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Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I fully support the Minister. The woman is the one who is pregnant. I want to put that on the record.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I want to discuss some of the work done in the past two years to make life better for the Traveller community. The Irish Traveller Movement is considering creating internships in public offices and public services for members of the Traveller community. Offices will be paid for giving Travellers equal opportunity for employment purposes, which is a plus. Recently, money was given to fund...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I refer to Ms McAlea. For the past 15 years, I have seen pilot programmes rolled out, some of which work and are very effective, but they do not get the support from the Government or the funding, and it is literally a waste of time. The pilot projects we are seeing today work. What is unique for me is that this is the first time I have heard that young people, such as those from ethnic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Brilliant. As regards St. Patrick's Mental Health Services, we know that more children under the age of 13 are being diagnosed with mental health disorders. Given that it is so important for diagnosis to be made at an early age, how should we address the waiting lists? It is probably a very wide question. How does Mr. Gilligan think we can do that for young students coming through the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Eileen Flynn: A general point is that we are talking a lot about parents but, unfortunately, not every student has both parents with them. Some children are in foster care and so on. Perhaps the language could be looked at as well. Those are my questions for the moment. Obviously, mental health is all around us and it is being spoken about more. Exams are still an issue, however. As a committee, we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Is culturally appropriate training with communities such as LGBTQI+, refugees or Travellers being done? Are the various bodies reaching out to organisations such as the National Traveller Mental Health Network and the Traveller Counselling Service? It would be interesting to meet communities to find out where they are at with the training.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I want to bring to the Leader's attention the Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018, which was passed in the Seanad in 2019 by former Senator Colette Kelleher. Oein de Bhardúin also did a lot of work on that Bill. We got it through the Dáil thanks to Deputy Pringle and we are looking at Committee Stage of the Bill. Unfortunately the money message has come into play...

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

Eileen Flynn: I support the Bill but, like others, I want to raise some important points. On the supports that are given to families who are struggling, such as the 20% of people who are at the bottom of society, those on low incomes and people who are most impacted by the cost of living, as a community development worker, I have to say that I was always told to empower people and support them. Did the...

Seanad: Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, to the House.

Seanad: Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Out of respect for the debate, I ask visitors not to clap again. I welcome the leader of the Labour Party, Deputy Bacik, and all of her guests to the Gallery.

Seanad: Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. As other Senators rightly said, it is after 8 p.m. and we are speaking about childcare. I thank my colleagues in the Labour Party for tabling this very important motion before the House. I am a mother of two young children. Lacey has just gone 15 months and Billie is three. I put Billie's name down for childcare when I was working in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Participation in Political and Public Life: Discussion (1 Dec 2022)

Eileen Flynn: As somebody who barely made it into the political system in Ireland, I know our political system is a one-way street and is only for certain people. It is not for all of us. When we talk about disabled people in politics, those spaces are not there. We like to think they are but actions speak louder words. There was a reference to the access to politics charter in Scotland, with job...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Participation in Political and Public Life: Discussion (1 Dec 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Deputy Ó Cuív, who sits on another committee with me, always says recommendations are worth nothing unless they are actioned. We can do all the writing in the world and fill up all the offices in the world, but that will be worthless unless the recommendations are actioned, and there has been very little action. As someone from the Traveller community, I always say there should be...