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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Professional Accreditation of Higher Education Courses: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I have had experience where, say, ten or 12 Traveller women are doing a course in any area and then they are told that the provider is waiting to hear back from the Department if it can be accredited at the end of the year. Women are taking part in courses and then finding out at the very end that it is not accredited. Obviously it is still educational but they do not have the credits. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Professional Accreditation of Higher Education Courses: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: There are many of them around the country, more so at community level, where organisations like NGOs would support women or men to do a course. It might be about addiction or education about poverty. However, when they finish the course they find they do not get the credits they were expecting. I will send on those details.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: This morning, I want to bring it to the attention of the House that the Traveller committee will be set up officially. I thank Members for supporting it. The one positive thing is that when I am long gone as a Member of Leinster House, the committee will still exist. It will have the power to hold the State to account and bring about good, meaningful, positive, life-changing and lifesaving...

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I welcome the €100 increase in child benefit. I see people struggling on the ground on a daily basis. They are leaving food behind in shopping centres. We see it all the time. The Government says it is the increase in the cost of living and how it impacts on people, but I see a lot of greed in the shops. In local communities as well, I could go to one shop in a certain area where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I welcome the Minister of State to the committee. This committee is cross-party and very supportive of services for people with autism. To the best of my knowledge, autism is not a mental health issue. I have heard it said that people get diagnosed with autism through mental health services. I am not a professional but to the best of my knowledge, people are going there for support. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I am sorry for cutting across, and I do not mean to be disrespectful towards the Minister of State in any way, but a child with severe autism could be at risk of taking his or her own life. I cannot remember the figure of young autistic people with mental health issues that Mr. Adam Harris cited at our meeting last week. Why can CAMHS not see such children in an emergency when the research...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: Is Dr. Niazi saying that, when GPs find out children have autism, they refer them to CAMHS straight away even though the children do not have mental health problems?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I constantly see blatant discrimination within our mental health services against young people in the Traveller community. No matter who or what we are, everything can be done better, including in our mental health services, but this is pure discrimination. There could be a 17-year-old young man who is autistic but also has mental health problems and suicidal ideas in his head and who needs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: Mr. Harris said something that struck me. If a person with autism attended an accident and emergency department with a broken arm, he or she could get it plastered just like any other patient, but it is not the same with mental health services. Instead of arguing with the witnesses and just giving them my opinion as a public representative, the evidence I have shows that what is happening...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I am aware.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: It is important that we have representation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I am the same. That is why I came to this committee. I am not here saying I do not want CAMHS. Yet, when I see discrimination it is important that it is called out and challenged. I just wanted to be clear that CAMHS does work for a lot of young people. It is a vital service within the communities for many young people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: Sorry - I was at the Committee on Autism meeting. I am also a member of the disability committee. For me, this is about the importance of having everybody participate in society and have equal access to education. This committee got to visit Ballyfermot College of Further Education a few weeks ago. I myself went to Ballyfermot College. I have not seen since or before then its level of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: Our recommendations will hopefully reflect what has been said in today's committee meeting, given it is so important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I do not have many questions. I have one question from listening to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Honest to god I have to say I believe, looking in from the outside and working with organisations like the Independent Living Movement, that we are continuing to fail people with disabilities in this country. I know that it is not the fault of workers and people in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: From talking to people with disabilities, many people do not look at their disability as a label. I just want to make Ms Kennedy aware of that as well.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I will not take long as I have only one question of the Department of Justice. Where is the Department? Where is its statement on what took place on Sunday on the streets of Dublin when homeless refugees' tents were burned? This used to happen years ago to members of my community. Back then, I never saw Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil come out and support the community. I know the...