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Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Frank Feighan: Yesterday, An Bord Pleanála refused permission for a €150 million eco-tourism development adjacent to Lough Key Forest Park. We hear much talk about a balanced tourism infrastructure. The developers and architects involved met with the Taoiseach, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, and the head archaeologist of Dúchas and there were no problems. Dúchas made...

Seanad: Planning Issues. (26 Jan 2006)

Frank Feighan: I wish to share one minute of my time with my constituency colleague, Senator Leyden.

Seanad: Planning Issues. (26 Jan 2006)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister for coming into the House to deal with a serious situation that has occurred. I am chairperson of Lough Key Forest Park action group. Many years ago this park was thriving and was one of the major tourism attractions in Ireland but over the years insufficient investment was made in the park. We have worked closely with Roscommon County Council, and Coillte, to upgrade the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Frank Feighan: I join with my colleague, Senator MacSharry, in calling for a debate on planning. Will the Leader also arrange a debate on tourism development? I am chairperson of the Lough Key Forest Park development committee. I will point out the dubious objection of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, which scuppered one of the major tourism investments in the west. Will the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Frank Feighan: I agree with Senator MacSharry that the Government is playing out of its league. It reminds me of the time when the late Tommy Docherty took over a team and said he would take it out of the second division. True to his word, he did. The team was relegated to the third division.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Frank Feighan: I come from a proud republication tradition. My grandfather was a Sinn Féin councillor and he was also commander of the IRA in north Roscommon. However, we have had too much revision for too long. Young Irishmen who were not soldiers went abroad to fight against tyranny with a sense of adventure. They also travelled because their friends were going and they needed the money. Every Member...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Frank Feighan: I agree with Senator Brian Hayes that a memorial should be provided. We should remember the men of 1916 in the same way as the men who fought in the Great War. I am a member of the Connacht Rangers Association. More than 130 men from my town, which had a population of 2,500, were killed in the Great War and they must be remembered but, for too long, successive Governments, for reasons I can...

Seanad: Strategy for Men's Health: Statements (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House for this discussion on men's health. Over the years the issue has been obscured, so I welcome the fact that it is at last beginning to be put at the top of the agenda and I thank the Minister of State for his co-operation on that. For years we had a macho society and a drink culture in which a man was not considered a man until he could drink ten...

Seanad: Mental Health Services. (8 Feb 2006)

Frank Feighan: The mental health services have been neglected and underfunded in recent years. Funding dropped from 11% of the total health budget in 1997 to 6.6% in 2003, but the WHO recommends that 14% of a country's health budget should be spent on such services. The provision of mental health services should be put on a par with the provision of general health services, both hospital and community...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Feb 2006)

Frank Feighan: I recently called for a debate on the emergence of crack cocaine across the north inner city. We must highlight its dangers and the involvement of west African gangs in this horrible trade. I congratulate the Garda on the arrest of three men and the seizure of cocaine to the value of €3.5 million, but not enough is being done. We in this country must wake up to the dangers of what crack...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Feb 2006)

Frank Feighan: I did not say that. I said there should be a Minister who was responsible for drug enforcement, not responsible for everything in an À la carte manner.

Seanad: Planning and Related Issues: Statements (Resumed). (15 Feb 2006)

Frank Feighan: It is a rainbow coalition.

Seanad: Planning and Related Issues: Statements (Resumed). (15 Feb 2006)

Frank Feighan: I thank Senator O'Meara for sharing time and I welcome the Minister to the House. I am concerned with the decision by An Bord Pleanála regarding the development adjacent to Lough Key forest park. As well as being a Senator from the area I am chairperson of the Lough Key forest park action group, and have been for seven years. We have seen the park decline. We have worked closely with...

Seanad: Planning and Related Issues: Statements (Resumed). (15 Feb 2006)

Frank Feighan: I ask the Minister to meet the members of the consortium in the interests of fairness and ensuring a much needed development in north Roscommon. The Council of the West today expressed support for this development, which is needed in the area. This is a serious issue involving tourist infrastructure and we cannot turn our backs on these bona fide people.

Seanad: Planning and Related Issues: Statements (Resumed). (15 Feb 2006)

Frank Feighan: It is a national issue.

Seanad: Planning and Related Issues: Statements (Resumed). (15 Feb 2006)

Frank Feighan: I am responding to criticism.

Seanad: Planning and Related Issues: Statements (Resumed). (15 Feb 2006)

Frank Feighan: The Senator interrupted me.

Seanad: University College Galway (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (16 Feb 2006)

Frank Feighan: I welcome this Bill. It is helpful to replace the particular requirement with an obligation that the strategic development plan of the university contains a provision for the delivery of education through the Irish language. I thank the Minister of State for attending the House.

Seanad: Health Services. (16 Feb 2006)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Tim O'Malley, and look forward to a favourable reply to this matter. Will he explain why Roscommon psychiatric foster care service is not receiving the necessary funding and support to continue the valued community-based facility? I am sure the Minister of State has become aware of many of these facilities over the years. Those who provide this service...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Frank Feighan: I too call for a debate on the 50,000 undocumented Irish working in the United States. The Seanad should support members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs who are travelling to the US to lobby the legislators. I am concerned that an anti-immigrant consensus is gaining momentum in the United States. This Government should do everything possible to ensure that the 50,000...