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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Traveller Community (21 Feb 2023)

Eileen Flynn: ...of State commit to that meeting today? Again, I stand here talking about what is not being done for Travellers. However, it is very important to give credit where credit is due when we can, to the Sligo local authority which was very productive. It went to the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications to look for funding and received it. It put in meters for every...

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Public Expenditure and Reform): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Eileen Flynn: ...families. Again, the most vulnerable in society who share one connection happen to be members of the Traveller community. Twenty-two families share six meter point reference numbers, or MPRNs, in Sligo. Nine families at another site share a single MPRN and therefore received just €22 each in respect of their electricity costs, even though the payment is meant to be €200...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2021)

Eileen Flynn: ...interesting to get more details around those figures showing a decline in the Dublin area. Obviously, outside Dublin, homelessness is an issue for Travellers in the likes of counties Donegal and Sligo. There is overcrowding on halting sites, people sleeping on couches and sharing homes and so on. I would appreciate it if we could get some more information on that.

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

Eileen Flynn: ...I did not have the time to raise it. We all know there is an outbreak of Covid-19 and, unfortunately, there is a rapid outbreak of Covid-19 within the Traveller community from Cork to Dublin to Sligo, and from Mayo to Galway. Last week, I dealt with numerous calls from people who do not have water to wash their hands, a safe place to self-isolate or clean water to drink. I also received...