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ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2014)

Frank Feighan: I am delighted to play a part.

ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2014)

Frank Feighan: I very much welcome the Bill from the Minister which will ensure the ESB will be able to set up its own communications network. There will be a legal basis to ensure the distribution of infrastructure to provide high speed broadband services in Ireland. Where have we been for the past ten or 12 years, when all of these promises were made and Ministers told us Ireland would be the gateway to...

Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2014)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the Bill. In many of our small towns, and some of the bigger ones, bookmakers and hairdressers are the only surviving businesses. I welcome the proposed tax on online betting, whether that be with Betdaq, Betfair or Paddy Power. I always believed the Exchequer was losing an enormous amount of revenue in this area. With online banking, it is now much easier to place a bet by way...

Order of Business (4 Feb 2014)

Frank Feighan: When is the Red Cross (amendment) Bill due for publication? This Bill will repeal the Red Cross Act 1938 and put in place a new legal framework for the Irish Red Cross.

Northern Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important issue. All of us are victims of history. Last weekend I visited Belfast, as I do, and went to the Grand Opera House in Belfast to watch Garry Hynes's great production of "The Colleen Bawn". On Sunday I went to mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral on Donegall Street, which in recent years has been the focus of issues that are not particularly...

Northern Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Frank Feighan: The next speaker is Deputy Durkan and I would like to inform him that in his absence it was agreed speakers could have seven minutes to make their contributions.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Feb 2014)

Frank Feighan: I call Deputy Pearse Doherty, who I understand may be sharing his time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Frank Feighan: I apologise for being late. The former Taoiseach Brian Cowen once referred to the Department of Health as "Angola" because there were so many landmines going off. I appreciate that the witnesses do a great job and work very hard in very difficult circumstances. However, it sometimes seems that the Department of Health, those working for the health services, such as doctors and consultants,...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)

Frank Feighan: I would like to ask about the progress that is being made with the County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013. I understand it is in the Seanad. When is it due back in this House?

Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)

Frank Feighan: There is a great deal of concern among small businesses regarding the lack of equity and transparency in commercial rates. When will the Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2012 be brought before the House? It provides for self-assessment by occupiers of valuations of certain premises.

Topical Issue Debate: Gaelcholáistí Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Frank Feighan: Deputy Emmet Stagg and Catherine Murphy are sharing time on this issue.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Frank Feighan: Thank you, Minister of State.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Frank Feighan: Allow the Minister of State to conclude.

An Coimisinéir Teanga a Cheapadh: Motion (18 Feb 2014)

Frank Feighan: Tá an-áthas orm labhairt anocht anseo. Tá súil agam go n-éireoidh go maith le Rónán Ó Domhnaill ina phost nua. Tá cónaí orm i Mainistir na Búille i gContae Ros Comáin. Bhí mé ar scoil ar feadh 14 years, ach níl an Ghaeilge go maith agam. Chaith mé 14 years ar scoil, ach níl Gaeilge agam ná ag go...

Recent Flooding: Statements (Resumed) (19 Feb 2014)

Frank Feighan: I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Hayes, on the work he has done over the past three years. I remember when the Shannon flooded four years ago it was very stressful for all of the residents and landowners affected. None of the agencies, such as local authorities, regional authorities, the ESB or Bord na Móna, co-operated or even spoke to each other. We still have flooding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Feb 2014)

Frank Feighan: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the deadline for funding for a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be extended to enable the board of management to deal with planning matters which the board of management only received at a very late stage from the local authority. [8850/14]

Organ Donation: Motion (21 Feb 2014)

Frank Feighan: I am delighted to speak on the important and very detailed report on the public consultation on consent for organ donation. I thank those involved in its production, including the Chairman of the committee, Deputy Jerry Buttimer, and the clerk. Producing it was not easy. One thousand and thirty-eight submissions were received from individuals. Thirty were received from organisations,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (25 Feb 2014)

Frank Feighan: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will take all the facts of a case into account regarding a person whose van was mistakenly filled with red diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9731/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (25 Feb 2014)

Frank Feighan: 646. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a GMS card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [9001/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Review of Foreign Policy and External Relations: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (26 Feb 2014)

Frank Feighan: I apologise for my late arrival as I was attending another meeting. I welcome the Minister of State. This is a very important committee. Other committees such as the Committee of Public Accounts or the finance or agriculture committees may be regarded by some in the Oireachtas as being very important but in my view this committee is by far the most important, given that it frames what...