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Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Election of Cathaoirleach (21 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I thank members so much for nominating me as Cathaoirleach. It is a privilege to be the Cathaoirleach of the Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community (2023). I note to the many members who are around the table today that this will be a longstanding committee. It is quite an achievement. Even if we were never to get back in as part of the Irish Parliament again, it...

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Engagement with An Taoiseach (22 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I am privileged to be here and delighted to be the Chairperson of the now standing Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community (2023). That is a great legacy to leave behind. If I was never to be elected again, to have this as a standing committee is something else for the Traveller community. Most importantly, there are 84 recommendations from the previous committee....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (27 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: The Minister of State is very welcome to the House.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: Three years ago, I got a telephone call from the then Taoiseach, Deputy Micheál Martin, to be one of his 11 nominees. To think I am still here three years later is incredible. Almost three years ago, a report called No End in Site was launched. It was about a specific halting site where children lived in dire accommodation. Where is that report? To the best of my knowledge, not one...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: It has been three years for me. I started here a few months after other Senators.

Seanad: EU Migration: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I am proud to be part of the Civil Engagement Group and to bring a human rights and equality-focused motion once again to the House. In recent days, we have seen what multinational search and rescue can look like.We have also seen what happens to ships that are reported to be in grave danger and there is no response. Ireland has been involved in search and rescue missions in the southern...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 27: In page 20, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “(3) (a) Where the determination includes a determination that the applicant is a relevant person, and where an applicant has provided any testimony or evidence of their lived experiences, including by means other than an affidavit, of their time spent in a relevant institution, a notification...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: The amendment calls on the State to provide a statement recognising survivors who are applicants to the scheme and who have provided testimony about their life experiences in the institutions. Survivors have been silent for far too long. We urge that, under the scheme, their stories be shared. They are very powerful and need to be shared and, most importantly, to be recognised. The...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: May I come back in on this amendment?

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: That is fine.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Minister for his reply but we do not accept it. We are looking for recognition for the people who are sharing their experience. Seven months ago, I was contacted by a Traveller man who had been in a mother and baby home. He poured his heart out in completing the application form and sent it to the Minister's Department. He was in the institution for fewer than six months,...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I want to withdraw it for Committee Stage.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I am referring to Report Stage.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I will press the amendment.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I wanted a vote on amendment No. 27. I said I was pressing it.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I pressed it to a vote.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I appeal to the Acting Chairperson. We cannot stand by while people are not getting the bare minimum of recognition. Is there any other way around it?

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I said I was pressing the amendment.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: My intention will be set down on the record. How bitter could one possibly be to refuse to accommodate me in this way?