to get a bit more understanding of the witnesses' experience of being survivors on the Caranua board. It is first-hand experience and not just part of a process. Will they elaborate on what that experience...