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Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Cost of Living: Motion (15 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Ha.

Seanad: Cost of Living: Motion (15 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: We often hear mention made of looking after our own. This is exactly what this motion is seeking to do. It is about looking after the proposers' own. I support it, however, because for me it is about assisting with whatever supports I can and doing whatever I can do in my power to support people. The Minister knows we talk a lot in this House about putting money into people's pockets....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I will begin by saying the best learning can be summer programmes for inclusion and getting to know other students. A tutor said to me one time that the best learning you will ever do when you are on placement is the learning you have over a cup of tea. That was 100% right, so I would not say the summer programmes are not learning, because they are. On the Irish language, it should be a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Out-of-School Provision Report and Education and Supports Provision for Ukrainian Students: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Many of us around this table, as parents, know of the genuine demand for early childhood education. How will we meet the needs of Ukrainian children? The Minister of State with responsibility for special education will know that representatives of AsIAm appeared before the Joint Committee on Disability Matters a few weeks ago. They spoke about meeting the needs of young people from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Minister for coming before the committee today. As members have already said, I welcome everything the Department has done to support Ukrainian people coming into the country. It is the right thing to do. I give credit to the Department for that. Without repeating questions or going into the numbers, I will focus on the point that this situation will evolve. This time next...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I am sorry, but perhaps I was not clear. Are we putting in place additional services or staff to support them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Out-of-School Provision Report and Education and Supports Provision for Ukrainian Students: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank both Ministers for coming in. Following on from the two previous Deputies and, I note, from the Minister, I think language is extremely important and is what shapes the report. It is the first protocol. I agree it needs to be changed because we are making the students who avail of these supports lesser and suggesting they are not getting the same education as young people in a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I also welcome the ambassador to the House. I hope he is enjoying the experience.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Pretend you did not see it for a minute.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Eileen Flynn: My poster highlights accountability for Traveller mental health. I will put it down now.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I am very grateful that the Taoiseach nominated me because of all the work I have done in the past as an activist, a person on the ground and, most importantly, as somebody from the Traveller community. I will have been in the House two years on 27 June. For the two years I have been here, I have called numerous times for action on Traveller mental health. The National Traveller Mental...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I have been there and it did not work. I suggest another way.

Seanad: Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I want to make some brief points on section 5. To say-----

Seanad: Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Eileen Flynn: This will follow on from what Senator Higgins said. This is about using our public spending power as a force for good. Senator Higgins spoke about the Netherlands and we have seen that this model has been working there since 2016. She also spoke about SMEs and this provides equality for small businesses and puts them at the centre. Those are the two points I wanted to make on section 4.

Seanad: Childcare Provision: Statements (17 May 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Senator Boyhan touched on Traveller, migrant and disadvantaged children. I want to make clear that those children are not the problem. Sometimes it is not what we say but the way we say it. We need to be careful around funding and equal access. I thank the Senator for bringing that to my attention today. While we are talking about childcare, we are not talking about equal access to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 May 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I wish to raise an important issue on the Order of Business that I brought to the attention of this House in January 2021 concerning cases of hepatitis. At the time, I genuinely thought it was unique to have cases of hepatitis in Ireland. Today it was reported on RTÉ News that unfortunately, a young child has died from hepatitis. Another young child needs a liver transplant due to...

Seanad: Media Report on Governance in Local Authorities: Statements (12 May 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I have spoken in this House time and again about the continued failure of some local authorities. To name just one issue, I will focus a little on their failure to provide Traveller accommodation year after year. During my ten years of working in this area with members of the Traveller community and in the area of accommodation, I have found that things in local authorities fall apart more...