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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Maybe Ms Steinmetz, Ms O'Donovan or somebody from the Cork side can answer my final question because their membership is so much bigger. I have worked as a community worker with Traveller families over the years who really struggled when they had kids with additional needs, including Down's syndrome. What are the outcomes and extra layer of difficulties for a family coming from low levels...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Ms Moran. I have one final question, if I have time.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Lynn Ruane: It is in relation to young people entering into adulthood who want to go on to third level or further education. Trinity has a specific programme for people with Down's syndrome. I wonder is there much access in other places in the country, such as west Cork, that do that style of college education for people with Down's syndrome.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Ms O'Donovan and Ms Flanagan for that.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Lynn Ruane: It is still like a charitable model in some senses. The parents are looking for good old integration in their community but it is more of a charitable model that is coming at them.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Lynn Ruane: The expense is not taken into account when it comes to the threshold. This is something I have been looking at in relation to my child maintenance Bill when people are applying for child maintenance and there has been a breakdown in the family relationship. Child maintenance and those supports should look different if one has a child who needs different financial support in relation to, as...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Ms Flanagan and Ms O'Donovan.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Lynn Ruane: We should also write to the Joint Committee for Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to take on looking at the offering of courses in higher education.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Yes, so people do not have to continuallly come up and tell the committee how desperate the situation is. We need to start to focus on the solutions.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Lynn Ruane: We need to sort it.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Imagine investing that recruitment money in social care workers who have maybe done Further Education and Training Awards Council, FETAC, level 5 and level 6 courses in community work. Imagine investing in those young people already living in communities to actually work in that area. It would be much better spent in the long run.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses and apologise for not being here for the contributions at the beginning. I am splitting my time between this and another committee I am on which sits at the exact same time, unfortunately. I have read the submissions and opening statements. Much of my work over the years has been focused on neurodivergence and autism so my insights and understanding of the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Lynn Ruane: So they are not specialising in any particular area.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Lynn Ruane: That is probably it. It is probably those two big universities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Business of Joint Committee (31 Jan 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I nominate Senator Barry Ward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Chair and everyone else for their presentations today. I will have to leave after this engagement as I am also on the Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. There is a clash, I must to go next door, so my apologies in advance. I have read all the submissions. I have two by two, that is four questions. I will ask all of the questions first and...

Seanad: Emergency Department Waiting Times and Hospital Admissions: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. I will start with a quotation: “It turns out, however, that the cost [of austerity] could be large – much larger than the benefit." That statement is not from a left-wing politician but from a report by International Monetary Fund, IMF, economists in the last few months. We have seen our health service spiral into what feels like an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022: Discussion (24 Jan 2023)

Lynn Ruane: It is hard to know where to start. There are more than 400 pages in the heads of the Bill, and we are probably focusing on only parts of them. There are definitely threads across all of the submissions that I read, and certain aspects are coming up. Obviously, I worked in addiction for a long time, so my public health hat is always there. However, I often feel as if people's health is...