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Irish Sheep Sector: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: That person said we have to make it worthwhile and -----

Irish Sheep Sector: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: We have to ensure that if we are giving incentives as a Government, we have got to take it from other sectors. There is nobody better than the farmer to look at something that is worthwhile from a monetary point of view but also from an environmental point of view. There is nobody better than the farmer or farm families to ensure they will deliver-----

Irish Sheep Sector: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: -----what needs to be delivered. My role as the only Government Deputy in Sligo–Leitrim, north Roscommon and south Donegal is to bring that message to my party and to the Government. I will do everything I can in government to support these people who badly need help at this very difficult time.

Irish Sheep Sector: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: I very much welcome the opportunity to speak on this very important issue. I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for the work they are doing on this. I come from the constituency that covers Sligo, Leitrim, north Roscommon and south Donegal. Certainly sheep farming is very important in these areas. I am very aware of this situation. I have met the four IFA county chairs, namely,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Climate Crisis and Disability: Discussion (30 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: I thank the witnesses. I understand Mr. Kearns is originally from Leitrim. Again, I want to thank him for all the work. Certainly, counties Sligo and Leitrim were always ahead of the curve when it came to the independent living movement in Ireland. Indeed, I visited the Sligo Centre for Independent Living.. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte was there, and we met Maria Mulligan and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: The recruitment crisis in the childcare sector is reaching crisis point. The Government must bring forward measures to assist managers and childcare operators to retain staff. Only last week, parents of 59 children in Tobercurry, County Sligo, were shocked to hear of the closure of the local crèche called Lollipop Lane. Many private operators and some community operators are choosing...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Animal Breeding (29 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: 229. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the plans her Department has to conduct a review of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010; the plans that are in place to prepare a Bill to amend the Act, should it be required to update the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15633/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (28 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: I am disappointed with the response. I really feel Sligo should be a divisional headquarters. The headquartering of the armed support unit in Tubbercurry or Ballymote, or elsewhere around Sligo, is very important. I come from a family and tradition that are very proud of the men and women of An Garda Síochána. My grandfather was one of the first gardaí. We have always...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (28 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the Minister for Justice, Deputy Harris, and thank him for taking this very important issue. I remind the House that making Sligo Garda station a divisional headquarters was an issue before I became a Deputy for Sligo-Leitrim in February 2020. My predecessor, Tony McLoughlin, pressed this issue very hard during his time in the House. In fact, the Office for Public Works, OPW,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the provision of funding for an application by MSLETB to extend a school (details supplied); if there is a decision on the location of the proposed site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15292/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (28 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: 517. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will consider allowing a creche (details supplied) in County Sligo to join the new pilot scheme for the provision of hot meals to children in early learning and childcare settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15214/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Inadequate Personal Assistance Supports: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: It is a great honour to be here and I thank the witnesses for their submissions. They have been very powerful and personal and have given us a lot of information. I thank the ESRI for this vital report, and the witnesses for the work they are doing. I represent the Government. I was in the Department of Health for two and a half years, and it is only then you realise what the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (21 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: 1605. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider funding to provide CCTV systems or the means to upgrade existing antiquated CCTV systems in towns and villages within any of her 2023 funding programmes including the town and village scheme and Clár; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12444/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (9 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: 130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered taking any action to alleviate the "genuine difficulties" being experienced by users in registering/re-registering properties on the Residential Tenancies Board website; and if he proposes taking any action in providing resource support/additional staff to the RTB to assist in clearing the backlog being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Lord Empey (9 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: Senator Currie can go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Lord Empey (9 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: I am delighted to meet Lord Empey again, and I look forward to working with him and the British-Irish Council on the Good Friday Agreement. I will raise a few issues during my remaining time. On the amendment to Articles 2 and 3, Lord Empey has said that in 1991 there was a difference between could and would. That is an interesting observation. Speaking as a voice of unionism what are his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Lord Empey (9 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: As Lord Empey said, the first-past-the-post system was a mistake regarding the changing of the Good Friday Agreement. I wish Lord Empey well.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (7 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a tax incentive scheme strategy or study to encourage the development of a hotel enterprise, with a minimum of 20 beds, in tourism business-dependent towns that currently do not have a hotel within their town boundaries (details supplied). [9596/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Missions (7 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: 156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what plans are currently under development at his Department for a State trade mission to the United States of America in 2023; what individual US states are under consideration to visit during such a trade mission; the process for developing such trade missions in the US at his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...