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Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 125: In page 82, to delete lines 37 to 39.

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: First, I welcome Senator Martin's Bill. Even today, I am working with a woman who is going through domestic violence and needs access to services. In March 2020, before I was nominated to the Seanad, I was supporting a woman with five children who was living on the streets of Dublin to seek refuge and because she had fled her home country and was at no major risk from her abuser, she was...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I thank Mr. Gilligan. I am sure there will be time for Ms Corcoran and Mr. Walsh to contribute as well. I thank Mayo County Council for its presentation. We will now move on to Cork City Council. Members visited Spring Lane on 12 November 2021. One of the purposes of having Cork City Council before the committee was to get an update on Spring Lane. I invite Mr. Geaney from Cork City...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I thank the witnesses for that information. It is interesting that the funding has been given for stage 2, which the committee welcomes. As I do not want to continue talking, I will hand over to the members to ask any questions they may have for Mayo County Council and Cork City Council. I call Deputy Buckley.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Yes. We will then move to Cork City Council to respond to the Deputy, after which we have to move on to somebody else because of the time.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I do not want to come in here but I have to. When Mr. Geaney says “local community”, is that the locals from the settled community or the Travellers themselves?

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: We will have to move swiftly along to give other members the opportunity to come in. I have some good questions to ask at the end. I call Deputy Stanton.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Where does the Traveller accommodation budget come from?

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: To be fair, we must move on to Deputy Joan Collins.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I am calling Deputy Mitchell now because she has to go to the House in a few minutes.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I call Mr. Ó Donnabháin to answer Deputy Collins's questions.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Is the Deputy happy with that? Were all of her questions answered? She did have a lot.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I propose that we publish on our website the letter received from the Minister and our letter to the Minister. Is that agreed? Agreed. I have a few questions. In private session last week, we discussed the root cause of why people do not like members of the Traveller community living beside them and the levels of hatred, discrimination and racism that unfortunately still exist in...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: It is something that is seen frequently in halting sites. I remember that, in 2017, a man in the area who had a lorry filled with rubbish brought it into the site. I remember going after him and telling him that although we might be members of the Traveller community, we were not dirt and were not going to allow him to dump on our site. The rubbish was coming from outside of the site into...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I thank Mr. Ó Donnabháin.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: No one from the Roma community has applied for accommodation.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: Okay. That is interesting.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: It is an off-the-cuff question-----

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: It is something the committee should be bringing more attention to. I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee today. The evidence and submissions the witnesses provided today are useful and helpful. It is great news for the community of Cork that stage 2 of redevelopment has been funded. I thank Cork City Council for that. I thank both Cork City Council and Mayo County...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: I remind members that they must be physically present within Leinster House to take part in the committee meeting. I will not allow members to take part in this meeting if they are not on the grounds of Leinster House. The evidence of witnesses physically present in Leinster House is protected by absolute privilege. Witnesses should not criticise or make charges against any person by name...