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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: He is not responding.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: He is a bluffer.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I welcome the Minister to the House. I wish to talk again about St. Joseph's secondary school in Rush. The Minister will recall that I had a Commencement matter on 6 November last on the urgent need to provide temporary accommodation and he announced that day that the application had been approved. We spoke then about the need for a permanent new school building for St. Joseph's in Rush....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I am sorry, but it is unsatisfactory to say that the engagement is ongoing. We have been led to believe that acquisition was imminent. Fingal County Council require a direction from the Minister and his Department to acquire the site. The site has been zoned for ten years so it has been sitting there. The access issues have been resolved. The upgrade of the park road is imminent and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: A senior official from Fingal County Council called Coilín O'Reilly-----

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: -----in a response to a motion tabled by Councillor Brian Dennehy-----

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Yes.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Yes.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Ultimately, the Minister issues the instruction to buy the site.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: The purchase of the site is not imminent.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: The purchase of the site is not imminent.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: The Minister clarified that.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: The Minister clarified that the acquisition is not imminent.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Incidentally, it was a female judge who was also assaulted in Dolphin House family law court.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I also want to speak about the incident that happened in Phoenix House earlier on today. I am glad to hear that the situation has ended. That is where the Circuit Family Court sits and as a practitioner in family law, I regularly attended Phoenix House and Dolphin House where the District Family Court is. I recall an incident three years ago where a judge was assaulted at around this time...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Rail Services (19 Dec 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank the Minister for attending to discuss the very important matter of severe congestion on the northern commuter line which runs right through north County Dublin to bring commuters from Europe's fastest growing population area right into the city every day to work or access education and healthcare facilities. There are serious levels of congestion on the line now, in particular in and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Rail Services (19 Dec 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Most of what the Minister stated relates to the DART line. This is of no use to people living in Donabate, Rusk, Lusk, Skerries or Balbriggan because they are not on the DART line. The Minister indicated that he expects the DART to be expanded as far as Balbriggan by 2022, but we have been hearing that for many years. The date keeps getting pushed out further. As a result, I do not...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I want to raise an issue that is very sensitive but it is one that should be raised. I would like the Minister for Health to come to the Seanad for a debate on the very difficult topic of concealed pregnancies and births. I raise this in light of the very tragic case in Balbriggan over the weekend. As legislators, we should discuss this in a sensitive but determined fashion. Concealed...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: That we know of. The data are not being collected.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: They say Ireland is booming.