Senator Lynn Ruane has welcomed the unanimous support of Seanad Éireann for the landmark Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021, which passed to the next stage of the legislative process this evening. The proposed bill would ban legal gagging orders that prevent victims of sexual harassment
6 April 2021 Senator Lynn Ruane has today published her recent submission to the Department of Social Protection's Child Maintenance Review Group chaired by former Justice Yvonne Murphy. In a wide-ranging submission, she calls for: The Revenue Commissioners to be given legal responsibility for calculating fair amounts
November 10th 2020 Senator Lynn Ruane has made and published a wide-ranging submission to the Department of Justice's public consultation on the Review of the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016. The 2016 Act has failed to support the rehabilitation of former offenders to
Senator Ruane will be bringing forward her legislation providing for greater access to the legal right not to disclose an old conviction for a minor offence (also known as a ‘spent conviction’) for further debate in the Seanad today. Senator Ruane will also be proposing additional
Independent Senator Lynn Ruane today launched her bill for reform of the Electoral Act with support from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), Education Equality and Amnesty International. Senator Lynn Ruane said: “I’m delighted to introduce this reform to support the voices of community and advocacy
February 13th 2019 The Seanad has this evening passed the Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018 without a vote and with the unanimous support of senators present. The bill has now passed second stage and moves to committee stage where it will receive detailed and line
February 5th 2019 Independent Senator Lynn Ruane has today launched the Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill. The bill would expand fairer access to spent convictions; minor convictions that don’t have to be disclosed after set periods of time when returning to education, applying for a job or
The Register of Electors for the Trinity Seanad constituency is published every year on June 1st. If you would like to be included in the 2019 Register, the deadline to make an application is February 26th. Are you eligible? If you are an Irish citizen and a
We are delighted with the initial response to the Project Sums maths tutoring pilot programme and would like to thank the students, the volunteer tutors who've given us their time and the media for their help in getting the word out. We're continuing to recruit volunteers
November 22nd 2018 Following a meeting in Leinster House this morning, the launch of the new Oireachtas Cross-Party Group on Drug Policy Reform (ODPR) was agreed by a cross-party group of Oireachtas members. The Ana Liffey Drug Project will be the NGO partner to the group and
