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Order of Business (19 Nov 2013)

Frank Feighan: There are many outstanding issues regarding the regulation of vehicle clamping and towing. When will the regulation of vehicle immobilisation Bill be brought before the House?

Order of Business (19 Nov 2013)

Frank Feighan: Perhaps it might be unclamped.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Drugs Smuggling (19 Nov 2013)

Frank Feighan: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review existing patrols at ports, land and sea, in the west of Ireland regarding sniffer dog, cover for operation and practice in relation to checks and monitoring for drugs; and the changes that are proposed to strengthen the cover in these locations. [49383/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Administration (19 Nov 2013)

Frank Feighan: 602. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 864 of 5 November 2013, when he will be in a position to provide the full information sought in relation to the withdrawal or reduction of single farm payments for commonages in respect of each county for 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [49397/13]

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Frank Feighan: I remember this time three years ago when the ECB and IMF came to town. It was a very dark day for the country. I am not telling stories out of turn about our parliamentary party, but at our parliamentary party meeting on that day Fine Gael Senators and Deputies were incensed. Fine Gael is the party that fought for the State and set up and defended the institutions of State. We were...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (21 Nov 2013)

Frank Feighan: 181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [49843/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Challenges in Urban Belfast: Discussion (21 Nov 2013)

Frank Feighan: I welcome our guests and will try to be as brief as possible. Somebody said, "If you don't know your history, you don't know anything." Last Sunday week I attended a remembrance service in Boyle, a ceremony that has been celebrated for the past ten years. I come from a town of 3,000 people; some126 young men from it died in the First World War. These young men were never remembered until...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Ex-Prisoners and Conflict Transformation: Discussion with Community Foundation for Northern Ireland (21 Nov 2013)

Frank Feighan: The delegates are very welcome. The committee wants to be helpful and we are anxious to hear their concerns. We have already had discussions in the committee on the criminal record issue which is affecting people who, for instance, apply for a taxi licence, house insurance and so on. It is an issue that needs to be addressed. The issue of historical crime is causing a great deal of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Ex-Prisoners and Conflict Transformation: Discussion with Community Foundation for Northern Ireland (21 Nov 2013)

Frank Feighan: The submissions made by the groups represented are among the most powerful the committee has received. I do not normally make that kind of comment. I thank the delegates.

Local Government (Town Centres) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2013)

Frank Feighan: I welcome many of the ideas in this Bill. As a retailer I am aware that the main streets of our towns and villages are becoming like the high streets in the United Kingdom. When I joined the local authority in 1999 there was a simplistic view that every business was making a fortune and that one could increase the rates every year by an extra 1% or 2% and nobody would notice. I said at the...

Order of Business (26 Nov 2013)

Frank Feighan: When will the criminal justice (cyber crimes) Bill come before the House? This legislation will ratify a Council of Europe convention.

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2013)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister for bringing the Bill before the House. I hope that some of that money has been left for schemes in Athleague and Four Roads but I know the money was very well spent in Bray, and I congratulate all concerned on the work done. The Bill before the House has already passed all Stages in the Seanad. A few issues arise regarding small businesses, which are central to jobs...

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2013)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the Bill. I thank the Minister and his Department for the work they have done in ensuring that people are safer on our roads. That drivers will be defined as novice drivers during the first two years of their full licences and will need to display N plates are welcome provisions. Deputy Breen alluded to the fact that 33,000 people had died on our roads since 1959. This is an...

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2013)

Frank Feighan: I may not have been that good of a politician. I just wanted to put that example on the record. Turning to paramedics and the health field, road traffic accidents have led to a significant loss of life and many injuries in recent years. The advanced paramedics and paramedics who attend accidents on the side of the road must deal with horrific injuries. I pay tribute to the fire service...

Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)

Frank Feighan: When will the regulation and valuation of land Bill, which will merge the Property Registration Authority, the Valuation Office and Ordnance Survey Ireland, be introduced?

Order of Business (10 Dec 2013)

Frank Feighan: When will the sport Ireland Bill come before the House? The Bill provides for the establishment of sport Ireland, a new organisation to replace the other organisations.

Death of Nelson Mandela: Statements (10 Dec 2013)

Frank Feighan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Death of Nelson Mandela: Statements (10 Dec 2013)

Frank Feighan: That concludes statements following the death of Nelson Mandela.

Death of Nelson Mandela: Statements (10 Dec 2013)

Frank Feighan: The order of the day only allows for leaders of the groups to contribute.

Bethany Home: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Dec 2013)

Frank Feighan: I commend Sinn Féin for bringing this motion before the House. The party's Deputy Leader, Deputy McDonald, has called on the Government to provide resources for a small number of elderly men and women. The Government decided in July that it would not introduce a redress scheme, but it is willing to consider the question of a memorial and making records from the Bethany Home available...