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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Many people have said that to me. They are just not able to leave the workplace at that or at any time.

Seanad: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: People are waiting on this. They have waited for this Bill for years. The Irish Kidney Association and many others have been working towards this day and the completion of this Bill. I commend the Minister on working so hard to bring this about. Organ donation has always been a difficult topic to discuss with next of kin because such discussions invariably happen in the context of a very...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Court Accommodation (8 Nov 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: The Minister of State is very welcome. I realise this is not his Department so I appreciate his taking the time to come and answer this on behalf of the Minister for Justice. My Commencement concerns the long-awaited family law court complex at Hammond Lane. We are long past needing a new family law court complex for Dublin. Dolphin House and Phoenix House are not fit for purpose. The...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I start by welcoming ambassador H.E. Dana Erlich and Jeremy Wilmshurst from the British Embassy who are here in our Gallery to witness this very important debate and the range of views across the House. Like everyone, I am devastated at the scale of human suffering since 7 October. We have all been looking at appalling images on our television screens, on our phones and in our newspapers....

Seanad: Provision of Free HRT Treatment: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I thank our colleague Senator Pauline O'Reilly and her colleagues in the Green Party for proposing this very important motion. It is great to have the opportunity to discuss it, coincidentally on World Menopause Day. We cannot discuss women's health enough because such discussions were sorely lacking for years. It was never discussed in these Houses or beyond it and that has stored up an...

Seanad: Provision of Free HRT Treatment: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Tomorrow at 9 a.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I appreciate that some of my questions have already been covered. I thank Dr. Conlon for clarifying the rigorous extent of the peer review and examination of the research. I know all three witnesses are very experienced in this area and I appreciate the clarification. On the three-day wait, I thank the witnesses for outlining what they believe would be a positive impact on women if the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: She could be four weeks or six weeks pregnant at that stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I thank the Cathaoirleach and the committee for allowing me to sit in on this session. I am not a member of the committee but, representing north County Dublin, I am very interested in the horticultural industry. I was lucky to visit Keelings’ plant last year with the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, where I met its CEO, Caroline Keeling, and saw the wonderful production facilities it...

Seanad: Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Motion (4 Oct 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Whatever I say today will be completely inadequate next to Senator Clonan's contribution. I can hear the passion in his voice because he has been through this with a very vulnerable child who had to face a number of serious surgeries. Senator Conway, when he was a child, faced some very serious and life-altering surgeries. Like Senator Clonan, he has personal experience of this. We have...

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: The Minister of State is very welcome. He and my colleagues will not find it any surprise that I will raise the issue of the family law court complex that was promised for a long number of years to be delivered at Hammond Lane. I have spoken about this ad nauseamsince my election to this House back in 2016. I was very happy to see it included in the programme for Government that this site...

Seanad: Rights-Based Care Economy: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I thank Senator O'Loughlin, who has plenty more to say on this issue. I appreciate the work she has put into this, and that of the women's caucus. It is a very important motion. It is very long but contains so many facets. It is very important that we have the conversation because, as she outlined and is mentioned in the motion, care is very gender based. There is unpaid and paid care....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Everyone is very welcome back. I wish to raise a matter I saw on the front of the Irish Mail on Sundaylast week. I was very concerned to read the front-page story about the €14 billion hole in the national development plan budget. I believe a memorandum was brought to Cabinet today by the Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, on this inflation-driven deficit. It is very concerning....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I was following the meeting online and heard all of our guests' contributions. I really appreciate the work they put into their opening statements as well as the time they are spending with us today. I know they are all volunteers. The work they are doing, on a very limited budget and with only volunteers, is absolutely tremendous. There is far more public awareness of endometriosis now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I hope that as part of the national endometriosis framework, funding will be provided for GPs. Perhaps we could get somebody in from the Department of Health to tease that out. Is awareness increasing? Are people becoming more aware at a younger age?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I welcome the Minister back to this House and to the Houses of the Oireachtas following her maternity leave. I am in favour of hate crime legislation. It is not before time that we are updating the position. However, I have some concerns about the legislation and more so about what is not in the legislation rather than what is. Specifically, I am concerned at the lack of antisemitism...

Seanad: Capital Investment in the Health Service: Statements (1 Jun 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: The Minister is always welcome to the Seanad. I do not know where to begin with his statement because it is so large. Having more than €1 billion in funding available is phenomenal. The Minister also mentioned primary care centres, surgical hubs and the national children's hospital. It is all fantastic work and we are very happy with progress and the amount of money that has been...

Seanad: Capital Investment in the Health Service: Statements (1 Jun 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: On Tuesday, 13 June at 1 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: That is exactly the point I was trying to get at. By having it in the legislation it goes beyond what the Medical Council ethics guidelines provide for. I was really struck by the evidence in the report that some practitioners actually obstructed people being transferred to other professionals' care. That is horrific and it is not what people voted for.

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

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