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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)

Lynn Ruane: -----rather than risk losing a guaranteed and secure payment.

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...

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (29 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.".". The relentless warfare on...

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State. It is really positive that so many people in the Chamber view the system used in Portugal as a possible way forward. The Minister of State mentioned that an "us and them" scenario was created when projects were set up but I assert that it was created not by the setting up of the project but by the people who decided to oppose the scheme. As a result, people...

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Lynn Ruane: No. I will resubmit it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2016)

Lynn Ruane: No.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2016)

Lynn Ruane: I will take a few moments to draw attention to the amendments proposed in the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill, to be taken this afternoon. The legislation will go through-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2016)

Lynn Ruane: If other Senators want to understand the implications of the Bill, they are welcome to speak to me before it is discussed this afternoon.