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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Electoral Process (6 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I welcome students from St. Pius school, Terenure, to the Chamber this morning. We hope they enjoy their visit. It is always lovely to see young students in Leinster House getting a feel of the place. Hopefully, one day, one of them will be in here.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Closures (6 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I welcome the Minster of State, Deputy Butler, to the House. Senators Kyne and O'Reilly are going to share time. This will be interesting. I have never seen this done for a Commencement matter before.

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (6 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Hear, hear.

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (6 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I thank Senator Moynihan for sharing her time with me. I very much appreciate it. As a member of the Traveller community and probably one of the only women in both Houses from an ethnic minority, I am sick to the pit of my stomach of the do-gooders in the absence of the inclusion of Muslim women and Black women and of our voices being heard equally around the table. The Minister spoke...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Allocations of Special Education Teachers: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the witnesses for again appearing before a committee. In the nearly four years I have been a Member of the Oireachtas, there has been very little action for people with disabilities. That is no disrespect to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Disability Matters or this committee. We also had the autism committee. First and foremost, there are too many Ministers dealing with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Allocations of Special Education Teachers: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I totally understand why people with special additional needs and organisations such as AsIAm have lost trust in the Department. It is due to action and the lack of action. I totally get it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Cathaoirleach. All of our witnesses are very welcome to the committee this afternoon. I would disagree with the comments of our witnesses that they do not see any obstacles for young people in Donegal. I live in Ardara in Donegal. In the last week, for example, and it may be somewhat off-topic, a young woman from Donegal was on placement in St. Catherine's vocational school in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Just so I can clarify as well, over the past four years I have built up a great relationship with Donegal ETB and it is very visible. Again though, we need to put measures in place for young people to have the equality of opportunity to be successful in going on to apprenticeship courses. I wanted to be really clear on that. Donegal ETB is doing absolutely brilliantly for higher and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: What about college connects? Does anyone have a view on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Okay. I thank Ms Duffy.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Good morning everyone. I welcome Anna McBrearty, a young woman who is doing placement with me, to the meeting. We have apologies from Senators Joe O'Reilly and Ned O'Sullivan. I remind members that they must be physically present in Leinster House in order to take part in the public meeting. I will not allow members to take part in the meeting if they are outside of Leinster House. The...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: We will move on to Galway City Council. I thank its representatives for making the time to be here. We appreciate them giving their presentation.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: In Labre Park there are utility units for which the community has to pay rent as well as the trailer.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Would it be possible for the witnesses to supply a written email to Deputy Ó Cuív to answer his question? I am not being rude. It is just that other members wish to come in and I am aware Dublin City Council would need to answer the question as well.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Thank you.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: The Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, also has responsibility for waste management. We had him on site on 20 October. In principle, he agreed to give us some money to sort out that issue. I am sure the representatives are aware of that. I should mention that 8 Labre Park has been idle for nearly two years now. I need to move on to the next member, but I will come back to some of...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Is that okay for Deputy Collins?

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: We will move swiftly along to Deputy Mitchell.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Deputy. I will let Galway City Council come in first if that is okay.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: We are a bit short on time. I know the representatives are answering the questions as best as possible. We might get written responses to the committee from Galway City Council and Dublin City Council, if that is okay. I call Deputy Buckley.