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

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, and thank her for outlining the Government's position. I come to this debate as somebody who has a keen interest in women's healthcare and reproductive health and rights. I campaigned for a long number of years to repeal the eighth amendment with many Senators here in this Chamber, and beyond with civil society groups. We have a very complex...

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (19 Feb 2021)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I thank the Leader for facilitating further debate because this is an important issue. Many Senators wanted to come in and talk about the issue. I thank the Minister for coming to hear us today. It is one month since this report was published and it has been very difficult reading. I could only read it in parts at a time and cannot even begin to comprehend how difficult it must have been...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Nursing Staff Recruitment (27 Jun 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...of public health nursing in north Dublin. The north Dublin area of the HSE covers areas, including Balbriggan, the Naul, Skerries, Garristown, Oldtown, Lusk, Rusk, Swords, Ballyboughal, Malahide and Portmarnock, as well as other areas such as Darndale, Baldoyle, Coolock, Raheny, Artane and Howth. This area covers a population of over 300,000. It is the most rapidly growing area in the...

Seanad: Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I wish to give one minute of my time to Senator Norris. It is with great horror and distress that we are here once again to discuss another shameful chapter in our nation's history. This chapter involves women and their children and how they were treated. This just goes further to demonstrate the esteem in which unmarried mothers and their children were held in this country. Let me be...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...People might laugh, but he has always supported women, as have my colleagues. I make reference to what Deputy Micheál Martin said on radio today when he referred to the savage treatment of women and their children in mother and baby homes across the country. He referred, in particular, to the Tuam mother and baby home and the appalling testimonies we have heard in the past few...