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

Lorraine Clifford Lee: -----of two primary schools. I thank the Minister of State for that correction. I am sure she will understand, in particular, the frustration faced by the very excellent principal of this school, who has done everything in her power to facilitate the Department and the learning environment for these students. St. Molaga's senior national school is an excellent school. It has an excellent...

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

Lorraine Clifford Lee: We do not have an update on the position. There is a draft report. When will the school get sight of that draft report? What is the next stage? When will the next stage take place? When will St. Molaga's have its actual school building? This has been going on for far too long. The new prefab to which the Minister of State referred is to facilitate the reduction in the pupil-teacher...

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

Lorraine Clifford Lee: When will St. Molaga's get its school?

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

Lorraine Clifford Lee: When will St. Molaga's get its school?

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

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I understand that there is a process, but how quickly can we get the school?

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

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Can we fast-track the process?

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

Lorraine Clifford Lee: That related to the prefab.

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

Lorraine Clifford Lee: The Minister of State's comment was disingenuous.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I apologise for missing the first half of this session. I was in the Seanad speaking on a matter but the contributions I have heard from this committee have been excellent. I thank the witnesses for that. I have read other contributions also. I was very happy to hear that the approach being taken is to not pitch different groups of women against each other. I strongly believe that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Would Ms O'Reilly's organisation be happy with the removal of the economic element if we were to keep the article in the Constitution rather than deleting it entirely?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: No. I was eager to pose that question and I appreciate the responses I received.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (25 Sep 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive overview of this extremely important legislation which I agree is vital to protect the financial system. Such legislation is becoming increasingly important, given the globalised nature of the world in which we live and the cross-border terrorism that often takes place. Fianna Fáil welcomes the transposition of the directive into domestic law....

Seanad: Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (25 Sep 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I will stick to that. Like everyone else, I was horrified when the facts of this scandal unfolded over a number of weeks. As a woman, they were horrific to hear. I have had a number of smear tests over the years and have been grateful for the screening programme, as have been the many hundreds of thousands of women who have gone through it and received results, be they clear or indicative...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Like Senator Ardagh, I wish to raise the issue of BusConnects, which is a major issue here in Dublin. As a matter of priority, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, should come to the Chamber for a full, dedicated debate on the BusConnects issue. The BusConnects plan proposes a redesign of the bus network in Dublin. This was announced in July, conveniently when the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I suggest to the Minister that the reason it has not been dealt with in 25 years is that it was not really on the political agenda. The Government saw the strength of the "Yes" vote last May and that is what got it onto the political agenda after 25 years, rather than the fear of constitutional challenges in the court. If this article is deleted, how does the Government propose to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: The issue of childcare is very real. We do not need a Citizens' Assembly to dissect it. We know it is a problem and we can see the solutions but will this Government realistically provide for gender equality by addressing the childcare issue? It locks a huge number of women out of the economic workforce and the women I talk to who are caring for their children in the home are there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I would like to direct this question specifically to the NWCI, but if anyone else has any views, I would like to hear them also. Given that the vast majority of care in the home is performed by women, will shifting everything to gender-neutral language do anything to shift the cultural default setting whereby care in the home falls to women to the detriment of their own economic independence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: By putting in the gender-neutral language, will it be almost a recognition of the fact that the care should be distributed among the genders? Will that add to the process of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank Ms O'Connor.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank the Minister for bringing this Bill to the House. On behalf of the Fianna Fáil group, I am happy to support the Bill. I hope the Minister does have the same cross-party in this House that he enjoyed in the other House. I acknowledge the input of Deputy Kelly into this Bill. This is a very well thought-out Bill and it is excellent to see it before the House today. As the...