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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Consent Programmes in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Eileen Flynn: ...schools. It told me it was underfunded and did not know if it would be able to roll it out the next year to transition year students. Even listening to some of the speakers today, it is clear that we have come a long way from a little Catholic one-way country, even in the last ten or five years. I remember that because I was a member of the Traveller community, I did not have to do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Consent Programmes in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Eileen Flynn: The Department needs to consider that because active consent includes every single child in the school. It is a matter of having the conversations with the parents as well, which is really important. On funding, Donegal Rape Crisis Centre was doing active consent training in some schools for a year but could not roll it out to other schools. The younger we can reach the children –...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Consent Programmes in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Eileen Flynn: It a case of looking at where we are today rather than ten or 15 years ago.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 5: In page 10, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(2) A member of Garda personnel shall operate, or cause to be operated, a recording device where they are requested to do so by an individual with whom they are engaged in the course of their duties.”. Amendments Nos. 5 and 6 would require gardaí to turn on their bodycams if...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: Amendment No. 11 relates to notifying people that the cameras are on, whether in a public or private place. I stress that I am not anti-gardaí - far from it - but I have seen numerous times in certain areas in Dublin situations in which people's doors were kicked down, etc. A lot of gardaí already wear bodycams. We need to be realistic in this regard. On a morning last April, I...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 11: In page 11, lines 12 and 13, to delete ", when operating the device in a dwelling, and where appropriate, notify the occupants at the start of the operation and record the notification" and substitute "notify all subjects of the recording at the start of the operation and record the notification".

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 51: In page 20, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(c) state the precise technological and software specifications of the cameras to be used,”. I believe that this Bill needs more discussion on Report Stage. Moving on to amendments Nos. 51, 52, 54 and 55, they are really simple and would require gardaí, when setting up CCTV...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: My first question today relates to the ethnicity identifier in the context of school performance and engagement. We still do not know how many Travellers, Muslims or people from various ethnic minority groups there are in our schools. One of my first jobs was as an education officer with the Irish Traveller Movement in 2011 and 2012. At that time, it was very difficult to get information...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I understand what Dr. Alexander is saying but he is not talking about an ethnic identifier. Having worked with national Traveller organisations, I know this is something they are looking for in both primary and secondary school. Obviously it is a matter of choice. It is up to parents to decide if they want to clarify their child's ethnicity but it is not very clear to the Traveller...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Traveller Community (19 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Cathaoirleach and I thank the Minister of State for personally attending the House this morning. It means a great deal because the last time I did this Commencement matter, the Minister of State, unfortunately, could not make it. In April 2022, a year and a few months ago, I stood in this House to raise the exact same Commencement matter with the exact same questions....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by Senator Moynihan. All of us across the House have been talking about our deep concerns and heartbreak at what has been happening in Israel and Gaza over the past ten days. Many of us in this House care so deeply about the issue. I believe that most of us share a deep commitment to human rights. It is, therefore, very unfortunate...

Seanad: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (18 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 5: In page 22, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “Report on military and dual-use items utilising automated means 28.(1) The Minister shall, within 18 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas outlining engagement he or she has had at European Union level regarding the development of additional and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: ...because I do not think any member of the committee sees people with disabilities as "them". We really are about change. From some of the questions I am hearing around the table, many of the Senators and Deputies are very being honest about their experience on the ground. That is not to run down the Department in any way, shape or form but to talk about an old-fashioned system that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: ...with special and additional needs and members of the Traveller community are put on these reduced timetables. Two weeks ago, a mother from a halting site came to me in tears. Her little boy has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD. She was so upset as she told me that the teacher kept saying to her that he would have to leave the school. The child goes in at 8.50 a.m. and is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: -----and it is important we think of that. Again, this is something that needs to be addressed. I am delighted that I have been able to talk to Ms Cullen because it is so important that we set up that meeting with the Department and look at this issue. It is the same for children with special additional needs. This should not be allowed in the Ireland of 2023. A mother is saying that her...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: Mr. Hanlon just mentioned the word "consent" and suggested that these reduced school days are based on consent. I can honestly tell him right now that according to the majority of people I know - many of these children happen to be members of the Traveller community with additional needs - there is no permission involved. The parents are very worried and are told that the child is put on...

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: Senator Conway spoke out of both sides of his mouth and gave us all a good reminder of how the most vulnerable people, including people with disabilities, suffered cuts during the economic crisis. I support Senator Clonan's motion and I was very proud to sign it along with my colleagues, Senators Ruane and Black. I thank Senator Clonan for bringing the motion to the House. It is very...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I want to remember the deaths of ten people from the Traveller community. Today marks the eighth anniversary of the Carrickmines fire. I want to remember Tara Gilbert, her partner Jimmy Lynch and their daughters Jodie and Kelsey, Willie Lynch, Thomas Connors, his wife Sylvia and their children Jimmy, Christy and Mary who sadly died in a fire in Carrickmines eight years ago. Unfortunately,...

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform): Statements (10 Oct 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I always welcome measures that improve people's lives. However, while many short-term, one-off measures in this budget may allow people to keep their heads above water for a few hours and get people out of a dark space for a short period, they will not make a real long-term difference to highly vulnerable people. This budget has definitely not future-proofed life for people who are living...

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...