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Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jun 2022)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: All the women outlined they have children of their own. Were supports put in place for their own children to explain to them? They were very young. What sort of supports were put in place for their children? Were they happy with those supports? Replies in Ukrainian.

Seanad: Poverty and Homelessness: Motion (15 Jun 2016)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...risen from 17.4 per cent to 23 per cent in the same period;condemns:- the consistent rise in poverty, deprivation and hardship amongst families in Ireland that has resulted in up to 5,000 families and children being homeless and housed in temporary accommodation across our cities and towns; and - the policies that have created a situation whereby the latest statistics from 2013 show that...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (14 Nov 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...It is a vaccine for chickenpox and is not part of the national childhood immunisation programme at present. The Minister should make efforts to include it in the national vaccination programme for children. As I said, it is not part of the immunisation programme, although many parents are paying privately for this vaccine for their children. It is administered in two doses and is very...

Seanad: 25th Anniversary of Decriminalisation of Homosexuality: Motion (19 Jun 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: These Parts provide for parentage through donor-assisted human reproduction. The issue of the recognition of parentage for same-sex couples and their children needs to be dealt with. The failure to commence these Parts diminishes the Minister's contribution this evening. The mental health difficulties faced by young people from the LGBTI community are serious. I deal with people through...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...process, I suggest that it is already too late once the child has been conceived and the gestation is ongoing because we are going to end up with a baby at the end of the process. There are so many children already affected by a legal lacuna. We are trying to safeguard those children. Are we not creating another gap whereby children and parents are not given rights?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (14 Nov 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...that it is under constant review but I really want the Minister to suggest to the NIAC that it undertake a study on the feasibility of adding the VARIVAX vaccination to the national schedule for children. I will write to the Minister in this regard because it is a very serious issue that certain groups of children in Ireland are getting vaccinated while other children from less well-off...

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (24 Jan 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...thank her for her comprehensive explanation of the Bill's provisions. Fianna Fáil welcomes the Bill, as it gives legislative effect to Article 42A, which was inserted in the Constitution by the children's rights referendum. Fianna Fáil supported that referendum and I engaged in a great deal of door-to-door canvassing on it. As such, I am delighted to see this Bill before the...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2016)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: .... I am a regular user of the Luas and I love it. I use the DART on a daily basis and it is great that Dublin has such a great network of public transport. I wish to raise the issue of homeless children. I draw the House's attention to the comments made in recent days by Dr. Niall Muldoon, the Ombudsman for Children, relating to homeless children. His comments echo the sentiments...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...laugh, but he has always supported women, as have my colleagues. I make reference to what Deputy Micheál Martin said on radio today when he referred to the savage treatment of women and their children in mother and baby homes across the country. He referred, in particular, to the Tuam mother and baby home and the appalling testimonies we have heard in the past few years. I have...

Seanad: School Transport: Motion (21 Sep 2022)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...glad that a review of the criteria is taking place but I call on the Minister to confirm tonight that included in that review is the criterion of ethos. The school transport scheme does not allow children who are of no religious persuasion to avail of their nearest non-denominational school. As transport currently is not provided to the nearest non-denominational school, children of no...

Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Files were opened on all the McCabe children at a time when two of them were over the age of 18. Tusla should be concerned with children under the age of 18 only. Even if this error occurred when these allegations were copied and pasted, it should have become apparent that these children were over the age of 18 and, therefore, files on them should not have been created in the first...

Seanad: Paediatric Scoliosis Services: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I thank the Minister of State for outlining those facts and figures. As he said on several occasions, this is time-sensitive surgery. Any delay is crucial to the well-being of these children and the outcomes of the surgery. Everybody here has heard from families in our communities and around the country who are, unfortunately, waiting unacceptable lengths of time for the proper surgery....

Seanad: Poverty and Homelessness: Motion (15 Jun 2016)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...Norris said, this sends out a very clear signal that this House is prioritising housing and homelessness. In her very eloquent contribution Senator Devine said how important the issue of homeless children is. In my work I have come across the infantile behaviour these children are reverting to. I have seen children who live in buggies and have not developed their core strength and...

Seanad: Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...of my time to Senator Norris. It is with great horror and distress that we are here once again to discuss another shameful chapter in our nation's history. This chapter involves women and their children and how they were treated. This just goes further to demonstrate the esteem in which unmarried mothers and their children were held in this country. Let me be clear when I say that they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...of urgency in that regard. Many parents have contacted us. They are horrified by what is going on but they are also very afraid. They need to hold down their jobs. They need places for their children. There are workers in these places who are doing their best in very difficult circumstances when there is an overarching culture that is not of best practice. What alternatives is...

Seanad: Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (18 Oct 2016)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...recent budget. That investment is the first step on the road to allowing families a greater choice and supporting women to remain in the workplace, should they so wish, following the birth of their children. The health and safety of our children should be the most important concern of any Government. To that end, Tusla must be adequately resourced to allow for more inspectors to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...appear that these specific facilities are short staffed all the time? They were breaching ratios. In previous answers to colleagues' questions, they stated that workers who had direct contact with children need to be qualified. I remind the officials that a chef was working directly with children in one of these facilities on one occasion. If rosters are inspected, why are ratios...

Seanad: Mental Health and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (24 Feb 2022)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I welcome the Minister of State to the House to talk about this important issue. There is not one of us who was not shocked and horrified by the story of the many children who were failed by the CAMHS system in Kerry. It was absolutely shocking and heartbreaking to think that these children, in trouble with their health and needing support, not only did not get support but that further harm...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services (10 Feb 2022)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...year-olds. As she knows, GP visit cards for those aged under six were introduced a number of years ago and have been a very helpful mechanism for parents to access free GP healthcare for their children. Children can get very sick very frequently when they are young. Having free GP visits ensures that no family has to work out how sick a child is before it must bring him or her to the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (6 Nov 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...coast with one secondary school.Currently, there is a crisis facing the school and the town due to the fact that all the school places in first year for 2019 have been allocated and there are 102 children who have not been allocated a place. They are on a waiting list. This trend is set to continue in 2020, 2021 and after that given the current figures for students in the primary schools...