Results 321-340 of 1,491 for speaker:Lorraine Clifford-Lee
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Nursing Staff Recruitment (27 Jun 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank the Minister of State. I am glad to hear of those additional recruits but, to be honest, I think it will just be a drop in the ocean. I would like to know the intake numbers into the public health nurse graduate programme and whether the Government is going to increase the numbers rapidly to deal with the rapidly growing population. To have 12 public health nurses graduating and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: I support Senator Bacik's amendment, on which various Senators, including Senators Boyhan, Norris and Humphreys, have spoken. It is important for us to get sight of this report before the Bill moves on. We are not preventing the Bill from moving on. As we consider the Bill, we need every bit of knowledge that is available to us to make sure it does not come back on us. When this report...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: That was ten years ago but we still hear about it every day. Move on.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: Brian Lenihan left Fine Gael a very good plan.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: I would love to be roped in by Fine Gael.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: We will have to wait until the Taoiseach comes back from the U2 concert in New York.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: We are ready.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: Notwithstanding the vote-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: Fianna Fáil is there.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: I want to speak to amendment No. 3, as proposed by Senator Ruane. I wholeheartedly agree with the aim of the diversity aspect of the amendment. Having diversity in every walk of life should most certainly be an aspiration for us all . It is not only good for the person but for all of us to have diverse participation in decision-making. I am glad Senator Higgins called the merit argument a...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank Senator Norris. That is good to hear. If I was going down that route now, I do not think I would make it. For a young person to become a solicitor now, he or she has to do a series of unpaid internships before he or she gets an apprenticeship. He or she then has to pay huge fees to the Law Society. Luckily, mine were discharged by the practice by which I was employed but not many...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: Exactly. I was going to refer to the cost of not having diversity. That is perhaps not a cost that immediately springs to mind. Many people, and many women, come up against that kind of discrimination cost. They are not given jobs because they may take maternity leave or they may take time off at some later stage in their careers. That is a very real situation. I have no doubt that...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: We could show Senator Buttimer all the homeless families.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: How many people have availed of those?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: I move amendment No. 13:In page 10, lines 20 to 31, to delete all words from and including “(1) The Commission” in line 20 down to and including line 31, and in page 11, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following:“(1) The Commission shall consist of 11 members being—(a) the Chief Justice, (b) the President of the Court of Appeal, (c) the President of the...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: I will withdraw the amendment but reserve the right to resubmit it at a later Stage.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Jul 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: Point 35-----
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Jul 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: A Chathaoirligh-----
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Jul 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: A Chathaoirligh, we need to raise serious concerns on behalf of the Fianna Fáil group. The Leader said the concerns that GRECO had been-----
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Jul 2018)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: I am sorry but I need to address the concerns of-----