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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Transport (8 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I ask Senator Dolan to bear in mind that the Minister of State, Deputy Dillon, is standing in for the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan.

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I surely to God am. Thank you, Acting Chair. I thank Senator Clonan for all of his work on issues that impact people with disabilities in Irish society and his work on the autism committee. It is clear that in this House and on the disability matters committee, people genuinely care about the rights of people with disabilities and we are making some progress. Having the expertise of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Deprivation of Liberty: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I apologise for being absent but I had to leave to vote and talk to Dr. McDonagh. It has been a hectic day. I was not being rude or anything of the sort. I am interested in trying to break down barriers. Our justice system works for the few but not for the many, and that includes members of the Traveller community and people from other marginalised communities. Yesterday, I visited...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Deprivation of Liberty: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Sometimes I get so passionate that I go far off the point and just make statements instead of asking questions. What can we do? What would the witnesses, as professionals in their fields, like to see the committee do to support people with disabilities in our prison system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Deprivation of Liberty: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: There is the issue of young men who are being used as drug mules by gangs. I see this all of the time on our streets. I do not know how to make this point this without giving offence. It is like how some people do not have language for the Traveller community. I do not want to offend or insult while trying to do the right thing and make a point. Are people with disabilities more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Deprivation of Liberty: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I thank Professor Gulati. Going forward, the suggestion you have for the committee is important for us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Deprivation of Liberty: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I thank Mr. Harris for his reply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Deprivation of Liberty: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: If I may add, when we talk about people with disabilities in the justice system, we are not just talking about people in prison. We are talking about access to justice, such as taking discrimination cases. I am doing this in the Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community and I do not believe any community should be left behind. A person can be discriminated against...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the witnesses for attending. The issue of people with disabilities and employment is a critically important. If I have learned anything from this committee, it is around my language and that sometimes there is no way just by looking at a person to know if that person has a disability or not so I want to put that straight for the record. Sometimes it does not come out very well when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Has there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Who was it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Okay I did not know that, sorry. When was that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: It is okay if people choose to pack shelves.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: However, I also believe that we should be more ambitious for people with disabilities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Yes. That is why I kept going on. They will still have to vote.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: That is a really important question and it was something I was going to suggest as well. Our role as a committee is to have a report at the end of each term and we will make recommendations in it. It is important that we listen and that the organisations get their recommendations out there, as the Senator has said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: It is tough for people from marginalised communities to even apply for a job in the Civil Service. I know that myself from the work I do. Ms McKenna can tell us that we need to get the information out there. How do we do that in a community base? How do we support organisations to deliver that information to people on the ground who may want a job? We have opened Civil Service jobs up...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: It is not worth it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: That is happening in Leinster House as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Yes.