Results 1-9 of 9 for drugs speaker:Lorraine Clifford-Lee

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Mar 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...see-and-treat clinics. The new medicine schemes and funding for new medicine are significant. I know that 35 children and their families are happy this week that they have access to the cystic fibrosis drug they need. I welcome that. I pay tribute to the Irish Cancer Society and other patient advocacy groups that have called for this measure for a long time. I commend the Minister on...

Seanad: Citizens Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (23 Feb 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...is a really good one. It provides a temperature as to where Ireland is. The debate they have informs the wider debate and educates us. While we are all very much aware of the harm that illicit drug use does in our communities, we might not be as on top of the facts of it and how we overcome it. I recently listened to a podcast called "Drugs and Ireland - the Citizens Assembly", which...

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Public Expenditure and Reform): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: .... It is fantastic that, with the scheme just having commenced, we are in a position to roll it out to older age categories. I look forward to further progress in the coming years. Cariban is a drug that I have spoken about ad nauseamin this House and beyond. I actually took Cariban during my second pregnancy and I know how vital it is for some people who are going through a very...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...deep and lasting effect on the mental health of the mother. I have spoken to mothers who have been put off having subsequent pregnancies because of this extremely difficult condition. There is a drug that is prescribed by the HSE, which I have taken myself. It is called Cariban. However, it is not available to those with medical cards or through the drugs payment scheme. It is a very...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Resources (13 Jun 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, is engaged in the Oireachtas justice committee at the moment so I appreciate the Minister staying on to answer this question. I want to talk about the drugs unit in Balbriggan. The Garda district which is known as district Y covers most of north Fingal and includes the towns of Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush, Lusk and the rural areas of Naul and...

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2016)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...across the country. Fianna Fáil welcomes the passage of this Bill, a Bill which has been expected for some time and was expedited in view of recent events. The key objective of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill is to amend the Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 by adding to it a number of substances to help law enforcement authorities deal more effectively with the illicit...

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: Last week I spoke in favour of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016 presented by the Minister. In his contribution, the Minister, Deputy Simon Harris, outlined the reason the Bill is required. He said drug dealers carry relatively small quantities of drugs on their person and this then makes it difficult for authorities to proceed with sale or supply charges. Having spoken to...

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Jun 2016)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...this debate. I particularly thank the Minister, Deputy Simon Harris, for his helpful explanation of the amendments involved. Having spoken to community activists from many communities blighted by drugs, in particular, activists in the north inner city, we, in Fianna Fáil, feel compelled to support the Bill. There has been a sharp rise in the number of people presenting with...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (15 Jun 2016)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: .... Section 8 of the 2009 Act allows serious organised gangland crime to be tried by the Special Criminal Court similar to some of the proposals contained in the Offences against the State Act. The operation of drug gangs in Ireland is to the forefront of our minds due to the horrific murder in the Regency Hotel in February 2016 and subsequent murders. Communities are being terrorised...