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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...and the double payment that 1.3 million people received this week. This is really welcome. It was part of the budget package to help people with the cost of living. People such as pensioners, carers, people with disabilities, lone parents and people on low incomes received a double payment this week. That is really welcome. It is a huge boost for them and their communities, because we...

Seanad: Rights-Based Care Economy: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: .... I see it is all female Members who have shown up for the debate. That tells a story as well, unfortunately. Senator O'Loughlin outlined how, during the Covid pandemic, we saw the impact carers have in society and how the lack of access to care services in the community impacted on families. I have spoken to many families down through the years, particularly during Covid, who were at...

Seanad: Paediatric Scoliosis Services: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...constantly told that the delays are not the result of a lack of money and the money is there. It is obviously a lack of joined-up thinking between the specialists, the Department and the primary carers. I would like to make a suggestion that might improve the situation. There should be an official within the Department of Health with whom families can link in. That person should then...

Seanad: Carer's Allowance: Motion (10 May 2021)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...will definitely not run over time. I very much welcome today's discussion and I commend Senator Seery Kearney on laying this motion before the House. I am glad we have the opportunity to discuss carers and the vital role they play. The pandemic has brought the issue of care and the value we place, as a society, on caring for members of it who are old, sick, young or who have special...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Carers are outside the front gate protesting.

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (24 Jan 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: .... The guardian ad litemsystem must also be reformed. Fianna Fáil will shortly introduce legislation in the Dáil to give effect to these changes. I recommend to the Minister that the grant for foster carers be extended to families who proceed to adopt a child they have been fostering. The removal of this grant often acts as a barrier to adoption and in such circumstances only...