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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Standard of Living and Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I have one final question. How much does it cost the State every year to means test the grant payment support scheme? We have assessments and, as Deputy Cairns said, it is not a great process. People are often refused and must reapply. How much does this cost the State?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Standard of Living and Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: The Department does not individualise so we treat everybody the same. I am finding it difficult that the Minister does not have an answer as to how much it would cost every year to means test people with disabilities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Standard of Living and Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: That is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Standard of Living and Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: No, it is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) (No. 2) Order 2022: Motion (24 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Minister for coming before us. For the two years I have been here and for his two years in office, I have seen a lot of action on higher education in general, and I thank him for that. As for the south-east university, I will be fast asking these questions. What special measures will be put in place for diversity? A lot of the time we look at pathways and access courses as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) (No. 2) Order 2022: Motion (24 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) (No. 2) Order 2022: Motion (24 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Yes, there was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Even though I am a Senator, I sometimes experience self-doubt. While women are marked on merit, one of my female friends who has a doctorate, and I will not mention her name in case she criticises me for identifying her, has said it feels as though we cannot step outside boxes without being afraid of being dismissed or not having a job. How do we get more women and women from ethnic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank everybody for coming in today and for being very honest. I appreciate the honesty in the room today. I am very glad that Dr. Kennedy presented to us today around contracts. In some cases, a university such as Maynooth might get in a member of the Traveller community to give a lecture to a class and it is a one-off. I agree about those kinds of payments, but people will not be...

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Minister of State for being here. I was not expecting her to come to the House today so I feel privileged to be able to speak to her. She told the Dáil she is not the Minister of good intentions but the Minister of action. I really appreciate that because unless all our legislation is implemented and overseen, the pieces of paper we have are absolutely pointless. I am...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Yesterday, when President Zelenskyy was speaking to the Dáil and Seanad in very unfortunate circumstances, it struck me when he stated Ireland’s “skill in valuing lives ... [and] its community development experience” are among what we are known for throughout the world. I found that very empowering for us as a country, in that we are recognised not just for our...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I did not make a point during this debate at all today. I have listened to Senator Mullen speak again about how it is a crime for women in our country to seek safe access to having an abortion. I come from a very religious family and I am very religious myself, but the women of Ireland and Ireland as a whole spoke in 2018. We voted to repeal the eighth amendment. In this country, and as a...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Senator Keogan should excuse me, it is my turn to speak not hers. That is my point. It is important that I have the time to speak as well.

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: It is not a crime.

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I want to thank every person in the House. I am a proud Member of the Seanad today and it is one of my proudest days in the last two years. I can now be a proud woman and gender equality activist in saying that women in our country will feel a little bit safer in having access to healthcare services without feeling intimidated. I want to make a note to Senator Mullen. I respect what he...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: There was no allegation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Chair, I am down to speak before Senator O'Loughlin. On my list, I am down as No. 10. It states that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: This always happens to me and others go before me at committee meetings. That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: No problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: In 2012, and I am not comparing myself to anyone in the room, I remember being in a wheelchair for three months due to surgery I had in National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh. I spent much of my childhood in Cappagh hospital with some injuries. What I can say, and what I know from having to use the services is that, as Mr. Kavanagh said, it is actually very expensive. It is very costly to...