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Seanad: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I thank the Minister and his officials for progressing this legislation. Although technical in nature, it is very important because it ties up loose ends and provides for a more streamlined health service. We will all benefit from that. I thank everybody involved.

Seanad: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 May 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I welcome the Minister. We very much welcome the Bill coming to the House. It will streamline and modernise our health service and I commend him on taking those steps because they are long overdue. He outlined comprehensively the system of registration for social care workers, and the complaints investigation function of the Medical Council will be strengthened and enhanced by the Bill,...

Seanad: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 May 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 May 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Next Tuesday at 1 p.m.

Seanad: Naming of National Children's Hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn: Motion (24 May 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I am very proud to second this motion. Before I start, I acknowledge the work my colleague Senator Fitzpatrick has put into this but also Senator Ardagh, who cannot be here tonight, unfortunately, to second this motion. I am standing in her place. She has done an awful lot of work. She is a passionate supporter of Dr. Kathleen Lynn and like her is a former student of Alexandra College. I...

Seanad: Naming of National Children's Hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn: Motion (24 May 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: A pat on the back for them.

Seanad: Naming of National Children's Hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn: Motion (24 May 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: The brass neck of it, though.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Ceannteidil an Bhille um Údarás na Gaeltachta (Leasú), 2022: Grinnscrúdú Réamhreachtach (Atógáil) (10 May 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Tá fáilte roimh Shorcha Ní Chéilleachair. Tá sé go hiontach í a fheiceáil ar ais arís agus Gaelainn deas na nDéise a chloisteáil arís sa seomra coiste. Casfaidh mé ar ais ar chúrsaí inscne. Gabhaim buíochas léi as na moltaí atá aici. Tá sé ar eolas againn go mbíonn fadhbanna faoi...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Ceannteidil an Bhille um Údarás na Gaeltachta (Leasú), 2022: Grinnscrúdú Réamhreachtach (Atógáil) (10 May 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Is é cuóta ó thaobh an toghcháin atá i gceist agam seachas cuóta don bhord.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Ceannteidil an Bhille um Údarás na Gaeltachta (Leasú), 2022: Grinnscrúdú Réamhreachtach (Atógáil) (10 May 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Cad faoi mhaoiniú, díreach nó indíreach?

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Apr 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I am proud to stand here with my colleagues today and commend them on the work they have done on this extremely important Bill. IVF is a treatment for infertility. As my colleague, Senator O'Loughlin, has said, the WHO views infertility as a disease. IVF is quite an effective treatment for that disease but, unfortunately, IVF treatments have not been fully publicly funded and I hope that...

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Business of Select Committee (19 Apr 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I propose Senator Mark Daly.

Seanad: Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Now.

Seanad: Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Now.

Seanad: Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I congratulate the Minister and the officials on the passing of the Bill in the Seanad. It is a momentous day for them. I know how hard they have worked on it and how important it is, especially to patient advocates. We all know the names of patient advocates throughout the country. There was Vicky Phelan, of course, and other unfortunate victims of the CervicalCheck scandal. This is a...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Mar 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. He is always welcome to the Seanad and is one of our most frequent ministerial visitors, such is the pace of the work in the Department of Health, which includes the preparation of all the Bills he is bringing forward. This is a fantastic day. This short Bill is really significant for the people of Ireland. It speaks to the Minister's commitment,...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Mar 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Next Thursday.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic Violence (7 Mar 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, to the Chamber. I thank him for coming to discuss this very important matter which is the issue of the lack of women's refuge in north County Dublin. North County Dublin has the fastest growing population in the country. I am very lucky to live there and represent the area but there is an acute need for a women's refuge and an awful lot of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic Violence (7 Mar 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I thank the Minister of State for that response. I appreciate it. I know Fingal County Council is working with agencies to find the site and deliver this, and that the Housing Agency is linking in with it. I feel there is a role for the Department of Justice to co-ordinate this, in light of the domestic violence strategy. I am glad there will be extra spaces in Wexford, Dundalk and Navan...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic Violence (7 Mar 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I ask the Minister of State for clarification that the new agency he referred to, to be set up by the Minister will fall under the remit of the Department of Justice.