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Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Decentralisation Programme. (2 Dec 2003)

Frank Feighan: It is with great anger that I again raise this issue on the Adjournment. I have raised it on numerous occasions in the past. As the Minister of State is aware, four years ago the Minister for Finance, Deputy McCreevy, announced that 10,000 jobs would be decentralised to areas which had not already benefited from decentralisation. The town in which I live in County Roscommon made submissions...

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Nov 2003)

Frank Feighan: In the light of Ireland's impending Presidency of the EU it would be appropriate to invite the Minister for Agriculture and Food to the Seanad as we seem to have forgotten that agriculture is still a mainstay of our economy. While it does not make headlines in the national newspapers it is very important to many Senators, including me and my constituency. We have a difficulty regarding sheep...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Nov 2003)

Frank Feighan: Recently I attended a public meeting in Athlone on the subject of the Hanly report, at which all representatives of Government parties were united in opposition to the report and said it would not be implemented.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Nov 2003)

Frank Feighan: I ask that the Minister come to the House to clear the air regarding this damning report.

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second and Subsequent Stages. - National Drugs Strategy: Motion. (12 Nov 2003)

Frank Feighan: I move: That Seanad Éireann, conscious of the growing problem of drug abuse and drug-related crime throughout rural and urban Ireland, calls on the Government to tackle the escalating drugs culture by –Fully implementing and resourcing the National Drugs Strategy, –Recruiting an additional 2,000 members of the Garda Síochána as promised by the Government, –Reversing the savage...

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second and Subsequent Stages. - National Drugs Strategy: Motion. (12 Nov 2003)

Frank Feighan: It is not enough.

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second and Subsequent Stages. - National Drugs Strategy: Motion. (12 Nov 2003)

Frank Feighan: It has not been given sufficient resources.

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second and Subsequent Stages. - National Drugs Strategy: Motion. (12 Nov 2003)

Frank Feighan: I do not need an awareness campaign.

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second and Subsequent Stages. - National Drugs Strategy: Motion. (12 Nov 2003)

Frank Feighan: I thank all those who participated in this enlightened debate on a subject I fear we are not addressing. Senator Brady outlined the availability of ice, which is cheaper than speed, and its highly addictive qualities. The Senator made his case eloquently. It is a serious problem facing many communities. Senator Henry mentioned the great success of the drugs initiative projects. She asked if...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Nov 2003)

Frank Feighan: I join Senator Maurice Hayes in recognising the commemoration for the victims of the Great War. My home town of Boyle was the proud home of the Connacht Rangers. It is only recently that we in Ireland have started to recognise the great suffering and loss felt by every Irish person in the Great War.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Nov 2003)

Frank Feighan: I support Senator Scanlon and Senator Kitt's proposal regarding a review of the legislation on licensing hours. The legislation has a detrimental effect on tourism. Rural Ireland does not have other facilities and tourists have to bring their children into bars and restaurants. I have also been approached on this issue by traditional musicians. We have many traditional music weekends around...

Seanad: Waste Management: Statements (Resumed). (5 Nov 2003)

Frank Feighan: Waste management presents one of the greatest environmental challenges to this country. I wish the Minister well because he certainly faces a very tough challenge. Fast-track planning procedures need to be put in place quickly because we have a waste management crisis. As a result of the Celtic tiger and other opportunities, waste generation increased by 89% between 1995 and 1998. The recent...

Seanad: National Task Force on Medical Staffing: Statements. (22 Oct 2003)

Frank Feighan: The Minister has a difficult job and I wish him the best of luck with it. One can only suppose that reports such as the Hanly report are aimed at people with a vast knowledge of the health system. For a lay person such as myself, the reports have become complicated documents despite their summaries of the main points. One would have to be an expert to interpret many of the reports. Take, for...

Seanad: National Task Force on Medical Staffing: Statements. (22 Oct 2003)

Frank Feighan: Senator Leyden, a member of the political party of Government, stated that in the House.

Seanad: National Task Force on Medical Staffing: Statements. (22 Oct 2003)

Frank Feighan: That is not a great argument.

Seanad: National Task Force on Medical Staffing: Statements. (22 Oct 2003)

Frank Feighan: He was driven by the whole spectrum of emotions, fears and needs that are part of the campaign to retain a respectable county hospital. The issue is how to square the circle with the need for multidisciplinary centres of excellence. The report shies away from that, once again kicking issues into touch. It does not mention Roscommon County Hospital, where €8 million has been spent on an...

Seanad: National Task Force on Medical Staffing: Statements. (22 Oct 2003)

Frank Feighan: If the Government has no problem with sacrificing a number of Deputies and even Senators, it will take that route. I need not tell Senator Leyden that he has already been sacrificed once on the hospital issue. He is a decent man and I hope that the Government does not sacrifice him again.

Seanad: National Task Force on Medical Staffing: Statements. (22 Oct 2003)

Frank Feighan: I am a good colleague of Senator Leyden and I would hate to see him lose his seat.

Seanad: National Task Force on Medical Staffing: Statements. (22 Oct 2003)

Frank Feighan: As I said, those hospitals are already in a marginalised area which the Government has ignored on a whole range of issues, including decentralisation, infrastructure and investment, as it promotes already burgeoning areas of population and urban sprawl. People will fight vigorously and have been doing so for years through action committees to defend and upgrade what are seen as vital services.

Seanad: National Task Force on Medical Staffing: Statements. (22 Oct 2003)

Frank Feighan: He appointed another man to the Western Health Board. That is more or less a statement that the Minister's commitment to rural counties such as my own, County Roscommon, is limited. However, I wish him well in what he does.