At a press conference in Dublin today, Senators Higgins and Ruane joined campaigners from Barnardos, One Family and Spark to call on the Government to deliver for lone parents in Budget 2019 in key areas of housing, social welfare and access to employment and education. Senator
The Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016 has passed its final stages in Dáil Éireann and will now go to President Higgins for his signature. The bill includes a new and crucial adoption policy change as a result of an amendment tabled by Independent Senator Lynn Ruane. Senator
The debate on the Controlled Drugs & Harm Reduction Bill 2017 has been adjourned in Seanad Eireann. The passage of the bill to Committee Stage will now be postponed, pending the publication of the Government's expected National Drugs Strategy. Following the adjournment of the Controlled Drugs & Harm
Independent Senator for Trinity College Lynn Ruane has today introduced a Private Members’ Bill in Seanad Éireann entitled the Controlled Drugs and Harm Reduction Bill 2017. The bill provides for the decriminalisation of the possession of controlled drugs for personal use, establishes a Drug Dissuasion Service
Independent Senator Lynn Ruane will second the Electoral Amendment (Voting At 16) Bill 2016 on Wednesday 29th March in Seanad Éireann. The legislation is being proposed by Senator Fintan Warfield of Sinn Féin and if passed through both Houses of the Oireachtas, would reduce the
Date – Saturday, December 3rd 2016 Time – 10:00-16:00 Location – The Plaza Hotel, Tallaght, Dublin 24 ‘Tallaght Talks’, a mental health forum for the local community, will take place next month in the Plaza Hotel in Tallaght. The event, hosted by Tallaght natives Senator Lynn Ruane and
Leinster House, September 29th, 2016: Senators Lynn Ruane and Fintan Warfield will host 25 ‘Trinity Access 21’ Students in Leinster House tomorrow morning to discuss their upcoming bill to reduce the voting age to 16 years of age in local and European elections. The student
Senator looking forward to attending launch of National Drug Strategy consultation. Encourages all stakeholders to contribute. Reiterates strong support for continuing a community based approach to drug policy and for preserving the central role of the drugs tasks forces. Independent Senator Lynn Ruane attended
· Senator says Irish higher education ‘at a crossroads’. · Welcomes the comprehensive work of the Cassells Group. · Strongly opposes any move towards the potential commodification of education. Following the long awaited publication of the Expert Group on Future Funding For Higher Education’s report today, Independent Senator
The proposed changes to the Misuse of Drugs Act will disproportionately punish addicts and low level drug dealers and will not fulfil its ostensible aim of addressing the root causes of the Irish illicit drug trade or the recent gangland violence, said Senator Lynn Ruane. “The
