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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2021)

Eileen Flynn: I echo what Senator Norris touched on earlier. A few of us in here have underlying issues. I have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, and I have to travel from Donegal to Dublin. It is only evident that I am working when I am here and I fob in, but last week I attended loads of committee meetings and met the Minister for Education. However, none of that is on record. That is a...

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (26 Jan 2021)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. It is remarkable and a positive good news story that a vaccine is being rolled out. I am delighted. I did not imagine that only a few short months after becoming a Member of the Seanad I would be able to speak on the roll-out of a vaccine. I very much welcome that it is being rolled out. I welcome the significant amount of work that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Effects of Covid-19 on Further Education and Training: Discussion (10 Dec 2020)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the ETB for coming in to meet with us today. As a qualified youth worker, I believe youth work is a different form of education and it can give young people the tools to keep themselves and others around them safe. During this pandemic, young people have been getting much of the blame for spreading the virus so I echo the point about how important it is to educate our young people....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Effects of Covid-19 on Further Education and Training: Discussion (10 Dec 2020)

Eileen Flynn: It was a practical course, but people did not have the option to do it online. They wanted me to raise the issue.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Dec 2020)

Eileen Flynn: Last week, Inner City Helping Homeless, ICHH, brought the Don’t Forget Me campaign to the gates of Leinster House to highlight the 56 people who died in homeless services in Dublin this year. Dublin city councillor Anthony Flynn has asked me to raise with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, the homeless numbers nationally, including how...

Seanad: Deportation Moratorium (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Minister for addressing the House. Although many Senators congratulated her on her pregnancy, I did not hear any of them using the word "pregnancy" in so doing. I offer her a big congratulations. I listened to the Minister and certain Senators speaking about the risk of supporting the Bill. I am everything but naive; I understand the risks in this area. For me, the Civil...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Eileen Flynn: I was going to make the point that we bring in the Minister with responsibility for children and the Minister of State to address the committee. In the short time I have been a member of the committee, I am conscious of the level of inequality in care for children and we talk about the rights of the child. I very much thank the witnesses for coming in and presenting to us, which is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Eileen Flynn: I hope the Minister with responsibility for children will listen to what both of the witnesses have said. It is very important that parents of children with special needs or disabilities are listened to. I totally agree with what they said. Action is needed and they need to see more action. I thank them for their comments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Election of Vice Chairman (3 Dec 2020)

Eileen Flynn: I welcome everybody to today's meeting. The first item on the agenda is the election of a Vice Chairperson and so I call for nominations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Election of Vice Chairman (3 Dec 2020)

Eileen Flynn: Are we all in agreement that Deputy Ó Cuív be appointed Vice Chairman? Agreed. I congratulate him on his election. I know that he is a great ally to the Traveller community not just today or this year but for a number of years. I propose that we go into private session. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2020)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2020)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2020)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2020)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2020)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2020)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House and affording us the opportunity to make our points. I understand that the majority of local authorities want the best for their local communities. In 2011, I was looking for a unit for a family in Labre Park who did not have running water or electricity. I remember speaking about the redevelopment of Labre Park and how we should look...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. She is very welcome. In 2015, I worked with the Migrant Rights Council of Ireland, MRCI, for three months. To say it was the best three months' work experience of my life is an understatement. I got to meet the most powerful young people in the world. I do not mean that in a patronising way. I hate it when people tell me I am a brilliant...

Seanad: Technological Universities Agenda: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Eileen Flynn: I welcome the Minister to the House. I second what many other Senators have said. It is remarkable that we are here talking about opportunities and third level education, universities and all the work that we have to do to get into these universities, be successful and then come out the other side after all the hard work. Student nurses are on the front line and are not being treated as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Trade Unions on Keeping Schools Open: Discussion (19 Nov 2020)

Eileen Flynn: I will not keep the witnesses for long because I do not want to repeat what some members have already asked in other questions. I thank each and every one of the witnesses for coming in and presenting to us today, and I thank their trade union members. The teachers, SNAs, cleaners and bus drivers, down to the caretakers in schools are all essential workers. They should be treated and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Trade Unions on Keeping Schools Open: Discussion (19 Nov 2020)

Eileen Flynn: I support Mr. Boyle's call for the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, to meet the trade unions.