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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 26 – Department of Education and Skills (29 Sep 2016)

Lynn Ruane: There are no provisions made in the leaving certificate for someone with dyscalculia, therefore, there are no reduced points, even with a diagnosis from the Dyslexia Association of Ireland. Until reservations are made for people at leaving certificate level, it always will be seen as a lesser disability.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 26 – Department of Education and Skills (29 Sep 2016)

Lynn Ruane: I completely agree with my colleagues on the third-level sector and the immediate need for interim funding while we review the Cassells report, especially in light of the figures which suggest that there has been an increase of approximately 10% in the past two to three academic years. This figure is set to continue to grow. On the issue of access to education and the piece that appears...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 26 – Department of Education and Skills (29 Sep 2016)

Lynn Ruane: On the Minister's point regarding the need to sharpen the weighting for funding in terms of access and so on, I believe we first need to overhaul access from second level to third level in terms of how the Department divides up the colleges versus the schools. Currently, the colleges have no say in this regard, as the links were set years ago by the Department and have never been reviewed....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Educational Research Centre: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (7 Sep 2016)

Lynn Ruane: I do not know whether the questions are really appropriate, but some points jumped out at me in the contribution of Dr. Travers. I know Ireland does relatively well in the PISA scores. We are approximately 17th globally. However, we fall down elsewhere. Approximately 15% of Irish people have not reached a basic skill level in mathematics and science. Has the ERC done much research in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Educational Research Centre: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (7 Sep 2016)

Lynn Ruane: I have a suggestion, which is possibly something the Educational Research Centre is already examining. We look at what we need to provide for students in terms of resilience, numeracy and literacy, but I have been working on a programme and there is probably research I could tie in to it. It is with regard to the teacher training curriculum. Dr. Travers stated some of the research impacts...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Educational Research Centre: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (7 Sep 2016)

Lynn Ruane: Early intervention is crucial but there is a lack of acknowledgement of dyscalculia as being a learning disability in the same way as dyslexia is recognised. Early intervention happens but in DEIS schools resources and acknowledgement are not available to diagnose somebody with dyscalculia. My daughter has dyscalculia but I had to find funds to bring her to the Dyslexia Association of...

Seanad: Action Plan for Housing: Statements (20 Jul 2016)

Lynn Ruane: I wish to share time with Senator Dolan with four minutes each.

Seanad: Action Plan for Housing: Statements (20 Jul 2016)

Lynn Ruane: While I will focus mainly on student accommodation, on listening to the Minister's opening statement I will pick up on two points. As for Dolphin House and the regeneration, it is an area - around the canal communities - in which I have worked for a long time. I wish to recommend reading a book by a man named John Bissett on the failures of the public private partnerships, PPPs, in St....

Seanad: Citizens' Assembly: Motion (15 Jul 2016)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “in as economical a manner as possible;” down to and including “from the date of the first Assembly meeting;” and substitute the following: “ - the Assembly will first make a report and recommendation on the matter set out at (i) above to the Houses of the Oireachtas within three months from the date of the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Act 1994: Motion (14 Jul 2016)

Lynn Ruane: I will be brief. I was watching this on screen and I felt the need to come to the House and reiterate my opposition to lowering the thresholds with regard to a mini-CAB. It contributes to the cycle of criminality. We are talking about removing small amounts of cash - around €1,000 - whether from the drug trade or from the black economy in general, such as street traders and...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Lynn Ruane: I also call for a debate on the Cassells report. Although only three options are laid out, we need to have a discussion. The future of education is one of the most significant things we will discuss over the next few years. We need to talk about investing in our future, our young people and in lifelong learning. The narrative yesterday was heavily based on talk of income-contingent loans....

Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (12 Jul 2016)

Lynn Ruane: I will. There is not loads in it. I thank the Minister for his time. I want to focus briefly on the one-parent family payment. I come from the perspective that the reform in the last few years in regard to one-parent families should be reversed. Such families have traditionally suffered higher deprivation and poverty rates than the general population despite increased social welfare...

Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (12 Jul 2016)

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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services Provision (7 Jul 2016)

Lynn Ruane: In the 1950s Ireland held the world record for the number of people detained in psychiatric institutions. Thankfully, the majority of the older style Victorian hospitals are now closed and the focus of mental health services is on treating people in the community as close to their homes as possible. In the 1980s, 24-hour supervised residences were opened to accommodate service users who had...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services Provision (7 Jul 2016)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State for her response. It is a large area and the Minister of State has probably already met with Mental Health Reform.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services Provision (7 Jul 2016)

Lynn Ruane: I was going to ask for that to happen.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services Provision (7 Jul 2016)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (5 Jul 2016)

Lynn Ruane: Like Sinn Féin, I broadly support the Bill. I will deal separately with the regulation lowering the amount of cash suspected of being the proceeds of crime that may be seized from €6,500 to €1,000. I can just about handle the reduction in the threshold value of property subject to the Act from €13,000 to €5,000 in the Bill but I am concerned about the fact...

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2016)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, after line 28, to insert the following: "Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act 3.Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion the following subsection:“(2A) That possession of the substances listed in Part 1 and Part 2 of the Schedule not be subject to prosecution for amounts equating to personal use.".". Since the UN Single...

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2016)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State. On her request that we hold off on proposing amendments to legislation until public consultation, I suggest that she also takes that advice and holds off on amendments to legislation until there is public consultation. The Minister of State mentioned unintended consequences. I agree that lots of things have unintended consequences. I have spent many nights...