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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Employment and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (12 May 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I am sorry, but my time is up. What percentage of people who participate in the scheme go on to full-time employment? Would the witnesses be able to answer that question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Employment and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (12 May 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank Ms Doherty.

Seanad: Europe Day 2022: Statements (11 May 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomach. I also welcome the students from St. Joseph's College, Lucan. It is always brilliant to see young people in the House. I am going to put a different spin on marking Europe Day. I would like all of us to look at this as a day of reflection, as Senator Chambers has already said. Ireland, as a small nation, has made our voice heard at the highest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Situations of Risk and Humanitarian Emergencies: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the witnesses for coming in. We think a lot about refugees from Ukraine coming over, but we rarely touch on people with disabilities who are coming here and the supports they need. That is not covered in the media. As the witnesses outlined, we do not want to go back to segregated settings. We want to go from the real to the ideal. These homes are real solutions. The ideal will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Situations of Risk and Humanitarian Emergencies: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Eileen Flynn: If Ms Dmytriieva would like to explain or say anything else to this committee, or speak more about her own personal experience, we would like to hear from her. If she does not want to, that is okay as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Situations of Risk and Humanitarian Emergencies: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Humanitarian Risk Situations and Emergencies: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the witnesses for being here. I do not want to repeat what other members have touched on. People with disabilities should be at the heart of all discussions in society and should have a space in both Houses of the Oireachtas. Will the witnesses give practical suggestions in respect of how we can build expertise and capacity in disabled persons' organisations? Many of them are...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Strategies (27 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: The Traveller community is facing a mental health crisis. This is not the first time I have raised the issue in the House. The previous Minister of State with responsibility for mental health, former Deputy Jim Daly, recognised more than two years ago that there was a mental health crisis among the members of the Traveller community. The programme for Government promised a national...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Strategies (27 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Minister of State. She is here on behalf of Deputy Butler. She said individuals have sat on that advisory group but it is not even a permanent structure. In the programme for Government we were promised a stand-alone mental health strategy. Unfortunately, we have not gotten the answers we needed today. I am not doing this for Eileen Flynn; I am doing this on behalf of the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Strategies (27 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Minister of State for her time.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Yesterday, when President Zelenskyy was speaking to the Dáil and Seanad in very unfortunate circumstances, it struck me when he stated Ireland’s “skill in valuing lives ... [and] its community development experience” are among what we are known for throughout the world. I found that very empowering for us as a country, in that we are recognised not just for our...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I did not make a point during this debate at all today. I have listened to Senator Mullen speak again about how it is a crime for women in our country to seek safe access to having an abortion. I come from a very religious family and I am very religious myself, but the women of Ireland and Ireland as a whole spoke in 2018. We voted to repeal the eighth amendment. In this country, and as a...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Senator Keogan should excuse me, it is my turn to speak not hers. That is my point. It is important that I have the time to speak as well.

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: It is not a crime.

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I want to thank every person in the House. I am a proud Member of the Seanad today and it is one of my proudest days in the last two years. I can now be a proud woman and gender equality activist in saying that women in our country will feel a little bit safer in having access to healthcare services without feeling intimidated. I want to make a note to Senator Mullen. I respect what he...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: There was no allegation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Chair, I am down to speak before Senator O'Loughlin. On my list, I am down as No. 10. It states that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: This always happens to me and others go before me at committee meetings. That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: No problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Eileen Flynn: In 2012, and I am not comparing myself to anyone in the room, I remember being in a wheelchair for three months due to surgery I had in National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh. I spent much of my childhood in Cappagh hospital with some injuries. What I can say, and what I know from having to use the services is that, as Mr. Kavanagh said, it is actually very expensive. It is very costly to...