Results 1,321-1,340 of 1,384 for speaker:Eileen Flynn
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: That is not fair.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: He is personalising it.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: That has nothing to do with the amendments, Chair.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: No, it is not.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: It has nothing to do with the amendments.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: Is this on the amendment?
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: It is not groups; it is organisations.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: Yes, there are 23 representative organisations behind this.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: To ensure that everybody knows, the collective group against hate crime is made up of LGBTQI+ organisations as well and-----
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: Adam Long, who is a gay man, is actually in the room. I want to make that point of order.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: That is way off the topic.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: We have spent more than two hours making fun and games of a very important Bill for people from minority groups, including transgender people. We are saying "transgender issues". Transgender people do not have issues. The issue is society and people who are anti-trans. It is very sad to see public representatives using this platform - the Houses of the Oireachtas - to spread lies and...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: Okay, I will withdraw it. Misinformation is being spread when we could have focused on education elements of the Bill. It is regrettable that the Government will not accept our amendment - due to a charge on the Exchequer - around education for people in fourth year in secondary schools on what a hate crime and hate speech are. When we know better, we do better and prevention is better...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: Excuse me, I am speaking. What these people are making out-----
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: Just let me make my last point and I will finish then.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: What these people are making out in the Chamber this evening is that we are looking to brainwash. We have seen the protests against our libraries and stoking up hatred over the last few months. It is an absolute sin that public representatives can come in here for two hours, waste everyone's time and make a mockery of an important piece of legislation.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Direct Provision System (23 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I want to talk about children in direct provision. In February 2021, the Government published a White Paper to end direct provision and to establish a new international protection support service. The White Paper included a commitment to introduce an additional monthly payment per child for a child in international protection. However, here we are, more than...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Direct Provision System (23 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: I understand that the Minister of State does not have responsibility in this area but the reply is not good enough. He went into the issue of accommodation and the €30 per week that families in direct provision get but my question was about the implementation of the payment of €140 per month. If it is not good enough for white, settled children then why is it good enough for...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tourism Industry (23 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: I thank the Minister of State for his time this morning.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2024)
Eileen Flynn: I call for a debate on Traveller accommodation on the back of Fianna Fáil's Bill in Private Members' time yesterday to protect land. Not once did I hear yesterday in this House any Senator speak about protecting people who have no choice but to live or stay on the Curragh of Kildare. Not once have I heard the Minister for housing, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, propose a solution for the...