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Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I have been reading news reports in the past few hours about the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, reneging on the commitment he inherited from the Tánaiste when she held his position in respect of funding a successor to the Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland study. This made me angry but also extremely sad. We have only begun to scratch the surface in respect of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I learn more every week I attend a committee meeting. We think we have our positions when we come in here but we realise how much we do not know. I thank the witnesses for their expertise. Some of my questions have been touched on, in particular by Senator Gavan's last question. I am conscious we are coming up to the anniversary of Savita Halappanavar's death. It is easy for us, as we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Would using social status as an indicator be possible if we moved towards risk to health in general?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Dr. Ní Bhuinneáin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Options for Constitutional Change (18 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: The members have said their piece.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Options for Constitutional Change (18 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I suppose-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Options for Constitutional Change (18 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Up until this point we were all following procedures that we laid down. The first one of those was that it would be 24 hours before we had any sort of motion, and that is why Deputy Jonathan O'Brien has put a proposal. The fact that we were in private or public session does not matter. What matters is that Senator Mullen is not taking on board what has been arranged and agreed every...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Options for Constitutional Change (18 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I echo what other people have said on the process before we came in today. I found it very fair and productive. When I tabled the motion on repealing the eighth amendment and the amendment on the modular process, I had not yet witnessed transformations before my eyes. I can see when people are honestly and actively engaging with information and witnesses. I am watching that journey and I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Options for Constitutional Change (18 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: There is no point in me going through each option because Deputy Daly has done that. The only point I want to make is that we should narrow down the options in order that when we come back to this, we are not going back over old ground which we all agree should not be discussed any more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I thank both of the witnesses for their presentations. I have two questions that touches on and builds on the kind of issues that have already been raised. I would like these matters to be teased out a little bit more. It has been acknowledged that rogue agencies exist. How can we move forward to set a standard for crisis pregnancy counselling? Rogue agencies have done a disservice to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Admissions (12 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Cathaoirleach and Minister. I would like to raise the issue of what has become known as the "baptism barrier" and the religious-based discrimination currently practised in admissions policies in State-funded schools in this country. As Ireland continues to become a more secular and pluralist nation, it is vitally important that the State acknowledges and vindicates the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Admissions (12 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I welcome the Minister's response and thank him for it. Before the relevant legislation comes before the Seanad, it would make sense either to meet the Minister or be given some notice beforehand. I do not want to waste my time coming up with amendments, given that the legislation will be based on the advice of the Attorney General and on the consultation process. I would welcome an update...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I thank both of the witnesses for their presentations. Both presentations speak for themselves. They were thorough. I have two questions. One is for Dr. Aiken and the other for Dr. Ganatra to answer. In Dr. Aiken's presentation, she stated that 54% of women experience a contraceptive failure and sought abortion access as a result. We spoke a little here about the importance of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital (11 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the delegates for their presentations. My first question does not arise because I consider it to be in any way attached to the issues concerning women who do not want to continue their pregnancy. However, as it has been a recurring theme in recent weeks, I am interested in the delegates' views on it. We often hear that Ireland is one of the safest countries in the world in which to...

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State for his time. I will not be overly-cynical of the budget. There are some elements that I will speak positively about, but perhaps with caution in terms of how they will work in implementation. I will start by noting that I always struggle not to get upset around this time of year. Being a community worker and someone who has worked in addiction and with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I thank both witnesses for their presentations today which I found very informative and useful. I join with my colleagues in commenting on some of the language that has been used here today. One comment in particular I found very offensive as a woman and as a mother; it was to make the assertion that a woman would practically arrive for her 20 week scan, find out the gender and say: "Ah no,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: It was about access to abortion up to 12 weeks without restriction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I had some planned questions, but I am the most confused I have ever been in terms of trying to understand some of the comments from Professor Binchy. I am struggling to understand how the witness can ask this committee to get real about the inherent right to life that foetal life or the unborn child has but then say he does not think the right to travel should be taken out of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Lynn Ruane: The first issue I wish to raise relates to articles I have read in recent days on a French law to be enacted next month. It raises an important conversation point and I would like the Leader to bring in the Minister, Deputy Naughten, to discuss it. The law will stipulate that images of models who have been altered in any way to make them appear thinner in magazines and the media must come...