Results 1-19 of 19 for carers speaker:Lynn Ruane

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (23 Jan 2024)

Lynn Ruane: ...said that it is estimated that between 10,000 and 12,000 children are living in informal kinship care in Ireland and that the guardian's payment is the only social welfare payment for which kinship carers can apply. I refer to their having to apply adequate care to situations in which kids may have been in situations involving turmoil. Maybe there is grief, loss or trauma, or maybe there...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 13: “Report on extending eligibility for long-term carer’s qualifying contributions 46. (1) The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas and the Joint Committee on Social Protection a report on options for extending eligibility for long-term carer’s qualifying contributions to...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 14: In page 25, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Report on expanding recognition of long-term carer’s qualifying contributions 46.The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas and the Joint Committee on Social Protection a report on options for expanding recognition...

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ..., love and support to all affected by the attack at Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire last week. Those students will have that attack imprinted on their little minds forever, as will their parents, carers and teaching staff. They should have every support made available to them. Although I was not as young as them when I witnessed my first knife attack, I know the mark it leaves inside...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Protection: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...In the worst-case scenario of a bed and breakfast or hotel, what exactly happens in that situation? What about the agency's long-term strategy to reduce the reliance on the private sector? New foster carers were spoken about earlier as well. In many reports it says they were mainly recruited over the years through word of mouth, but recently the Foster Care Association indicated 76% of...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...is implemented or offered to the family. I have some questions around healthcare assistants, which would fall into the childminding piece. I refer to when a healthcare assistant provides private care to a child with additional needs. Some healthcare assistants also, in a way, act as child carers because they are not always providing healthcare. Sometimes they stay within the home while...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Supports for Parents of Children in Foster Care: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Lynn Ruane: I thank everyone for their presentations. I am glad we are having this conversation because the voice of parents has been absent up to now. Even in terms of kin placements with foster carers, their voice is absent. Kin placements are a very different experience. I have experience of this, both personally and professionally, and I know how difficult it can be. I wish to raise a number...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2022)

Lynn Ruane: ..., if the 16-year-old does not have the ability to give consent, the consent is sought from the absent parent. That absent parent often refuses to give consent even though they do not have primary carer responsibility for the child. It reminded me of a recent situation whereby a mother had to go back to the courts system to argue the point about dispensing with guardianship to be able to...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Lynn Ruane: It is unfortunate the witnesses did not acknowledge any of the issues, even in the slightest way, with some foster placements and the overreach of some foster carers. Much of what they said is right but their response, in many ways, proves my point. All the blame was put on the parental aspect and the child's trauma, and not on the fact that many foster carers do not understand complex...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Lynn Ruane: There is also a lot of bias in the placements. With regard to the incident in Cherry Orchard yesterday, I watched three foster carers. The children involved in the incident, whom we may call hooligans or low-life, are the children who will probably encounter services like those in question. There is a huge amount of unconscious bias against working-class kids and others who end up in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: The Minister referred to care. It is important to put on the record that the Citizens' Assembly also chose to make sure that we refer to care, not carers. That should not get lost in the discussions as well. With regard to the potential wording, the Minister will probably say that he will wait for the committee. The Citizens' Assembly made recommendations relating to Article 41.2 and...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Ruane: ...of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in access to housing; - that under Article 27 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, where parents or carers are unable to provide a decent standard of living that is good enough to meet a child’s physical and social needs, and their healthy development, the State is compelled to assist...

Seanad: Children in Care and Children Leaving Care: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Lynn Ruane: ...to require therapeutic intervention, but young people often do not receive the interventions they require in a timely manner and at other times they do not receive them at all. Social workers, foster carers and parents regularly have to battle to ensure their child can get access to therapeutic support. That needs to change.The social work sector should have access to these supports...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: ...independently shortly after their 18th birthday. In transitioning from being in care to being in after-care, young people lose access to many important figures in their lives, such as foster carers, care staff, social workers and therapeutic support staff. After-care workers continue to offer support to young care leavers but this is contingent on the young person's ability to maintain...

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

Lynn Ruane: .... In other cases, parents are providing unsustainable support into their 70s, 80s and beyond. In a small recent sample of just 18 organisations, 183 people were reported 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...

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Lynn Ruane: ...in transformational change and reconfiguration in complex environments and a track record in implementing major system wide reform. They feel it is unlikely that patients, their families, carers or their representatives who have been involved in patient advocacy would be able to apply under the high level criteria in the vacancy notice. Perhaps with regard to the two patient advocates we...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Access to Higher Education (30 May 2018)

Lynn Ruane: ...remaining at home alone to care for their children. Competition for employment is difficult enough without being 45 years old with very little employment history due to being the sole provider and carer for children. The opportunity to progress further educationally with targeted supports may help a cohort of older women to gain decent employment and reach the highest level of...