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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (4 May 2023)

Frank Feighan: 288. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a list of all projects supported by her Department since 2019 under the LEADER Programme to include all projects that received funding of €100,000 or more, the current status of each of these projects, the date each project was completed, the expected completion date for each remaining project, by county,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (4 May 2023)

Frank Feighan: 289. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a list of all projects supported by her Department since 2019 under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund to include all projects that received funding of €100,000 or more, the current status of each of these projects, the date each project was completed, the expected completion date for each...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (4 May 2023)

Frank Feighan: 290. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a list of all projects supported by her Department since 2019 under the CLÁR Programme to include all projects that received funding of €100,000 or more, the current status of each of these projects, the date each project was completed, the expected completion date for each remaining project, by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Frank Feighan: Ms O'Keeffe also said behaviour analysts in Ireland want regulation and to ensure that practitioners in the field are operating professionally. The fact that behaviour analysts rely on funding from the NCSE and the Department of Education leads to funding being drip fed so does not give behaviour analysts a sense of permanency in terms of their role and career.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Frank Feighan: Would it be better if behaviour analysis was regulated and then a behavioural analyst could have a job with, say, the HSE?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Frank Feighan: I have two final questions. We are beginning to scratch the surface on how best to approach this. How do our guests find the HSE and the Departments of Health and Education? Are as they engaged as they should be? The interventions used in the typical how-to-quit-smoking plan are interesting. Dr. Kelly talked about the medical and insurance model used in the US. Is the model here just...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Frank Feighan: I thank Ms O'Keefe. That perfectly sums up behavioural analysis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives of Truth Recovery Process (4 May 2023)

Frank Feighan: I am delighted to see everybody here again. Ms McManus is very welcome back to Leinster House. I am very proud to have served with her over the years. We did not serve in government because she retired in 2011. It is great to see her and so many good friends here. I have spent time in Colombia. I was sent to the inauguration of the new president of that country last year. It could be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Frank Feighan: I am not as familiar as I should be with behaviour analysis. I have two young children and we are all anxious that they get the best supports. I thank all of our guests for coming here. The society supports learners with disabilities to access education and it wants to achieve autonomy. Ms O'Keeffe said that "behavioural analytic strategies and principles are utilised across a wide and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Frank Feighan: In light of the amalgamation of Geevagh National School and St. Joseph's National School, Kilmactranny, County Sligo, from September 2023, parents are seeking assurances from the school transport section of Bus Éireann or the Department of Education that the current bus routes will remain the same. It is thought that more than 20 children will be affected if these routes change and that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (27 Apr 2023)

Frank Feighan: 31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current waiting time for persons applying for passports under the foreign birth registrations; and if he is satisfied with the length of time applicants have to wait for their case to be considered. [19769/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (27 Apr 2023)

Frank Feighan: 40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current waiting times for paper passport applications only, including new applications, children's and renewals; and if his Department would consider any way of expediting certain paper applications that are required urgently for emergency travel. [19768/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (27 Apr 2023)

Frank Feighan: 130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan; the number of premises that were passed and connected as of March 2023; the way that he plans to accelerate the delivery of the plan and if he could provide, in particular, connection details for counties Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Donegal. [19758/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach and Disability Legislation: Discussion (27 Apr 2023)

Frank Feighan: The witnesses are very welcome. I am glad of the occasion to thank them on the record for the great work that they do. I was always aware of them in the last 20 years a Member of the Oireachtas and a member of local authorities, but when one is in the Department of Health for two and a half years as a Minister of State, you realise you have people who watch your back and who are absolutely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Engagement with Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2023)

Frank Feighan: I am delighted to have the witnesses here and thank them for the great work they are doing. The shared island initiative has been innovative and successful. I have been a member of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement for well over ten years. Over that ten years, we have been talking about the Narrow Water Bridge project. I was at the location with members...

Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (26 Apr 2023)

Frank Feighan: When I think of a united Ireland, I think of my grandfather, James Feely, who 100 years ago was released from Mountjoy on the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. He was commander of the north Roscommon brigade of the old IRA and fought for a united Ireland. When we consider a united Ireland now, it is very different 100 years on. Ireland joined the European Community, along with the UK,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (26 Apr 2023)

Frank Feighan: 125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person in receipt of a disability allowance who inherits a house (worth less that €300,000) from his/her parent would have their weekly payment effected or reduced upon receiving such an inheritance. [19682/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Ukraine War (25 Apr 2023)

Frank Feighan: 89. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she will announce the successful projects under the community recognition fund in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19140/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Data (25 Apr 2023)

Frank Feighan: 87. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding provided by her Department to counties Sligo and Leitrim since January 2020; the list of projects supported under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund, town and village renewal scheme, Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Fund, Building Acquisition Fund and CLÁR Fund during this period in counties...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Frank Feighan: 657. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is aware that funding granted under the 2022 Town and Village Programme for former Garda stations in Sligo/Leitrim cannot proceed because of delays at the Office of the Chief State Solicitor following discussions between the OPW and the local authorities; and if she will consider extending the deadline for the drawdown of...

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