Results 21-28 of 28 for garda speaker:Eileen Flynn

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Eileen Flynn: That is not the answer. We need to have an honest conversation and we must tackle the far right. One of the questions on last night's episode of "The Late Debate" asked how the Garda failed. That failure was the result of the policies and structures we have in place. The Garda did not know what it was doing that night. It was a shock and we were not prepared for it. What would we do if,...

Seanad: Public Order and Safe Streets: Statements (23 Nov 2022)

Eileen Flynn: ...the Government not invest in the likes of the Traveller mediation service? Speaking as a youth worker, I know youth work works. This year, though, our youth centres received little or no money. The Garda diversion programmes work with young people. A lot of good work is being done. Senators should not believe we are qualified to act as judges and juries over people in working class...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2022)

Eileen Flynn: ...give you the coat off their back. I ask that we invest in services, including the Ballyfermot Youth Service, the Ballyfermot FamiliBase and schools, to support young people. I ask that we have a Garda presence in our communities to stop what is going on. I know, as a person who was born and reared in Ballyfermot, that we are not all bad people there. If we were not failed by the State...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: ...many concerns, such as the lack of a jury, the judge serving as both judge and jury, the extensive powers of the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, and the claims of privilege by members of the Garda. I do not believe we need two criminal justice systems. For example, if jury intimidation is widespread, there are better ways to address that. The Irish Human Rights and Equality...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Give Travellers the Floor: Discussion (18 Apr 2024)

Eileen Flynn: ...the work. It is not about the seriousness of it all of the time. It is also okay to be you. I hope we will continue to thrive as a community and that we will see more doctors, more members of An Garda Síochána, and more professional footballers within our community. People say, "If you cannot see it, you cannot be it." There is so much out there you can see and want to be...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: ...those roles so we create those spaces for members of the Traveller community to be judges, solicitors and be successful. Even in prisons, it would be for Travellers to be prison officers and for Travellers to be members of the Garda. We do not always have to be the ones who are in the prisons. The opportunities are just not there. My colleague Senator Ruane is doing a lot of work in...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Eileen Flynn: ...people to fill in. On welfare officers, I agree that we need a review. I do not know if it happens in settled accommodation, but welfare officers often come onto halting sites with members of the Garda Síochána. In many cases, they ask a lot of hard questions and people feel like they are being intimidated and questioned by the Department of Social Protection in respect of...

Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)

Eileen Flynn: ...seeking international protection. I know what it is like to be an other within society and to be treated less than white settled people. Why are we part of that? We need leadership. Let us consider the Garda vetting nonsense we are seeing at the moment, with people saying "We have to vet these people and know who is coming into our communities". We do not have to know who is coming...