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There’s never been more urgent need for essential St Molaga’s new school build – Clifford-Lee

Fianna Fáil Seanad Spokesperson on Justice, Children and Youth Affairs, Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee has said it’s yet another new school year and still no tangible action on delivering on the long-committed development of St Molaga’s Senior National School, Balbriggan. Senator Clifford-Lee said, “The number of pupils in St Molaga’s is steadily rising as even more young families move to the Balbriggan area […]

A universal system to provide access to period products has a place in Ireland – Clifford-Lee

Fianna Fáil Seanad Spokesperson on Justice, Children and Youth Affairs, Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee has said the implementation of a national programme to improve access to sanitary products and promote menstrual hygiene, should be explored in Ireland. In a world first, the Scottish Government recently announced that it is set to make sanitary products available free to all […]

Changes to EECE Scheme mean little or nothing for parents facing higher childcare costs – Clifford-Lee

Fianna Fáil Seanad Spokesperson on Justice, Children and Youth Affairs, Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee has warned that the 7% increase in Early Childhood Care and Education Scheme payments announced this week by Children’s Minister, Katherine Zappone is being absorbed by Childcare providers and parents are seeing no reduction to costs. Earlier this week, Minister Katherine Zappone […]

Oral Contraception Scheme must be examined to reduce restrictions for Irish women – Clifford-Lee

Fianna Fáil Seanad Spokesperson on Justice, Children and Youth Affairs, Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee has said we must examine the introduction of an Oral Contraception Scheme and other opportunities to reduce restrictions for women to access safe, effective and affordable birth control. The Irish Pharmacy Union has recently backed the establishment of a scheme by which women in […]

A grant to grandparents caring for grandchildren won’t address the crisis in Ireland’s childcare sector – Clifford-Lee

Fianna Fáil Seanad Spokesperson on Justice, Children and Youth Affairs, Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee has dismissed the Independent Alliance’s proposal to introduce a €1,000 per annum payment to grandparents who care for their grandchildren for more than 10 hours per week. The Fingal based Senator has described it as mere immature kite flying. Senator Clifford-Lee commented, […]

Surge in violent crime needs stronger response from Government – FF

Fianna Fáil Seanad Justice Spokesperson, Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee has said that in 2018, violent crime has become normalised in Irish society and that a stronger response is needed from Government. The Fingal based Senator was commenting after a series of violent incidents in communities nationwide. “In the last 10 days, we saw two shootings in […]

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