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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...for the country and the people living in north County Dublin. When the metro project is spoken about, it is always in the context of linking Dublin Airport with the city centre and facilitating tourists landing in Ireland.More importantly than that, it is for the people of north County Dublin. It is for people living in Rush, Lusk, Ballyboughal, Oldtown, Man of War and places like that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Buying the land or going through the CPO process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I thank the witness. My next question is for Mr. John O'Donoghue because it is a legal question. There has been much talk about the option of a compulsory purchase order, CPO, of the land. Will Mr. O'Donoghue bring us through the legal process and tests used by the court when deciding a CPO application?

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...issues and I am sure the Minister of State will address them during her tenure. I am happy to see the measures aimed at protecting the family farm. This is an important measure for rural Ireland and for the communities that make up rural Ireland. It is also important for those of us who live in urban Ireland because the viability of the rural agricultural sector benefits all of us....

Seanad: National Maternity Hospital: Statements (2 Jul 2021)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...co-located facilities. That is international best practice. I would be fearful that this is used as a battering ram and as something to make a point on, and who will lose out only the women of Ireland again? That is my main concern - that we do not go off down some mad tangent path and the women do not get the hospital that they need desperately and deserve. The compulsory purchase...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ..., this remains the position. We were all dismayed with the response received to Councillor Dennehy's motion because we had been led to believe that this announcement was imminent. There has been land zoned in the town for the school for ten years. Following on from the work of Councillor Brian Dennehy in Rush, upgrading works on the Park Road are due to commence imminently, which will...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...such as this they must have zero emissions, although that has not been stated officially. We need clarification on that issue. We have also learned that the Sisters of Charity have yet to hand over the land for the new hospital to the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group. It was decided that they would do this 18 months ago following a public outcry, but it has yet to be done. We are told...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Child Care Scheme: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...head 8 of the Bill, particularly in respect of the types of income that will be taken into account and the incomes listed in Schedule 2, I am disappointed that rental income and other income from land and property will be taken into account. I raised this with the Minister in the Seanad previously. This is probably an urban issue more than a rural one. Many families are in rented...

Seanad: Transport, Tourism and Sport: Statements (16 Nov 2016)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...runway. The Minister met them earlier this week, along with myself and other colleagues. They need a fair price as they are losing their farms and their way of life. Generations have grown up on the lands around the airport and they need meaningful engagement at this point. Their community is being destroyed and generations of farming families are going to see a massive change in their...