Results 1-20 of 388 for does speaker:Frank Feighan

Public Transport Experience: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2025)

Frank Feighan: The Minister is always welcome to the constituency that is Sligo-Leitrim and south Donegal. Indeed, he is always welcome to the west and north west. When he does come, he can come by road, rail, bike or foot. In the Minister's case, I understand he sometimes comes by boat up the Shannon. I wish to raise the N17 Sligo to Galway and Mayo road. It is an issue everyone wants resolved, and I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Performance Report 2023: Department of Transport (6 Nov 2024)

Frank Feighan: ...at a critical point where we can connect all these greenways together. What the Minister said was right. We live in a temperate climate, although unfortunately it rains a lot more in Sligo and the west than it does in Dublin, but you could be on a bike every day, or an electric scooter or bike. I normally stay on the Navan Road and take the bus in. What the Minister has done in Dublin...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Oct 2024)

Frank Feighan: The residential zoned land tax is due to come into place on 1 February 2025. Is there any case for a further review of it? One-size-fits-all does not help in my constituency of Sligo-Leitrim or in south Donegal. Local authorities need to identify demand and growth centres. We need to have a further review of the residential zoned land tax.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Children with Disabilities - UNCRPD Article 7: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Frank Feighan: ...that genuinely wants to make a difference and I know it has challenged many Departments and stakeholders, as the witnesses will probably know, about how to deliver for their issues. What does ILMI’s community leadership team project offer to young people with disabilities? Ms Soraghan stated disabled children can be locked away in segregated education, segregated day centres or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Frank Feighan: ...to invest and felt they were going to get a dividend in the form of a prize. That could be an area worth paying attention to but Mr. Mulvey probably knows better than I do. I also raise the TV licence. Does Mr. Mulvey have any views as to the best way for people to pay? Is there a better way than what we have been doing for the past 40 or 50 years? Perhaps I am putting Mr. Mulvey on...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Frank Feighan: ...the Border from Dublin, knew somebody under investigation for serious crimes involving children was moved from working for the party to working for a charity where the person had access to children. Does the Minister for Justice agree that the Leader of the Opposition should make a statement in the Dáil regarding her party's record on child protection?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2024)

Frank Feighan: ...I would not have been familiar with, only for the Good Friday Agreement, and we need to do much more of that. We sometimes live in our own silos and we see it here at times when one Department does not talk to another Department. Conversations like those had today are very important. When talking about women in politics for example, bringing women into politics is a challenge. For the...

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Frank Feighan: ...huge amount of rainfall in recent times, it will take weeks to dry out but only if the rain stops. I am in Dublin a lot but I know it rains twice as much in Sligo and the west of Ireland than it does here. If it is cloudy or sunny in Dublin and I ring home, it is nearly always raining in Sligo. We have a saying in Sligo that if you cannot see Ben Bulben, it is raining and if you can see...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Frank Feighan: ...facilities, Iarnród Éireann has done good work in Heuston Station and Limerick and it is good to see that it has plans for further installations in Sligo and Athlone. We need more of that. How does the NTA hear from people with disabilities who are using its services on the ground? Is the NTA using the feedback to improve the services? I like the way Mr. Gilpin has trained...

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

Frank Feighan: .... I know there are one or two areas where it may be possible to get involved in community-based hotels. A lot of money has been put into the public realm but I come from a town that simply does not have a hotel and has not had a hotel for 12 years. No outside investor will come in. It will be very difficult to come in and build that hotel although it is a tourist area. Is there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2023)

Frank Feighan: ...? Do they think it is the right model? The are issues in respect of the availability of labour and the barriers to free movement. Many workers are coming in from the EU and outside the EU. Does Northern Ireland have the same challenges as we have? Our guests have spoken about the area to the west of the River Bann and the requirement for more infrastructure. I have noticed since...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Frank Feighan: ...in some areas and with regard to children being left in hospitals because parents cannot provide the care they need in the home. Local disabilities managers stated, "...in some areas, the HSE does not see it as its role to provide residential care to children and that there is still conflict/no agreement between it and Tusla over which agency should fund these placements”. Can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2023)

Frank Feighan: ...so there is a divergence there. One aspect that was mentioned yesterday was career guidance. I know career guidance in the South is not Mr. Boyle's area, but career guidance in secondary schools does not seem to fully realise the potential of Ireland and the UK. It was mentioned that in nationalist or Catholic schools in the North career guidance provides much more information on open...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (13 Jul 2023)

Frank Feighan: 278. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) will be afforded the opportunity to file form 11, 2022, manually and not on-line, given the person in question does not have access to broadband or the internet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34866/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increased Employment Participation, Self-employment and Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Frank Feighan: ...nearly a year to get that decision reversed. That the additional costs he faced were not taken into consideration is disappointing to say the least. He has highlighted very clearly that the model does not work for somebody in a situation like his. We need to look at that. A lot more work needs to be done to facilitate disabled people in setting up their own businesses. As Mr. Hennessy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Jun 2023)

Frank Feighan: ...and Skills the reason it would take up to seven weeks in her Department's primary school payroll section to progress the paperwork on a jobseeker's application for a teacher (details supplied) who does not have a permanent full-time contract and is concerned about a seven-week or more delay in getting paid jobseeker's payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29090/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disabled People's Organisations and the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (1 Jun 2023)

Frank Feighan: .... Members of the Garda are very busy. It is an issue that needs to be addressed. The medical card was discussed at the previous meeting and is an issue that raises its head all the time. It does not seem fit for purpose and needs to be sorted out. Regarding the ten-year budget, we have always said multi-annual budgets are the way forward. I am not sure about a ten-year budget,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Living with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Frank Feighan: ...bringing that in. It was something that people did not think about or perhaps denied. We want this committee to be a voice. I know the Chair is very focused on ensuring that whatever is said here today does not just go into the ether and that it is brought back. Each and every one of us is anxious to do that. If a bus in the UK has a requirement for a wheelchair such as those used...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation (25 May 2023)

Frank Feighan: I thank the witnesses from the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation for the great work they have done over the years. I have been in Glencree and have seen the valuable work it does for people from across the island. I think the witnesses said they are involving politicians, officials and groups and that there was a significant amount of statecraft and it was very welcome. We now...