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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)

Frank Feighan: It was Benbulben Court.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Frank Feighan: I might.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Frank Feighan: The witnesses are very welcome. I read their submissions. I thank them for their sometimes depressing but also very measured submissions. I will outline where I am coming from. I am probably the only non-academic on this committee. I went to school in Boyle, County Roscommon. We had our 45th school reunion recently. This was the first one in 45 years, since we left in 1980. Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 Sep 2025)

Frank Feighan: 242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the progress of the review of the large public service vehicle licensing system that his Department are undertaking; his plans to streamline the current inspection process and eliminate duplication across various testing regimes, including the Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness Test; and if he will indicate a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Sep 2025)

Frank Feighan: 243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will introduce a financial support scheme to assist commercial bus operators with the costs of upgrading their tachograph systems to comply with EU law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44457/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 Sep 2025)

Frank Feighan: 244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a timeframe on when digital payments will be introduced across all public transport in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44458/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (8 Sep 2025)

Frank Feighan: 527. To ask the Minister for Finance his position in relation to taxing energy returns from householders with solar panels who return electricity to the utility companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45858/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (8 Sep 2025)

Frank Feighan: 682. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has any concerns around the recent announcement of changes to the hybrid working policy of a company (details supplied), and before that by another financial institution to reduce their staff working under the hybrid model; and if he will consider reviewing national employment guidance on these matters. [45388/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (8 Sep 2025)

Frank Feighan: 1138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that he has received a request from Leitrim County Council for funding to deal with historic structural issues around the unfinished housing estate (details supplied); if he will confirm if his officials have decided on the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44995/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Sep 2025)

Frank Feighan: 1398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the universal over 70s companion pass will come into effect on 1 September 2025; if all persons over 70 years have now been contacted and supplied with their companion pass; the breakdown of the number of people who will benefit from this measure, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46536/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (17 Sep 2025)

Frank Feighan: 687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1138 of 8 September 2025, if a reply will issue specifically to the question, which was not answered in the reply and asked him to confirm that he has received a request from Leitrim County Council for funding to deal with historic structural issues around the unfinished housing estate...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Services (24 Sep 2025)

Frank Feighan: The radiotherapy bus, known as the "cancer bus", provides a daily service for patients travelling from Sligo to Galway University Hospital for radiotherapy treatment. The current bus is not fit for purpose as there is no wheelchair access and no toilet facility. Wheelchair access goes without saying, really. It is a bus providing a service for people who are ill and should surely have...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Services (24 Sep 2025)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I am happy that more than 80% of the funding required for the bus has been secured. I really thank the local charity for raising €50,000 through fundraising efforts. This has gone on far too long. The Department is committing to ongoing engagement with the HSE and partners to find a solution that works for patients. This is going on for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Sep 2025)

Frank Feighan: The witnesses are very welcome. I thank them for the great work they are doing. We are very proud of the advances they have made over the past number of years across the country. Two of my colleagues from TUS and the ATU, Mr. McGarvey and Professor Cunnane, are present. ATU was the first university north of the Dublin-Galway line since the formation of the State. For me and many others,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Sep 2025)

Frank Feighan: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding the provision of an autism unit and extension in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50724/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (29 Jul 2025)

Frank Feighan: 641. To ask the Minister for Finance to consider reviewing the current regulations around the residential zoned land tax (RZLT) where a landowner whose landholding is subject to the tax is unable to apply for planning permission on the said lands because there is no capacity within the water or wastewater infrastructure, as outlined by Uisce Éireann; and if he would consider changes to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 Jul 2025)

Frank Feighan: 642. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to introduce measures to support the Irish wine growing industry including the introduction of a relief from alcohol products tax for sparkling wine produced in Ireland (details supplied). [41416/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Conservation (23 Sep 2025)

Frank Feighan: 119. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the waiting times for applications under the SEAI warmer homes scheme (details supplied); and his views on whether these delays are acceptable. [49718/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Local Authorities (23 Sep 2025)

Frank Feighan: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of local authorities that own land liable to residential zoned land tax; the amount of revenue raised through local authorities since the introduction of the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49582/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Sep 2025)

Frank Feighan: 421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who will receive an increase in their carer's allowance payment when the changes to the means test takes effect in July 2025, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50466/25]