Senator Ruane’s groundbreaking legislative provisions which sought to all but ban the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) will shortly be signed into law by President Michael D. Higgins, following the passage of the Maternity Protection, Employment Equality and Preservation of Certain Records Bill 2024 in the Seanad today. The
Senator Lynn Ruane welcomes the publication of an interim report from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Drug Use detailing the Committee’s consideration of the recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use, alongside providing a suite of progressive recommendations which calls on the Government to transform its response
A group of sitting and former Senators on the University of Dublin panel in Seanad Éireann have this week sent a letter to the Provost of Trinity College Dublin, calling for the immediate termination of business and research relationships between the College and Israeli institutions
The Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use voted resoundingly to remove the legal and social stigma around drug use in Ireland. As Paul Reid, former Chairperson of the Assembly, stated in recent days, this was a vote for the decriminalisation of drug possession. Section 3 of the
The Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreement) Bill 2021, first tabled by Senator Lynn Ruane in Seanad Éireann in June 2021, has successfully completed its passage in Ireland’s Upper House. This is the second Bill introduced by Senator Ruane that has been passed by Seanad Éireann,
On International Women’s Day 2023, the Civil Engagement Group senators are calling for transformative change to address gender inequity in Irish society. The Senators highlighted the recent publication of the action plan for a gender-equal Ireland by the Joint Committee on Gender Equality, of which
Independent Senators Lynn Ruane and Alice-Mary Higgins of the Civil Engagement Group have welcomed the passage of their amendments in the Seanad to the Higher Education Authority Bill which will guarantee student union representation on academic governing authorities. The amendments, which were accepted by Minister for
This evening, the 6th of July 2022, Senator Lynn Ruane’s Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2022, which seeks to all but ban the use of NDAs in instances of harassment and discrimination in the workplace, successfully navigated Committee Stage consideration in the Seanad with
Senator Lynn Ruane’s landmark emissions reporting legislation successfully advanced through its second stage debate in the Seanad this afternoon with Government support. Senator Ruane welcomed broad support for the principles of the bill from her colleagues in Seanad Eireann, with Minister Robert Troy committing to
Today Senator Lynn Ruane introduced her Companies (Emission Reporting) Bill 2021 to the Seanad. The Bill requires companies of over 50 employees to annually report audited statements of greenhouse gases to the Minister for Enterprise is introduced in the same week that the Oireachtas Committee
