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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (21 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: 107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she would consider reviewing the means test for non-contributory and part-contributory pensioners who may rent their home and live with relations or friends, within the framework of the next budget, to incentivise older people who have options around moving in with relatives and may have sizeable homes to consider the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (20 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: 240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the publication of an OPW funded study into coastal erosion in Strandhill, County Sligo has not been released publicly to date; the reason it has taken almost two years to complete and release this report findings; when the draft report is set to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8011/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Key Issues Affecting Youth: North South Youth Forum (15 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: It is a great honour and pleasure to have the witnesses here today. It is great to see young people having a huge interest in politics and the way our countries work. This is the future. When I was growing up, I wished there were forums like this. I am not sure I would have been allowed to be on them, but I am delighted to see the witnesses have an interest. It is important that they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Key Issues Affecting Youth: North South Youth Forum (15 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: Sometimes it is little things like that are very important. We need to break down those barriers. A former leader of my party, John Bruton, passed away last Saturday. He was very respected. It was wonderful to see the First Minister and the deputy First Minister along with the leaders of parties coming to pay their respects because it meant a lot to my party and politicians across the...

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: On behalf of the constituents and the members of Fine Gael in the constituency of Sligo-Leitrim, north Roscommon and south Donegal, I want to send my condolences and sympathies to Finola Bruton, the Bruton family and my colleague Richard Bruton. John Bruton was a man of principle, ideas, honour, integrity and passion. He was also a great man of honesty and fun. I want to talk about my...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (7 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider as part of his planning for Budget 2025 re-introducing the tax relief at €2,000 for persons paying tax in the State who have private health insurance and have experienced the dramatic price rises in their premiums in recent months. [5441/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (1 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any further consideration has been given to the proposal to sanction a new primary school for Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; if the Board of Management has identified a potential site for a new school; and whether communication has been received by her Department seeking approval to negotiate with any potential site owner. [4691/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (31 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: 33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what action he is taking to safeguard the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland, and future investment in manufacturing and research and development into Ireland, from any unintended consequences as a result of the European Commission pharmaceutical review, currently under way; if he can update on any meetings his Department has had on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (31 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: 161. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of Ireland's national position on the revision of the EU general pharmaceuticals legislation as proposed by the European Commission; when Ireland will be making its official response to the European Commission on the pharmaceutical review known; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4400/24]

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: I am grateful for the opportunity to discuss this very important charities Bill which, as the House is aware, revises and updates the 2009 Charities Act. I thank the Minister of State for taking time to come to the House today but also for his work in this area. We are all too aware of the various news stories over the past number of years detailing various accusations. It is a fact...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: The Tánaiste will be aware that last year the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, announced over €50 million for communities across Ireland who opened their village or town to so many people from Ukraine fleeing war and aggression from Russia and the Putin regime. The funding has been allocated across all local authorities based on the number of new arrivals located there. Many...

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (25 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: The petitioners are very welcome. It was very interesting to note their commitment to and passion for an area in which I feel we have lacked in recent years. Every time I cycle in Germany or Holland, in the summer or winter, I always ask why we cannot have their facilities in Ireland. We can have them only if people like the witnesses, from various communities, get up and go with an idea...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (24 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister of State. I am happy that the Minister recognises the importance of the community involvement scheme and that it allows communities to access funds for repairs of more lightly trafficked public roads. I hope the upcoming budget will be more committed to continuously supporting the community involvement scheme because it is important. It is about residents living around...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (24 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, for coming to Sligo last Friday. His trip was very informative and welcome. I also thank him for taking this Topical Issue on the community involvement scheme. The House, especially those of us who were members of our local authorities before being Members of the Oireachtas, will be aware that the CIS was fully embraced and taken up by many...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Waste Management (23 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: 405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered providing a reduction or payment assistance in relation to domestic waste charges for disabled people particularly to persons who have excess charges because they suffer from incontinence or other similar issues that incur extra waste disposal charges. [2954/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (23 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: 608. To ask the Minister for Health if it is a requirement for a doctor who is seeking to be issued with a GMS registration that he/she must agree to an allocation of (public) patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2619/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (23 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: 660. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full update regarding the development of the 42 bed unit extension to Sligo University Hospital; the timelines around tender closing dates and expected construction commencement and competition; and if he will update regarding other capital developments in and around the hospital campus in Sligo. [2993/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: First, may we send our condolences to the family of the late Tony Lloyd, MP for Rochdale? Tony had been an MP since 1983, previously in Manchester, and served many times as a minister in UK Labour Party Governments. He was also shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2018 to 2020. He was just a great guy. He was a great listener. He was on the all-party parliamentary group on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: We have a lot of greenways.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: I thank your guests for coming to our meeting today and for their hard work over the years. We have a very talented, hard-working, responsible and powerful team here today. It is great to have them. Much good work has gone on here. I have just a few questions. At the public meeting here on 6 December, Independent Living Movement Ireland stated Ireland is not really good at asking...