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Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move recommendation No. 22: In page 112, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “Report on wealth tax 52.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the potential revenue raised from, and distributional impact of, a wealth tax of 1 per cent on all households with assets of over 10 million...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...supposedly addressing dereliction is the derelict sites levy administered by councils.To say this has been a failure is an understatement because we know that, in 2021, for example, only €1.1 million of the €4.5 million owed in derelict sites levies was actually collected by city and county councils. This was a collection rate of 23%. Eighteen councils failed to collect the...

Seanad: Forestry: Statements (15 Nov 2022)

Lynn Ruane: ...its national ambition for afforestation. We need to be clear that forestry is currently a net emitter of greenhouse gases in Ireland, not a carbon sink. This is according to the FRL 2021-2015 report from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine titled, Ireland: National Forestry Accounting Plan. The report concludes with the extremely worrying information that Ireland's forest...

Seanad: Budget 2022: Statements (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: ...time of year particularly difficult to comment on and I usually sit down, read the budget and try to make sense of it and understand it. I then try to break down the figures and comment on this million euro or that percentage. To be honest, every time I do that I give up and I have to go back to people's lives and to what is behind them. Since I started paying attention to the budget as...

Seanad: International Day of Persons with Disabilities: Statements (4 Dec 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ...to be living with a carer aged over 80. There is an unprecedented crisis in disability services, with many struggling to maintain existing service levels. The sector is struggling with a €40 million shortfall in funding due to austerity cuts that have not been reversed, the additional costs of compliance and regulation, an ageing infrastructure, and general inflationary cost...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ...status" needs to be comprehensive, developed and able to fully capture the current and future environmental value and capacity of a bog habitat. While I recognise the Government has committed €5 million in 2020 to peat bog restoration, this will need to double and treble in 2021 to 2022, as €5 million is unfortunately inadequate given the current state of our bog network and...

Seanad: Controlled Drugs and Harm Reduction Bill 2017: Second Stage (31 May 2017)

Lynn Ruane: ...the criminalisation of drugs as a form of criminalisation of poverty given the high numbers of the working class that find themselves in the prison system for drug possession. Currently in Ireland, we spend millions every year on legal aid, probation and prison. This is a cost that does nothing to create change in a person’s life in terms of their drug use. Life after addiction...

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

Lynn Ruane: ...out where all the expenditure goes, Departments should break the expenditure up into second level and third level separately. I am looking for clarification on certain matters. Is the €610 million current expenditure and €250 million capital expenditure all available for new projects or is it simply precommitted? I was delighted there were so many references to...