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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...the coffee shop, souvenir shop, pub or restaurant. They rely on tourists coming in with money in their back pocket to spend locally. I think we can all accept that for this tourist season of 2023, we are where we are and that accommodation is not going to be available this year. We need to hear from the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media as to what her plans...

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) (Stalking) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: ...of going to court and facing their attackers. Thankfully, both women got their day in court and the perpetrators are now behind bars. One could suggest that a longer term was warranted. In any event, we are where we are. Following that experience, the women put together a campaign to try to help other victims, draw attention to this crime and be the voice for many who have felt...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: .... Senator Mullen raised the issue of violence in society more generally, as opposed to just violence amongst one particular grouping in society. He made some interesting points on the need to reflect on why we are where we are and how we can perhaps get to a different space. Senator Byrne spoke about the need for men to get involved in the debate around gender-based violence and in...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Committee for the Executive Office, Northern Ireland Assembly on Impact of Brexit (2 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: ...really painting a picture of the challenges for Northern Ireland and for the island as a whole. This issue impacts all of us and it is in all of our interests to deal with it. As Ms Sheerin said, we are where we are but we must try to make it work, because we have to make it work. My first question relates to the consent mechanism in the Northern Ireland protocol. I raised concerns...

Seanad: Withdrawal Agreement Between the United Kingdom and the European Union: Motion (23 Sep 2020)

Lisa Chambers: ...has been done to their country in their name. I do not think a proper debate took place in the UK about what Brexit actually meant and what the people were voting for but that is done and in the past. We are where we are now. What really annoys me, as it does everybody in this House, is that the UK Government is taking direct actions that harm our country and people. It has had no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Safeguarding Issues in Scouting Ireland: Tusla and Scouting Ireland (13 Mar 2019)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee today. It is unfortunate that we are where we are and that two organisations that work quite well together have found themselves in a highly public conflict on a very serious matter. I agree with Deputy Mitchell that there have been conflicting reports around how things happened, what transpired and who said what and when. When...

Brexit Negotiations: Statements (25 Sep 2018)

Lisa Chambers: ...the Taoiseach in the aftermath of the December agreement was a misstep, as I have said on a number of occasions. The comments were ill-judged and premature, and we have been paying for them ever since. "We are where we are" is the phrase used, but it is ten months since we were told that a backstop was agreed, and it is still not agreed. Understandably, all communities in the North and...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: ...to build up the skills and expertise we have lost. It is a devastating place for the Defence Forces to be. Had this been addressed a number of years ago, we would not be in the position we are in today. We are where we are, however, and still do not have a retention policy. This was made clear to the Minister of State at both the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers,...