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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements. While they may have been brief, they were impactful and powerful. I appreciate the passion with which they were delivered. We all heard the message loud and clear to the effect that there is a real problem in our health settings. That is completely unacceptable. It is unacceptable that the members of a workforce that is female in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Does Ms Chambers feel there is an acute problem in the emergency departments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: The point I am trying to get to is whether Ms Chamber's colleagues find that the atmosphere in emergency departments is particularly aggressive and violent. Are those who are leaving moving to safer parts of the health service or is that level of violence across the board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: We know of more than 5,000 assaults. There could be many multiples of that number. That is significant and horrifying. It would not get to that level in any other workplace. There seems to be an accepted level of violence because people are sick and stressed out. However, we need to send the message that this is not how people who work in healthcare settings should be treated. When an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Is An Garda Síochána ever called?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Is a signal from hospital leadership needed to someone like Ms Chambers who is in a senior position in the emergency department that she is required or leadership wants her to call the Garda in such situations? It that the type of leadership that is needed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: That is unacceptable. Ms Chambers gave the example of a parent becoming aggressive and kicking in a door. What happens to that parent? Is that parent removed from the hospital?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: That leaves nurses in a difficult situation as they are dealing with a child and they cannot remove a guardian who has to give consent for medical treatment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I will ask a question of the INMO and the IMO. Both organisations mentioned that people are reluctant to log complaints. What could be done to encourage that culture to change?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I put the same question to the representatives from Fórsa.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I had another question on bullying and harassment, but there may not be time for it. I am sure my colleagues will cover the issue in a comprehensive fashion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Are nursing staff given any training on de-escalation of aggressive situations or is it something they pick up by osmosis?

Seanad: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (1 Feb 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Tá fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Tá an-áthas orm go bhfuil an deis againn inniu an tseirbhís ríthábhachtach meabhairshláinte CAMHS a phlé léi. Tá go leor plé déanta againn, mar a luaigh sí, de bharr fhoilsiú thuarascáil Maskey le déanaí agus leathnú an athbhreithnithe. D’iarr an tAire...

Seanad: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (1 Feb 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: It is just about practice.

Seanad: UL Hospitals Group: Motion (1 Feb 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus roimh an rún ó Sheanadóirí Fhine Gael maidir le Grúpa Ospidéal Ollscoil Luimnigh. Molaim an Seanadóir Conway agus an Seanadóir Maria Byrne, go háirithe, as an gcur síos a rinne siad ar an rún agus ar na fadhbanna agus as a gcuid moltaí féin freisin. Is maith an rud é go bhfuil deis...

Seanad: UL Hospitals Group: Motion (1 Feb 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: The Senator will be in trouble if she-----

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (26 Jan 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I move: That notwithstanding the Order of the House today the statements on emergency department waiting times and hospital admissions shall be brought to a conclusion at 1.15 p.m. and that No. 4 shall be taken immediately thereafter.

Seanad: Emergency Department Waiting Times and Hospital Admissions: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Tá fáilte roimh an Aire. Tá áthas orm go bhfuil deis againn amanna feithimh maidir le ranna timpistí agus éigeandála a phlé inniu. Is ábhar buartha é. Tá imní agus faitíos ar dhaoine ar fud na tíre dul chuig na ranna timpistí agus éigeandála. Tá tionchar ollmhór aige seo. Bhí mé ag...

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Tá mé an-sásta go bhfuil an rún seo ó Fhianna Fáil faoi bhráid an tSeanaid inniu. Cuirim fáilte ollmhór roimh an Aire Stáit. Tá ár gcóras iompar poiblí an-tábhachtach dúinn agus go háirithe do mhuintir Bhaile Átha Cliath. Is é an t-iompar poiblí an t-iompar is fearr dár dtimpeallacht...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I thank Mr. O'Connor and his team for their work on this complex matter. When we first started debating it, so many issues were highlighted. It is down to our guests' dedication that we have worked our way through most of them. I will touch on the topic raised by Deputy Cullinane regarding the mainstreaming of services and the lack of availability of termination services throughout the...