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Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister and all of his team for the work they have been doing in very difficult circumstances over the past few months. I express my condolences to the families and friends of those who have been lost to this awful disease over the past few months. My mother is 92 and is in a local nursing home. She happened to be in Sligo University Hospital. As someone who have benefited...

Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: It is good to be a backbencher again in the Dáil, although the Seanad was not such a bad place for asking questions. I want to ask about local authority housing developments under the Rebuilding Ireland programme. Are they all back up-and-running throughout the country? During the past ten or 15 years the local authorities were buying houses on the open market and getting developers to...

Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: Will the Minister give the House an update on the Government proposals on any assistance that might be available or is being considered for commercial tenants with their rents? I have noticed that many commercial tenants are very fearful, especially of the international landlords, who do not seem to be as forgiving as the local landlords. They seem to have a bottom line, which does not take...

Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: I wish to raise one last issue, which has been going on for the past ten or 12 years. When I first got involved in the local authority in Roscommon, permission for one-off housing on the bad land in the area was much easier to obtain. In my constituency, which now includes northern Roscommon, Leitrim, Sligo and southern Donegal, there is an issue with one-off housing. We have been to...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: I am sharing with Deputy Higgins. I also welcome the Minister to the House. It has been an extraordinary and difficult time for students, parents, teachers and all other stakeholders. I have a few questions to which I would like a reply. There has been much talk from the post-primary advisory group that has been established. How has that worked? Will the Minister be using such advisory...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: No, in our country. Fine Gael is a united Ireland party, as the Deputy well knows. If we had that extra time, it might ensure that we could keep all the various stakeholders, tourist facilities and students going. Extending the season for six weeks would give people that well-earned break they need, especially students.

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: In the limited time I have I would like to get a progress report on the N4 Castlebaldwin roads project. When will it be completed? Has Covid affected the completion date? Members of Leitrim County Council have contacted me. The cathaoirleach of Leitrim County Council advised that the local improvement scheme in County Leitrim is substantially reduced from what was hoped for in 2020 to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost involved in providing all existing and new tenancies a month's rent back through a refundable tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4669/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Exemptions (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of making all income below €30,000 exempt from USC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4685/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of not allowing banks to write-off their past losses against future profits to reduce their corporation tax bill to zero; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4686/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role the OPW plays in ensuring specific village infrastructure such as sewage infrastructure that is under threat from the damaging effects of coastal erosion is protected going forward; the way in which local communities can highlight such problems and concerns to the OPW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3938/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role the OPW and local authorities have in ensuring the protection of special areas of conservation as outlined by the European Commission such as sand dunes from the ruination caused from costal erosion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3941/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State and EU funding available through the OPW to enable studies, investigations and other coastal protection works to be conducted that aim to limit the damaging effects of costal erosion in villages here; the way in which this funding is applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3939/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding the OPW has spent and allocated towards the costs of conducting studies and reports aimed at combating the effects of climate change and costal erosion since 2011, by county in tabular format; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4712/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role the OPW played in assisting Clare County Council with the development of new costal erosion protection measures at Lahinch, County Clare; the cost associated with the entire costal erosion protection project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3940/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the attention of the OPW has been drawn to the damage being caused by costal erosion in the seaside village of Strandhill, County Sligo; the works the OPW has conducted in the area to try and alleviate the problem since 2000; the amount of funding allocated to the village by the OPW for costal protection works since 2000; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Expenditure (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding the OPW plans to make available to Sligo County Council in 2020 toward the cost of drainage works on the Owenmore River, County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5050/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students from a school (details supplied) that was not selected as a pilot school for the computer science course will not be able to sit the leaving certificate exam for computer science in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4770/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing Garda strength to 16,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4665/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 371. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of recruiting an additional 2,000 Garda civilian staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4666/20]