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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I move amendment No. 13:In page 10, lines 20 to 31, to delete all words from and including “(1) The Commission” in line 20 down to and including line 31, and in page 11, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following:“(1) The Commission shall consist of 11 members being—(a) the Chief Justice, (b) the President of the Court of Appeal, (c) the President of the...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I will withdraw the amendment but reserve the right to resubmit it at a later Stage.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I support Senator Bacik's amendment, on which various Senators, including Senators Boyhan, Norris and Humphreys, have spoken. It is important for us to get sight of this report before the Bill moves on. We are not preventing the Bill from moving on. As we consider the Bill, we need every bit of knowledge that is available to us to make sure it does not come back on us. When this report...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: That was ten years ago but we still hear about it every day. Move on.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Brian Lenihan left Fine Gael a very good plan.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I would love to be roped in by Fine Gael.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: We will have to wait until the Taoiseach comes back from the U2 concert in New York.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: We are ready.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Notwithstanding the vote-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Fianna Fáil is there.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I want to speak to amendment No. 3, as proposed by Senator Ruane. I wholeheartedly agree with the aim of the diversity aspect of the amendment. Having diversity in every walk of life should most certainly be an aspiration for us all . It is not only good for the person but for all of us to have diverse participation in decision-making. I am glad Senator Higgins called the merit argument a...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank Senator Norris. That is good to hear. If I was going down that route now, I do not think I would make it. For a young person to become a solicitor now, he or she has to do a series of unpaid internships before he or she gets an apprenticeship. He or she then has to pay huge fees to the Law Society. Luckily, mine were discharged by the practice by which I was employed but not many...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Exactly. I was going to refer to the cost of not having diversity. That is perhaps not a cost that immediately springs to mind. Many people, and many women, come up against that kind of discrimination cost. They are not given jobs because they may take maternity leave or they may take time off at some later stage in their careers. That is a very real situation. I have no doubt that...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Nursing Staff Recruitment (27 Jun 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, for coming to the Chamber to deal with the issue of public health nursing in north Dublin. The north Dublin area of the HSE covers areas, including Balbriggan, the Naul, Skerries, Garristown, Oldtown, Lusk, Rusk, Swords, Ballyboughal, Malahide and Portmarnock, as well as other areas such as Darndale, Baldoyle, Coolock, Raheny, Artane and Howth....

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Nursing Staff Recruitment (27 Jun 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank the Minister of State. I am glad to hear of those additional recruits but, to be honest, I think it will just be a drop in the ocean. I would like to know the intake numbers into the public health nurse graduate programme and whether the Government is going to increase the numbers rapidly to deal with the rapidly growing population. To have 12 public health nurses graduating and...

Seanad: HIQA Report on Tusla: Statements (26 Jun 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank the Minister for coming here today to discuss this very important report. It is a very serious report that makes for very sobering reading. We have had almost a week to digest it. I was at the meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs last week when Fred McBride appeared before it. To be honest, I would have very serious concerns about his leadership....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I wish to request an early slot as I am due to speak in the Seanad Chamber at 3 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I am utterly disillusioned after reading yesterday's report. Many of us thought it was a repeat of previous reports, although there are various nuances in this one, and it seems that little or no progress is being made. I was disappointed with the lack of urgency on the part of Tusla and the blasé attitude in yesterday's statements, which were to the effect that Tusla got some things...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Is morale low among social workers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: It does not feed into the retention issues.