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Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: The trespass legislation in this country stops the Traveller community from being a nomadic people. Since 2017, Travellers have been recognised as an indigenous people of this country but we do not have the right to be able to travel. One of the recommendations from the committee is to repeal the trespass legislation. Legislation dating from 2002 that deals with trespass blocks Travellers...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: May I ask one further question? This may come back to bite me but I wish to address the issue of hate crime legislation. The witnesses are professionals who deal with discrimination every day. I am strongly in favour of hate crime legislation. I came into the Oireachtas with a vision of bringing in legislation that protects people who are part of minority groups. Do CLM and FLAC support...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Minister of State for coming before the committee. I have done some work with him over the past few months and credit where credit is due, I believe he tries his best for people. People with disabilities come from all walks of life and how does Traveller accommodation that is not fit for purpose fit into the CAS programme to look after children with disabilities who are from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: The Minister of State spoke about funding for Traveller accommodation. For the record, since he took this role he has been easy to work with and, most importantly, funding has been drawn down. It is only fair to put the record straight.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Yes, very much so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I do not want to, because this is the Joint Committee on Disability Matters. I will say, however, that the Minister of State's feedback on parks for the children is extremely welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I thank him for that.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Electoral Process (6 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I welcome students from St. Pius school, Terenure, to the Chamber this morning. We hope they enjoy their visit. It is always lovely to see young students in Leinster House getting a feel of the place. Hopefully, one day, one of them will be in here.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Closures (6 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I welcome the Minster of State, Deputy Butler, to the House. Senators Kyne and O'Reilly are going to share time. This will be interesting. I have never seen this done for a Commencement matter before.

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (6 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Hear, hear.

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (6 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I thank Senator Moynihan for sharing her time with me. I very much appreciate it. As a member of the Traveller community and probably one of the only women in both Houses from an ethnic minority, I am sick to the pit of my stomach of the do-gooders in the absence of the inclusion of Muslim women and Black women and of our voices being heard equally around the table. The Minister spoke...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Allocations of Special Education Teachers: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the witnesses for again appearing before a committee. In the nearly four years I have been a Member of the Oireachtas, there has been very little action for people with disabilities. That is no disrespect to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Disability Matters or this committee. We also had the autism committee. First and foremost, there are too many Ministers dealing with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Allocations of Special Education Teachers: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I totally understand why people with special additional needs and organisations such as AsIAm have lost trust in the Department. It is due to action and the lack of action. I totally get it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the Cathaoirleach. All of our witnesses are very welcome to the committee this afternoon. I would disagree with the comments of our witnesses that they do not see any obstacles for young people in Donegal. I live in Ardara in Donegal. In the last week, for example, and it may be somewhat off-topic, a young woman from Donegal was on placement in St. Catherine's vocational school in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Just so I can clarify as well, over the past four years I have built up a great relationship with Donegal ETB and it is very visible. Again though, we need to put measures in place for young people to have the equality of opportunity to be successful in going on to apprenticeship courses. I wanted to be really clear on that. Donegal ETB is doing absolutely brilliantly for higher and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: What about college connects? Does anyone have a view on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Okay. I thank Ms Duffy.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Good morning everyone. I welcome Anna McBrearty, a young woman who is doing placement with me, to the meeting. We have apologies from Senators Joe O'Reilly and Ned O'Sullivan. I remind members that they must be physically present in Leinster House in order to take part in the public meeting. I will not allow members to take part in the meeting if they are outside of Leinster House. The...