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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: There is no positive effect on it either.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Is it fair to say that the effect of the student loan means those who come from poorer backgrounds are the ones burdened with the debt more so than the person whose family can afford to pay upfront? It is not about inequity of access to college but an inequality in terms of who is left burdened with debt.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I am talking about children whose parents pay upfront. They do not have the debt. They do not have the loan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: No. It still matters to the child who has no choice in such matters. We need a system to ensure that when a family's earning power falls below a certain amount that there is an option not to pay fees. The free fees system simply shifts the wealth to grinds and private school fees. The exact same thing will happen if we introduce income-contingent loans. The poor children will be the only...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: If a person stops paying because he or she leaves the workforce, would the State and whoever is administering the loans just him or her alone?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: The authorities would not keep checking in to encourage the person back into the workforce in order to pay his or her loan, which would be quite intimidating?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: In the UK, if I am correct, there was a 40% reduction in mature and part-time students when the ICL was introduced.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Imagine having to do a whole day's work-----

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Training Fund (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting the matter and I thank the Minister of State for giving his time today. The national training levy is crucial source of revenue in the context of the ongoing national debate on the funding of third level education. As the Minister of State will be aware, the Cassells report released last year has painted a bleak picture of the state of our higher...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Training Fund (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I have one or two more questions which I will send directly to the Department because the Minister will not have access to the information here. I wish to clarify whether I understood the Minister of State correctly. He said that additional funds cannot be allocated unless there is a reduction in the Exchequer fund. Will the increase be a replacement and not additional?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Training Fund (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I have another question. Obviously, much of the additional spend in previous years has gone to filling skills gaps at jobseeker level and third level funding has not received a great deal from the national training levy. Will the percentage increase be directly for third level? If so, and this ties in with the Cassells report, is it expected that the Department would not decide where that...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I wish to raise the issue of the child care subsidy. It has been announced that 9,000 families will miss out on the subsidy due to commence in September. It probably does not seem like much to some, but €48 per month for child care for some families, who would have already begun to consider it part of their budget from September, is a massive deal. The articles I have read today...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment. I will not go into too much detail on all the amendments, as Senator Norris and others will cover them. I will speak to amendments Nos. 10 and 11 specifically. As we all know, the canal waterways are not just for the enjoyment of tourists. For communities of people the canal is their home. In this context, with regard to our housing crisis, we must ensure any laws...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: It is more just a point of order than anything, to say that the amendment is not linked to inflation. It just takes inflation into account.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 11:In page 4, line 36, to delete “boats on the canals or other canal property” and substitute the following: “the canals or other canal properties by all users. Any permits and licences issued should be set at a cost appropriate to the intended use and taking into account the rate of inflation in the economy. In the case of residential boats moored...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: It is clearly a misunderstanding of the text of amendment No. 41. There should be a new ruling on it. What has been perceived from the amendment which seeks to insert the words "All authorised officers should be permanent employees" is that new employees would be given permanent contracts, but that is not what the amendment seeks to do.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: The amendment might need to be reworded to state current employees of Waterways Ireland could carry out that function.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: It is a misinterpretation of the amendment. We need to clarify rather than lose the amendment.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: It is merely a misunderstanding.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I congratulate UISCE, the Union for Improved Services Communication and Education, on the launch of its strategic plan. UISCE works with drug users and drug service users to keep drug use advice at the centre of drug policy, which is extremely important. Senator Joe O'Reilly described Good Friday as part of our identity. Most things about Good Friday are definitely not part of my identity...