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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 1243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when legislation will be in place to enable local communities such as Enniscrone, County Sligo to hold local plebiscites to change the spelling of its place name; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4415/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 1268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of restoring funding for Traveller-specific accommodation to 2008 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4667/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 1269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of doubling funding for housing adaption grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4668/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 1270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of doubling the provision of housing under Housing First; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4670/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Fund (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 1271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of increasing the local government fund by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4671/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Contracts (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 1296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will take action at Departmental level to enable Sligo County Council to extend the current contract of works currently under way in Sligo town to upgrade O’Connell Street, the urban centre of Sligo and its public realm under Project Ireland 2040 and the urban regeneration fund; if he will take action to allow...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 1327. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an up-to-date map of the special areas of conservation in the Strandhill area, County Sligo will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4714/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 1328. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if new signage will be erected advising the public of the location of special areas of conservation in the sand dunes in the Strandhill area of County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4715/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Management (13 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 1329. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures in place to ensure that special areas of conservation which are being damaged by costal erosion are protected and secured by local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4716/20]

Covid-19 (Health) - Statements (14 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: Our thoughts are with the families and friends of all those who, unfortunately, have passed during this crisis. I hope that we can all work together to mitigate the issues around this crisis. Last week I raised with the Minister personally the challenges faced during this crisis by members of the Irish Dental Association. One of the many challenges concerns the availability and...

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (14 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: I will give the Minister time to answer questions but I welcome the supports she has provided and the work she has done with all the various stakeholders. One area on which I wish to focus is the rural economy, particularly farming. It is great to see that the marts will open up in June. There are many issues regarding rates, insurance and the costs the marts will have to bear. What...

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (14 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: On a point of order, Deputy Cahill is absolutely right. A lot of the time we are not informed about what happens at the Business Committee.

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (14 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: These are unprecedented times.

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (14 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: I will be sharing time with Deputy Alan Farrell and Deputy O'Donnell. I am sure the Minister will be relieved to know that I will not be addressing the issues of bogs or turf cutting in my speech. I will reiterate some of the key points the Minister, Deputy Madigan, made about the Government's response to the Covid-19 crisis as it relates to the arts and culture. As we all know, we are...

Covid-19 (Finance): Statements (20 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: Should we expect the Project Ireland 2040 investment plan to remain intact despite the financial impact of Covid-19? If not, how will it be decided which large-scale infrastructure projects will remain in the plan? I am conscious of the N4 into the west and north west, especially to Sligo. It is one area on the map that does not have motorway access. I understand that this is not in the...

Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: The Minister is not a member of Fine Gael.

Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: I begin by thanking the Minister, as a former Senator and Deputy, for her vocation and her political and social leadership. She has been a vision for equality and social change and has fought hard to reduce poverty. It has been very difficult for Ministers who lost their seats to carry on so I thank her very much. I agree with other Deputies who spoke about mental health and young...

Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: During our previous session I welcomed the Minister, Katherine Zappone, to the Chamber and I thanked her for the work she did. I now also thank the Minister, Regina Doherty, for the work she has done. It is ironic that the two Ministers before us today were not successful in retaining their seats. I thank the Minister, Regina Doherty, and all of her departmental staff for their work on...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (20 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: I am sharing time with Deputies Carroll MacNeill, Higgins, Durkan and O'Dowd. The Minister effectively answered my question. I represent the constituency of Sligo-Leitrim, which includes north Roscommon and south Donegal. I was concerned that the students in Boyle, Ballymote, Ballinamore and Ballyshannon might not be treated equally to students in Blackrock. I am glad the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the specific issues with the wage subsidy scheme and the attempts of a person (details supplied) to now reopen their businesses post Covid-19; if he will draw the attention of the Revenue Commissioners to the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5620/20]