Results 21-40 of 1,143 for speaker:Eileen Flynn
- Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)
Eileen Flynn: We will discuss the motion on loneliness, brought forward by the Green Party group. Time is limited to 60 minutes, with speakers having six minutes apiece. I welcome the Minister of State to the Seanad.
- Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)
Eileen Flynn: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)
Eileen Flynn: Originally, I was not going to speak on this topic. When I saw that the Green Party had tabled a motion on loneliness, I thought that was interesting. Then I read the motion and realised that what it calls for is absolutely critical within society. As Senator Boyhan said, we have many action plans to tackle loneliness in this country but we have not had any action around those plans. It...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)
Eileen Flynn: I thank the witnesses for attending. The issue of people with disabilities and employment is a critically important. If I have learned anything from this committee, it is around my language and that sometimes there is no way just by looking at a person to know if that person has a disability or not so I want to put that straight for the record. Sometimes it does not come out very well when...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)
Eileen Flynn: Has there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)
Eileen Flynn: Who was it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)
Eileen Flynn: Okay I did not know that, sorry. When was that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)
Eileen Flynn: It is okay if people choose to pack shelves.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)
Eileen Flynn: However, I also believe that we should be more ambitious for people with disabilities.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)
Eileen Flynn: Yes. That is why I kept going on. They will still have to vote.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)
Eileen Flynn: That is a really important question and it was something I was going to suggest as well. Our role as a committee is to have a report at the end of each term and we will make recommendations in it. It is important that we listen and that the organisations get their recommendations out there, as the Senator has said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)
Eileen Flynn: It is tough for people from marginalised communities to even apply for a job in the Civil Service. I know that myself from the work I do. Ms McKenna can tell us that we need to get the information out there. How do we do that in a community base? How do we support organisations to deliver that information to people on the ground who may want a job? We have opened Civil Service jobs up...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)
Eileen Flynn: It is not worth it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)
Eileen Flynn: That is happening in Leinster House as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)
Eileen Flynn: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)
Eileen Flynn: Yes, and that is what we can get better at.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)
Eileen Flynn: Chair, we did not stop talking.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)
Eileen Flynn: I thank the Chair.