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Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2025)

Lynn Ruane: When thinking about why people make decisions on exemptions, even though they may not hold a particular moral position on a situation, and about the actions in relation to discretion or whether we should inspect planes when passing through Ireland, I was quite struck by the Taoiseach’s comments in the Dáil yesterday. In light of the arms embargo Bill and related Bills, those...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2025)

Lynn Ruane: The Senator can bring forward amendments on Report Stage.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2025)

Lynn Ruane: On a point of order, we are discussing section 2 of the Bill.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2025)

Lynn Ruane: We need to also point out that the Senator had the opportunity to table amendments for today. This is Committee Stage. He had a week, so he should not be disingenuous by standing up now and trying to frustrate this process. He had the chance to table Committee Stage amendments for today and he did not do so.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2025)

Lynn Ruane: He is frustrating the process and it is clear for us all to see.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Apr 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I want to speak about the weekend and the policing of the protest outside this building, which was really a vigil. Mother's Day is a celebration for some but for others it is quite a complex day, such as the women and children of Gaza. I refer to the fact that the world would show solidarity with them, that women would give up their day to come and spend time outside Leinster House and show...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Funding (19 Mar 2025)

Lynn Ruane: The Minister of State is very welcome. It is not often that I have raised a local issue in the Chamber since I became a Senator in 2016, but this is an issue that is extremely close to my heart. Scoil An Chroí Ró Naofa Sóisir in Killinarden is facing serious financial trouble. The school opened in 1980 and now caters to three generations of the Killinarden community....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Funding (19 Mar 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State. This is a school I went to as a child. I spent all my primary years there. One of my teachers, Ms Bridget Clare, is here today for the debate. It is a very important school, and I urge the Minister of State to communicate to the Department the need for a year-on-year doubling of the capitation grant, and not just this interim investment. It helps and is...

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2025)

Lynn Ruane: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2025)

Lynn Ruane: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Today I want to raise two separate but interrelated issues. It is international women's week. However, throughout the whole year, we talk about domestic violence. We constantly see articles and news reports online about the number of women who have died in the country. What I am facing at the moment in terms of supporting women is that it is not only about safety, but the decisions that...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Strategies (4 Mar 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I appreciate that. It teases out the difference between the evaluation and the consultation. I have some queries that I will follow up on with the Minister of State regarding the consultation, as some people felt that the Department was very top down instead of asking the community and inviting people in, so the community and voluntary sectors did not get to set the parameters of what that...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Strategies (4 Mar 2025)

Lynn Ruane: Yes.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Strategies (4 Mar 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Acting Chairperson. I thank the Minister of State for being here. I am sure we will see a lot of each other over the next four years. I know she is aware this is an issue and an area I have focused on throughout not only my legislative career but also by working in addiction services since the age of 17. When I am not in the Chamber, I am still very much involved with...

Seanad: Community Safety: Statements (25 Feb 2025)

Lynn Ruane: This is an important topic to discuss. Over the past year or two, I have been lucky enough to visit some violence intervention programmes in Newark in the United States. There are some amazing initiatives elsewhere. We do not need to recreate the wheel when we consider violence intervention, specifically. Ireland can look to Scotland and some of the initiatives in the United States and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I ask that we make representations to the Taoiseach and other Government members on the commitment in the programme for Government to re-establish the Joint Committee on Drugs Use. The committee did a huge body of work before it dissolved due to an election. We produced an interim report before we finished on 24 October 2024. All parties and none fully agreed to all the recommendations in...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (19 Feb 2025)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I will be brief. I wish the two candidates well. My comments are not personal to anyone at all. They are more a reflection of what my colleague from Sinn Féin said about the first test of fairness and justice. It is also the first test of working collaboratively because working collaboratively does not only happen with the scraps at the bottom. It also...