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Seanad: Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (23 Feb 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Yes, I am sharing my time with Senator Higgins.

Seanad: Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (23 Feb 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I do not have a speech prepared for this discussion. Listening to Senator Ruane, I thought of some of the friends I went to school with who have died from taking drugs and drug addiction. I also think of some young Traveller men. The high rate of suicide within the Traveller community is also caused by drug addiction. We have a homelessness crisis and Travellers are overrepresented in the...

Seanad: Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (23 Feb 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (23 Feb 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Mental Health and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (24 Feb 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House today to address this critical matter. My colleagues and I in the Civil Engagement Group are very passionate about mental health and the inequality that young people from disadvantaged communities experience in the mental health system. Yesterday my colleague, Senator Lynn Ruane, brought forward a motion on a drugs citizens' assembly...

Seanad: Mental Health and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (24 Feb 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I know. I am just putting that on the record. I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Mental Health and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (24 Feb 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I understand that. I am still very new to all this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (24 Feb 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. I am substituting for Senator Higgins. I have listened to the witnesses speak about how daunting going to a third level institution can be after being diagnosed early. I came through the education system with dyslexia. I was diagnosed at a very late stage. I remember going into Trinity College and thinking I was stupid and different...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I am delighted to have third level education behind me. Young people watching this debate will have heard the likes of Deputy Jim O'Callaghan saying students could pay back college fees when they are in their 40s, but people in my generation cannot even afford a house. It is ever so daunting a conversation we are having. As for looking at the European level and trying to compare ourselves...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Today I want to bring to people's attention that March is anti-racism month, a month that focuses on interculturalism, equality and anti-racism. On 1 March five years ago, Travellers were recognised as an ethic minority group in Irish society. NGOs and Travellers fought for many years to be recognised by the State as an ethnic minority group. Thankfully, we are now recognised by the State,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Access is one thing but equality of opportunity to be able to be successful in our universities is something else that has rarely been supported.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I am not being naive. Obviously a lot has to be done. What the witnesses are looking for is the Minister and the Department not to reinvent the wheel but to work with what we already have and with the solutions the witnesses have already provided. I thank the witnesses.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion (2 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I second the motion. Following on from Senator Ruane's remarks, I will go straight into more of the stories contributed to the project: To Lizzie, who ... [values] the winter conversations at the open fire, with people coming from all parts of the halting site for cups of tea and chats by her father's lamp. Lizzie loves Traveller culture but it's not part of [Traveller] culture to live...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank our guests for attending. It has been very educational for me to listen to their contributions. Throughout the time we have been holding these meetings, I have spoken about the value of further education, which can be a lifeline for people on the fringes of society such as me, who was born and reared on a halting site. When I was younger, university was not something I had the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: What about other ethnic minorities, such as migrants and refugees? It is so important this lifeline be given to everyone in Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I would greatly appreciate that. Migrants Rights Centre Ireland is also carrying out some great work with carers who are migrants. It would be brilliant to learn more about what Mr. Conlon mentioned.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: On behalf of the Civil Engagement Group, I wish all women in civil society a happy International Women's Day. Our thoughts and prayers today are with the women of Ukraine, as well as Syrian and Yemeni women and children and all those who are living in war and violence. I want to talk a little bit today about the National Traveller Women's Forum, which is a Traveller women's organisation. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I show my solidarity with the Ukrainian people, those who are fleeing war and Russian aggression and those who are still in their country. I am very proud of our country. I am very proud of Ireland for standing in solidarity and supporting Ukrainian people at this time to seek refuge in the unfolding crisis. I would like to see an important step in our rethinking of how we deal with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Standard of Living and Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I will start with a positive, in that I very much welcome the review of the carer's grant. That is very important, especially for young carers. I have noticed the language used in the room today has not been nice. We are referring to people with disability and disabled people as "them" an awful lot and using terms like "We are helping them.". I find that language inappropriate for...