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Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: The Senator should ask his party colleagues why it is the only one. What about north County Dublin where crime has increased?

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Swimming Pool Programme Status (9 May 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Helen McEntee, to the House. As evidenced from the wording of this commencement matter, the town of Balbriggan has no swimming pool. According to the latest census data, Balbriggan town and its environs has a population of approximately 26,000 and is growing rapidly. I am sure the next census will show a huge increase in that population. Also, it is...

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Swimming Pool Programme Status (9 May 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. I ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in the context of the aforementioned review of the national sports policy, to prioritise large population centres such as Balbriggan. The population is increasing in both Balbriggan and surrounding areas. Population growth should be written into any new policy. I look forward to making a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I am very conscious of time so I will curtail my contribution. The Commissioner spoke about An Garda Síochána being in a period of reform and said that there is push-back, internally and externally, to this reform. My initial question is whether the Commissioner feels that this internal push-back extends to senior management.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Am I correct in saying that senior management have produced a kick-back to this reform?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: The Commissioner spoke about the hypothesis that perhaps people within An Garda Síochána do not appreciate the preventative nature of the service's work. The Commissioner presented that this kind of culture was created, somehow, in An Garda Síochána. Who owns this culture? Where did this culture stem from? Does it stem from senior management or from the lower ranks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Is the Commissioner saying that it is not valued at present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I will move on quickly. The Commissioner said in her opening statement, which quite a few of my colleagues referred to, that she was taking responsibility. Will there be any consequences for the Commissioner personally as a result of taking this responsibility?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Will people be sanctioned as a result of this investigation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: There will not, however, be sanctions at senior management level.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I will quickly move on to the domestic violence figures that have been referenced here several times. Does the Commissioner have any initial observations on the domestic violence data as a result of her initial audit of these figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: The actual problem we are discussing is the recording of data when incidents of domestic violence are reported. People can be encourage to come along, but if the data are not recorded, it is very difficult. We, as members of the public and as public representatives, do not have any faith in that. Are there any specific observations in respect of the domestic violence data?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I am aware of that but the significant figures in the past 20 years are that 55% of women killed were killed by their partner or ex-partner and 62% have been killed in their own home. I know there is no specific offence as such, but the domestic violence data have been referred to by the witnesses themselves throughout today and in media reports.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I understand that, although my questions were specifically relating to the data, but that is fine. I will move on.

Seanad: An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: It is unfortunate that the Tánaiste is again in the House to explain yet another scandal or crisis concerning her Department. I have lost count of the number of times she has appeared before us since our formation last June to explain what is happening in the Department. I am sorry to say that her speech was full of fluffiness and platitudes. The public is shocked, as are most...

Seanad: An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: There were 1 million false breath tests.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Stations (22 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House today to discuss this very important issue with regard to the reopening of Garda stations. I particularly want to raise with her the issue of Rush Garda station, which is located in north County Dublin. Rush Garda station closed down in 2012 under the last Government. I call on the Minster of State to strongly consider Rush for...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Stations (22 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: The redeployment of Garda resources is not being felt in the community. I can give the Minister of State some real examples at a later stage. It is really not being felt on the ground and the people of Rush have really felt the impact of not having a Garda station, even as a place to go to get their passport form signed or to get Garda vetting. Not having a Garda station is very difficult...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Wildlife Control (8 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I will keep it as brief as possible. I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. He will see from the wording of my Commencement matter that I am asking him to examine options to deal with the large number of seagulls in the town of Balbriggan in north County Dublin and, indeed, in other large coastal urban areas in north County Dublin. I am raising this issue as many residents...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Wildlife Control (8 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Seagull droppings contain ten times more bacteria than pollution caused by human waste and, therefore, this is an urgent health and safety issue. One gentleman told me about his five year old grandson who was eating in his garden one summer afternoon and was attacked by a seagull and badly injured. I appreciate the Minister of State's...