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Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Accommodation for Travellers: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Eileen Flynn: On the horses, the Tipperary Rural Traveller Project has a horse association project. We might look at getting some people from it in. It looks at Traveller men taking ownership of the horses, looking after them and paying a little fee of say, €2 or €3 per month to be part of the association. I know from the project that it is working very effectively and is creating...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Accommodation for Travellers: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Eileen Flynn: Yes. I thank the officials for coming. For us as a committee it is about looking for those solutions and seeing how we can implement the recommendations of the previous committee. I have no doubt we will have some of the officials back in front of the committee again. There is a lot to think about and to go back to the different Departments about, such as when we speak to MABS and so on....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I want to talk about Traveller education. The reduced timetables for Traveller education are still very much alive today within our education system and our schools. At least 4% of Traveller children in primary school are on reduced timetables and more than 10% to 12% are on reduced timetables in second-level education. Then, in special schools, 24% of the Traveller community are on...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Sep 2023)

Eileen Flynn: The Minister is very welcome to the House to discuss this very important Bill. I will not repeat anything my colleague, Senator Ruane, has raised. I agree with every point she made. As a community development worker who has worked for more than 16 years with communities that are overpoliced, I will make one point. In my lifetime, I have seen cases where the doors of members of the...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (27 Sep 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I do not have a speech on road safety statements. Some 23 years ago, on 22 October 2000, nine days after my mother passed away, I was in a really bad two-way collision in which a drunk driver crashed into the back of the van I was in with my uncle and drove us underneath a big 18 ft. bus. I was left in intensive care for five days. I spent nearly two years of my life in Our Lady’s...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Eileen Flynn: It is brilliant to have the opportunity to speak in front of the Taoiseach today as a member of the Traveller community and somebody from a minority group. I agree with the comments on the reform of the Seanad. We need diversity in both Houses, with people of colour and people from all different backgrounds as part of our parliament. I would like to raise the issue of the two-tier refugee...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I do not believe disabilities have a minority or a race aspect because a person from any community can have autism or any other form of disability.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legal Aid (3 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: Before I call the Minister of State, I welcome St. Tiernan’s Community School from Dundrum to the Chamber. They are very welcome. I call the Minister of State.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Small and Medium Enterprises (3 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I should have added that the Minister of State is very welcome to the House. There is always a positive engagement when he is here.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Small and Medium Enterprises (3 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: The Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, is welcome to the House.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: That is no problem at all. I welcome the points the Senator has made. He has lived experience with his son. That should be appreciated in this committee. I am a member of the Joint Committee on Autism and the Joint Committee on Disability Matters. I am a little lost right now because, to the best of my knowledge, the Department of Health is before the committee today.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: There is no clarity that this Bill will be underneath the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and within the remit of the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: It is great to have that clarity. There is, however, a lack of clarity about the collecting of data and information in the Bill. I understand Deputies have spoken to that issue. One of our suggestions would be that, in the census, we would have people name their disabilities, if you want. We need to look at the Disability Act 2005. We are speaking about that in another of the committees....

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: As the Deputy has said, it is not an ideal Bill as it stands now. We can work with the NGOs and the relevant people to make it ideal. However, I do not believe in putting something in and passing it for the sake of passing it if the needs of people are not met. The Civil Engagement Group has drawn up amendments that contain an awful lot that we would like to add. I thank the witnesses for...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the witnesses for coming in this evening. I am a little bit lost with this Bill, to be honest and very fair. As a member of the Traveller community, I know what it is like to be put in a corner and told, "You are Traveller and this is how it is going to be for you", as it is for many other people within my community. I am afraid a Bill like the one in front of us will segregate...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I totally get that it is the shared experience, but no two people who are autistic are the same. That is probably my-----

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: There are so many people out there who are LGBTQI+ who would say they are underneath it. There is that shared experience as well, which is important, but many people would say that does not make a community. I get what Nem Kearns is saying and thank them for the clarification on that.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I was not saying we should just repeal or look at the Disability Act and not have this again. It is important to have something but it is that clarity. If we are going to do something, we should do it right. That is where I am at this moment because for me the language in this Bill has changed in the last two hours. I thank the witnesses for coming in and I look forward to working with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: We have the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and the Department of Education. Trying to get something done for a school is often complicated. I must use an example I know best, if that is okay. St. Mary's National School in Ardara needs a zebra crossing. It is a lovely little school that is the...

Seanad: Access to Third Level Places and Student Accommodation: Statements (4 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: Less than 1% of the Traveller community goes on to third level education. To many people in this Chamber, that may seem like a very low number. Obviously it is, but for us as the Traveller community, it is a high enough number. Going back 15 or 20 years ago, there was very little participation of Travellers in third level education. I welcome the supports and measures that have been put...