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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Garda Stations (10 Dec 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: The Minister of State believes the station will be handed over by the end of the year.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Even though domestic homicides have outpaced gangland murders by almost 2:1 in recent years, they have generated far less commentary, far less media coverage and far less attention than gangland crime. The Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris, said at the weekend that gardaí respond to approximately 30,000 domestic incident calls each year. This equates to between 500 and 600 such calls...

Seanad: Finance Bill (Certified Money Bill) 2019: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I am disappointed.

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...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Play politics?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: People cannot get on trains in north County Dublin they are so overcrowded. Extra carriages are needed. There is increasing housing provision in north County Dublin but no infrastructure.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Fine Gael has been in government for nine years.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: The fastest growing part of the country is north County Dublin and the Government is not putting in the infrastructure.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: People have to get up at 6 a.m. in order that they can get on a train.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: They cannot afford to purchase a house and they cannot get on a train to get to work.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: If Senator Buttimer does come to north County Dublin he will see the legacy.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Will there be any extra carriages for the northern line? The Government is great at making announcements but bad on delivery.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: It is all spin and the people are paying the price.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I was never there. I do not know anything about the Galway tents.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Carers are outside the front gate protesting.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: There will be judgment on that too soon.

Seanad: Harmful Plastics (Prohibition) Bill 2019: First Stage (16 Oct 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to prohibit the sale of consumer goods packaging containing harmful plastics, to prohibit the sale of consumer products containing microbeads, to promote the use of biodegradable materials in the packaging of consumer products, to enable the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to make for that purpose...

Seanad: Harmful Plastics (Prohibition) Bill 2019: First Stage (16 Oct 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Next Tuesday.

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...