Results 641-660 of 1,534 for speaker:Lorraine Clifford-Lee
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: I wish to discuss Brexit first and foremost. We have learned that the UK is putting formal proposals to the negotiators in Europe which are along the lines of the leaks we have heard in recent days, including ten customs posts on each side of the Border and that the North would leave the area by 2025. This House needs to send a clear signal that this proposal is completely unacceptable and...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: We are fighting to get on a ticket. Fine Gael people are all leaving. They cannot get enough people to run for Fine Gael.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: We have great competition to get on our ticket.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: Nobody is getting off the pitch where we are.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: Well done, Senator Conway.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: Waiting lists are increasing.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: I am listening.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: This has nothing to do with the by-election.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: I am deputy leader of the Opposition.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: I am listening.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services Provision (9 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Daly, for coming in. I hope he will not mind me saying that I am disappointed the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Zappone, is not here. I believe she has a budget press conference at 12 noon but it is only 10.30 a.m. I would have hoped that she would have come into the Chamber to discuss this important issue but I thank the Minister of...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services Provision (9 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: I realise that the Minister of State is deputising for the Minister, Deputy Zappone, but, unfortunately, much of his statement has absolutely no relevance to the points I raised. He referred to providers being able to expand capacity as a result of subsidies. The point I am making is that they do not have the accommodation to do so. This is particularly the case in north County Dublin but...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services Provision (9 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: Where are the providers supposed to go? There is no accommodation for them.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services Provision (9 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: I invite the Minister of State to come to Donabate to see the situation there.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services Provision (9 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: I am suggesting that she go through the local childcare committees.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services Provision (9 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: The local childcare committees are supposed to represent local families.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services Provision (9 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: The Minister has directed them not to make submissions on behalf of families. It is a disgrace.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: I am disappointed that nothing has been done in budget 2020 to assist commuters who use our rail lines on a daily basis. I refer to the hundreds of thousands of people who pile onto overcrowded trains on all our commuter lines. The situation has been getting progressively worse. I am disappointed that extra capacity will not be delivered on any of our commuter rail lines until 2023 at the...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: Not for rail commuters.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)
Lorraine Clifford Lee: I draw colleagues' attention to the unparalleled crisis in the disability sector, where many people with intellectual disabilities, and their families, are enduring serious unmet needs. I hear about this issue time and again when I speak to people on doorsteps, right across north County Dublin. My colleagues are hearing the same thing throughout the country. Steps must be taken to meet the...