Results 1-20 of 98 for long speaker:Lorraine Clifford-Lee

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (17 Apr 2024)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...had no correspondence. Nobody from the Department would engage. It is very frustrating given this has been an ongoing issue for 17 years. The school is way oversubscribed with a very long waiting list. The building dates from 1953 and is damp, cold and not fit for purpose. The teachers are working and children are being educated in appalling conditions and they all deserve better....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (17 Apr 2024)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...challenges that the principal is dealing with. We need to have somebody in the Department who will stay in contact. I realise they are busy people but this school and this community have waited long enough and they deserve better.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...the Minister alluded to, it is a very difficult to strike a balance between constitutional rights and human rights but the right balance has been struck in this legislation.The Minister has thought long and hard about how we go about it. The clause that has been added regarding the review is very good. It will allay some fears about the abuse of the legislation or the potential for harm...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I challenge Mr. Ryan to take one of those buses to see how long it would take him to get home.

Seanad: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I thank the Minister for coming to the Seanad to discuss this ground-breaking legislation. I commend him on introducing it because it is long overdue. It brings us into line with best practice in other leading European countries. The Minister has quite ably outlined the two aspects to this, the organ retention and post mortem side of it, and the organ donation side of it. As he mentioned,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Court Accommodation (8 Nov 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...of State is very welcome. I realise this is not his Department so I appreciate his taking the time to come and answer this on behalf of the Minister for Justice. My Commencement concerns the long-awaited family law court complex at Hammond Lane. We are long past needing a new family law court complex for Dublin. Dolphin House and Phoenix House are not fit for purpose. The court users...

Seanad: Provision of Free HRT Treatment: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...HRT as a standard free treatment for everybody. It would be a small investment in the overall health of our nation. The menopause impacts half the women of Ireland, if we are lucky enough to live that long. I know that not every woman reaches the age where she even enters the menopause but thankfully we are living longer and it is an investment in the individual health of those women...

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: The Minister of State is very welcome. He and my colleagues will not find it any surprise that I will raise the issue of the family law court complex that was promised for a long number of years to be delivered at Hammond Lane. I have spoken about this ad nauseamsince my election to this House back in 2016. I was very happy to see it included in the programme for Government that this site...

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

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I thank Senator O'Loughlin, who has plenty more to say on this issue. I appreciate the work she has put into this, and that of the women's caucus. It is a very important motion. It is very long but contains so many facets. It is very important that we have the conversation because, as she outlined and is mentioned in the motion, care is very gender based. There is unpaid and paid care....

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

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...is, I am sure, of enormous concern to everybody in the country but those of use in north County Dublin, who have been promised the metro since 2001, are devastated to hear of this. We have waited long enough for this €10 billion project. While that is a very large amount, it is going to deliver wonderful benefits for the country and the people living in north County Dublin. When...

Seanad: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 May 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I welcome the Minister. We very much welcome the Bill coming to the House. It will streamline and modernise our health service and I commend him on taking those steps because they are long overdue. He outlined comprehensively the system of registration for social care workers, and the complaints investigation function of the Medical Council will be strengthened and enhanced by the Bill,...

Seanad: Naming of National Children's Hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn: Motion (24 May 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...important figure on our new national children's hospital. That is the high regard in which we hold Dr. Kathleen Lynn but also the women who laid the foundations yet were ignored in the history books for so long and played a vital role in our independence, public health system and in the modernisation of our country. I look forward to the rest of the debate and I hope all Senators will...

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Apr 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...infertility as a disease. IVF is quite an effective treatment for that disease but, unfortunately, IVF treatments have not been fully publicly funded and I hope that this Bill will move things along. This matter is something on which the Minister has engaged with both Senators Ardagh and O'Loughlin over a number of years because infertility is a very important issue that is experienced...

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

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...done until this point. We are one of the only European countries that does not have a State-funded IVF scheme. I am glad the Minister has taken that on board and is progressing a scheme because it is no longer acceptable. Infertility affects a large number of couples and there are treatments and solutions. It would help an awful lot of people at a difficult time if they could access...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...benefits. We have a particular issue in north county Dublin. We have the youngest and fastest-growing population in the country and we have no public swimming pool that young and old can avail of. Children travel long distances from schools in Balbriggan and beyond, from the Naul, Balrothery, all of these places in north county Dublin with large communities. They go to Drogheda at much...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2022)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...MPs who gave some really harrowing details of what is emerging from various towns and villages across Ukraine. It is really shocking. Survivors of war-time rape internationally have reported long-term physical and mental injuries. There are children born of rape in conflict zones. This often leads to continuous family conflict, domestic violence and an intergenerational impact on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jun 2022)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...are sitting at home with their children who are in a very difficult legal space at the moment. I was wondering what Ms Hickey's suggestion would be, given the experience she has gained over a long number years, for what we could do in the meantime for these people who are here with their children, hanging on our every word and waiting for a solution. We need to act, particularly for that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Potential Double Standards in Protections for Surrogate Mothers in Domestic Arrangements: Discussion (26 May 2022)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I thank Dr. Tobin for elaborating on that. Other guests have said they do not want a stand-alone Bill. They are afraid it will take too long and there too many issues hanging out in limbo. They want to proceed, even if it is not the absolute gold standard. What does Dr. Tobin say to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Is Ms Reynolds saying that the bank would be unable to realise the full value of the freehold because of the long lease subject to a tenure of rent?