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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Eileen Flynn: It is very nice to have people before the committee with solutions. I just came from the Joint Committee on Autism where we discussed mental health and other services for people who are autistic. It is important people come to the committee with some solutions. I apologise that I did not get to hear everyone's input but I read the submissions. I have done some work on the ground with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Eileen Flynn: We need the access, the services and the professionals because we cannot expect our teachers to be counsellors and bereavement counsellors. We cannot expect too much of our teachers. We need to work hand in hand with and listen to the teachers as that is important. However, our young people from all walks of life are crying out for mental health supports. It is an investment. How does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I know Deputies have already raised the issue of the Cork Life Centre but I have one question and would appreciate an answer. What is the commitment of the Minister and Department to the centre? We have seen the Ombudsman's report on the importance of the education centre and we have listened to the views of young people. That is my question on the Cork Life Centre. My other question is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Is this with the officials from the Department of Education?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Acting Chairperson. My daughter Billie has been promoted by the Civil Engagement Group. This morning I would like to raise an issue that I do not believe has been thought about in the transport committee or by the Minister, which is the pre-booking of bus tickets for women who are fleeing domestic violence situations and who are at risk if staying in the area where their abuser...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2022)

Eileen Flynn: -----where I am sitting. Yes, let us have the conversations, but they cannot be racist conversations. My child, who is here beside me, cannot help that she is a full member of the Traveller community and a full member of the settled community. She was born into this world. We cannot help it if we are working-class people, if we are black people or if we are Traveller people. We did not...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Last week, yet again, a local representative, a county councillor, was racist towards Travellers on local radio.This was around Traveller accommodation. Some of my Fianna Fáil colleagues have come to speak to me about it and about how disappointed they were to see this kind of behaviour. I know the Taoiseach has also expressed his disappointment in this behaviour. It is important for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I, too, will be taking part in the Ireland's Future event on Saturday in the 3 Arena. Ireland is changing, and thankfully for the better. We may see far-right changes in Europe but I hope for the sake of my children and the next generation that we are a long way from ever having a far-right Government on the island of Ireland.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2022)

Eileen Flynn: It genuinely gives me hope to see the good turnout on Saturday on our streets. It is people power and people fighting back. An equally important matter relates to the budget. I genuinely welcome the €2 billion that has been provided for humanitarian supports for refugees but it has been bluntly and openly stated that it is for Ukrainian refugees. While I am a big fan of the...

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Public Expenditure and Reform): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I have only two minutes in which to bring a matter to the attention of the Minister of State. Not all people from vulnerable communities have availed of the €200 electricity credit that was promised in last year's budget and was meant to relieve families. Again, the most vulnerable in society who share one connection happen to be members of the Traveller community. Twenty-two...

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Public Expenditure and Reform): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Eileen Flynn: He got more time than some of us.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for giving me the right time to speak. Over the last two or three days, we saw on social media what happened in Cherry Orchard in Ballyfermot. I want to put on the record that these young people are not scumbags, thugs or low lifes in society. They have been failed time and again. Their parents and their grandparents have been failed by the State, by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Eileen Flynn: When we talk about making life easier around the cost of living, it is at least 9 km from Ardara to the camp in the Glenties. How are those families being supported to make savings as some of those students are not eligible to get on the bus?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Eileen Flynn: The Minister appeared before the Joint Committee on Disability Matters last night where she spoke about taxi services and said that children with additional special needs and wheelchair users could get minibuses and taxis to meet their needs. How will her Department ensure that these students do not fall between the gaps in the services? The Minister spoke about rural Ireland and said...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (20 Sep 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the MEPs for coming to the House this evening. We talk about the sustainable development goals at a European Union level and I have heard a lot here this evening about poor people and poor communities. At a European Union level, what is being done to engage with the most vulnerable communities such as the Romanian communities, the Gypsy people, members of the Traveller community,...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (20 Sep 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Was it a minute we all got to speak or was it-----

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (20 Sep 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Okay. Some of us got one minute and some-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Thank you, Chair. I sometimes go back to the saying that nobody knows the shoe is cutting a person except the person who is wearing it. That is the reason this committee was set up, that is, to listen to the voices. However, I am sick of listening, and that is the God's honest truth. I am sick of listening to the issues across other committees without any action. I hope this committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Education and the UNCRPD: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Eileen Flynn: A question was asked earlier today at the Joint Committee on Autism on training for teachers and special needs assistants, SNAs, on how to work with young children. The Joint Committee on Autism had appear before it many different parents' support groups set up by parents themselves and they discussed how teachers should be trained properly. As the Minister has stated that new teachers...