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Seanad: Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I join with Senator Ardagh in congratulating the Ballyfermot community where I attended the re-enactment of the passion of the Christ over the past two days. It was a live play for two days. I commend the parish in Ballyfermot which participated and allowed the use of the church for what might have been seen as a very modern day telling of the story of Christ. Jesus was played by a woman....

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I will start by providing Senator Colm Burke with a solution to drug dealers that is not a penalty and I would be happy to work with him on it. That solution is the possibility of prescribing in heroin injection centres to do away with the problem, although we are probably a few decades away from that idea. I welcome this legislation hugely on a personal and a professional level. I...

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I think a meeting is organised for next week.

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: It only happened just before we came in.

Seanad: Adult Safeguarding Bill: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I will not need the eight minutes. I had not planned on speaking but as I was listening to everyone's contributions, I could not help thinking back over so many of the faces and the cases of adult abuse I have witnessed over the years. Although we have uncovered some of the most extreme cases, there are many cases that are so subtle and so carefully manipulated that we will never be able to...

Seanad: Adult Safeguarding Bill: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Especially when it is Senator Michael McDowell.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Last week I raised the issue of the discriminatory introduction of Garda vetting of access students at Dublin Institute of Technology, DIT. I would like to put on the record that since last week it has reversed that decision and realised that it was a negative move. I would like to congratulate it for reversing that so quickly. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Education and...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: There are three amendments in this group that I will be pushing. I propose a line on each to remind the House what they apply to because it was a few weeks ago that we discussed them. I will not be making a Second Stage speech. Will we take the group as a whole or do I wait until we get to mine?

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: That is why I am making a specific comment.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Amendment No. a1k tabled by Senator Craughwell is crucial and will ensure that Waterways Ireland must consult user groups and local authorities when it is making by-laws that will close canals. People who live on canals and local authorities which administer them should be made aware of any canal closures. This amendment will ensure that happens. Amendment No. 1m is also crucial as it sets...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 1m:In page 4, to delete line 36 and substitute the following:“the canals or other canal property by all users. Any permits and licences issued should be set at a cost appropriate to the intended use and linked to the rate of inflation in the economy. Any increases from current cost levels should be introduced on an incremental basis, subject to public...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Yes.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment a1w:In page 5, to delete lines 27 and 28.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I have a quick point. Most organisations and sectors now use iPads rather than hard copies. We will amend our amendment to reflect that so it does not refer to a hard copy.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. a1ai:In page 7, to delete lines 12 to 44, and in page 8, to delete lines 1 to 3.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: We will send the Leas-Chathaoirleach a copy.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: No.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: No.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: I am honoured to second the introduction of this legislation. It is an important Bill. I became involved in activism as young as the age of eight when I campaigned to become an altar girl in a male-dominated space. I know Members would not think it now and they are all shocked, but I was an altar girl. I acted on the principle of the rights of gender-----

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Lynn Ruane: Yes, I was one of the first altar girls. I was also involved in a campaign to change loads of different school policies. As a young person, I believed I was well capable of making a political decision regarding where my vote should go. I knew at the age of 16 after I left the room having met local Deputies and other public representatives in An Cosán at a voting workshop who I would...