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Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I welcome the Minister of State to the House for this very important debate on housing. Housing is a key priority for Fianna Fáil. It is the biggest issue in the country. Whether one is in Dublin or outside Dublin, in rural or urban areas, housing is a key priority and a key issue. The Government has been out of touch on this issue. Numerous strategies have been proffered by the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Third Level Fees (6 Feb 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank the Minister of State for attending the House today to respond to the issue I have raised on third level fees, specifically those charged to students undertaking a year's internship as part of their course of study. The issue was highlighted to me by a student in north County Dublin who is in her third year in Maynooth. She is on work placement for the full year. She also has a...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Third Level Fees (6 Feb 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: The Minister said internships are becoming increasingly important. They are also becoming increasingly more common. When I was in third level, it was very rare for an internship year to be part of the normal course of study. It is far more prevalent in today's society. The Minister mentioned that students have access to the facilities in the third level institution, such as the library,...

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Schools Building Projects Status (23 Jan 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: St. Molaga's senior national school has 463 pupils. It is in the town of Balbriggan, County Dublin. Balbriggan is the fastest growing town in Ireland, it has the youngest population in the State and has the capacity to expand much more. Since 2000, over half the pupils and half the teaching staff have been housed in 16 prefabricated buildings. These are now in a desperate state of repair...

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Schools Building Projects Status (23 Jan 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: The principal and teaching staff are doing an excellent job there, despite the challenges they face. I am sure they will continue to do an excellent job. However, the children and staff deserve a decent and safe work and learning environment. The contact during the summer months was merely in the form of acknowledgement letters to the letters Pauline Costello submitted. There was no...

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Schools Building Projects Status (23 Jan 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: The Minister has touched on the fact that this is not about creating extra capacity in the school. Extra capacity has been created in many other schools in the town of Balbriggan in the past few years, which is to be welcomed. However, the pupils and teachers of St. Molaga's who have built a great history and served the community in Balbriggan feel they have been left behind because the...

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Schools Building Projects Status (23 Jan 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank the Cathaoirleach for his indulgence.

Seanad: Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank the Minister for his detailed speech. Fianna Fáil will be supporting the opting in to the directive. I want to use this opportunity to reiterate my real concern about the direct provision system and the lack of implementation in full of the McMahon recommendations. The soft recommendations have been implemented, but the meatier ones have not. As the Minister outlined, there...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: As other Senators have done, I wish to pay tribute to the committee members, including the Members of this House, and especially Senator Noone who chaired the committee. I have great admiration and respect for Senator Noone and all the committee members for putting together the committee's report. It was an important task, following on from the report of the Citizens' Assembly. I commend...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: She can have my time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I think we are on the same side for this vote.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I, too, would like to express my sympathies to the garda that was injured this morning. I have family members in the Garda Síochána and I realise the risks in the work involved. I wish the garda involved a speedy recovery. On the pilot scheme for the reopening of Garda stations, it was announced two weeks ago at the Committee of Public Accounts that six Garda stations are to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I was informed by way of a reply to a Commencement Matter last week that the acting Commissioner has written to the Office of Public Works to progress the reopening of the recommended Garda stations. What is the status of that process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I was informed by way of Commencement Matter that it was up to An Garda Síochána to specify what it requires in the new Garda stations. Is that correct, or does it come from the OPW?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: An Garda Síochána has sent an initial letter. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Has there been any response from the OPW?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: How long does Mr. Nugent envisage this process of dialogue with the OPW taking?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Are we talking about two months or two years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I am not finished, Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I am afraid you actually gave a lot of time to other members of the committee.