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Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: If I can continue, Ms Elizabeth O'Connell, senior counsel, said: "Does the evidence out-rule the possibility that she was attracted to the defendant and was open to meeting someone and being with someone?". She went on to say: "You have to look at the way she was dressed. She was wearing a thong with a lace front." Those words were uttered in that trial and they are uttered in trials...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: What about women and victim shaming?

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: What is the Senator's problem with women?

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I do not think we have a quorum in the Chamber and I would like to call a quorum. This is a very important point and it deserves an audience.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I wish to add to the point made by Senator Humphreys. There has certainly been an inconsistent approach with regard to how Senator Bacik has been treated. It is bordering on misogynistic. I call on the Minister to reflect on his comments towards Senator Bacik and issue an apology.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I did not say the Leas-Chathaoirleach did. I am pointing out the inconsistency-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I am not, but there is an inconsistency in the approach, and a degree of leeway is given to certain Members of this House that was not given to Senator Bacik when she was debating her point.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: It is an important point to make at this point in the debate. I did not think it was very fair when she was interrupted while making her point. There is an inconsistent approach in how some Members of this House are treated.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I was not making reference to the Leas-Chathaoirleach.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: If the Minister is going to make accusations, it is very curious that he would make them when a female Member of this House is speaking.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I have been here for the majority of the 38 hours to which the Minister referred.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: If the Minister was going to make such a point, he could have done so on many another occasion. I find it very curious that he makes it today when Senator Bacik is speaking on this point. I am not happy to sit here and witness this and I would like the Minister to give an apology to Senator Bacik and to this House.

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (7 Nov 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I echo Senator Ardagh's comments. I thank the Social Democrats for bringing this Bill to the Dáil. It is a very simple Bill. It will not cost the State anything but it will mean much to hundreds of thousands of families around the country. It is imperative that the Government runs with this and enacts the legislation as soon as possible because so many people depend on it. Like...

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

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber and I congratulate him on his appointment to the Department of Education and Skills. I look forward to working with him over the coming months and years or however long the Administration remains in office. I am based in north County Dublin where there are many educational issues. I already been in correspondence with the Minister on a number of these...

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

Lorraine Clifford Lee: It is very good news that the Minister has issued approval in principle for the additional temporary accommodation.I take his point that a site for a new school building is being actively pursued but I put it to him that this should be a matter of urgency because the enrolment figures for the primary schools in the town of Rush show that next year there will be a similar level of demand. It...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Greenways Development (16 Oct 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank the Minister for coming to the Seanad to discuss the very important matter of the Broadmeadow greenway, which links Donabate with Malahide. The greenway is a cycleway and a pathway for cyclists and pedestrians linking the two towns and Newbridge Demesne, which a fantastic amenity in Donabate owned by Fingal County Council, with Malahide and Malahide Castle. The population of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Greenways Development (16 Oct 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank the Minister for that information. I wish to make sure I am clear on it. Since the link between Donabate and Malahide is shorter, it will not be prioritised for funding unless it is part of the overall greenways strategy. Is that correct? If so, it must be pointed out that there is a strategy to have a greenway running the entire length of the coast of north County Dublin and...

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I welcome our guests in the Gallery. It is great to have such interest in this issue from an academic point of view. I offer the formal support of Fianna Fáil for this Bill. We have continued to support this Bill and we see it as vitally important for women in Ireland today.

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: That is fine. I urge the Minister of State to accept the Sinn Féin amendment, not to push this to a vote and to allow the passage of this Bill. We cannot wait any longer for the gender pay gap to narrow. There are gender pay gap deniers out there and we need to confront their denials with hard data. I do not want my daughter facing the gender pay gap but, equally, I do not want my...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Sep 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, for coming to the Chamber to discuss the urgent situation at St. Molaga's senior national school in Balbriggan. When I submitted this Commencement matter, may I point out that I used the following wording: "The need for the Minister for Education and Skills to fast-track the essential...