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
As the 25th Seanad convenes today, eleven senators have joined forces to put forward long delayed reforms to Seanad Éireann and in particular, to radically overhaul how elections to the upper house of the Oireachtas are conducted.
18th May 2016 Leinster House Senator Lynn Ruane joined a group of medical professionals and community workers on Monday night to survey the residents of Brú Aimsir Hostel on Dublin’s Thomas Street. The survey was aimed at evaluating the accommodation and healthcare services received by the hostel’s
