Results 661-680 of 5,902 for speaker:Frank Feighan

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: That was in Donie's area.

Seanad: Accident and Emergency Services: Statements. (9 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to debate the accident and emergency crisis, which is something most of us do not wish to encounter. One only arrives in an accident and emergency unit if one is ill or has an accident and one wants to get emergency care. There are many pluses and minuses in the health system. Two years ago, my elderly mother went to Sligo hospital for a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: Senator Minihan said he was the only member to wear the uniform of the Defence Forces. I was proud to serve in the FCA.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: I am not sure if the FCA was as proud of me.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: Not entirely. I suggest we invite the Minister for Transport into the House to discuss the budget for roads. The NRA now has a policy of devoting 95% of its budget to national primary routes. National secondary routes and regional roads are also important and we need to review how that money is spent. It is not always difficult to link one national primary road with another — it often only...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: I ask the Leader to invite the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children to explain to the House the diabolical decision taken by the HSE western area not to grant free ambulance transport services to people who do not hold medical cards. This is vital to those on dialysis and is not available through private health insurance. Removing the transport facility to those who do not hold...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: I also welcome the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. Howard, to the Oireachtas. On my way here today I heard an Independent Deputy say that anyone who listened to Mr. Howard in the Dáil is spineless. I am elected by the councillors of this country, and also by the people, and I want to go in and welcome a Head of Government to this country.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: Turning our back on the Head of State of another country is wrong. We can go in and ask the hard questions while performing our civic duty by welcoming the Prime Minister of a friendly state to this country. Last week I asked for the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children to come into the House to address the serious issue of transport services being withdrawn from elderly people...

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: The Comptroller and Auditor General yesterday issued a disturbing report on serious abuse of the rent supplement scheme, which will have cost almost €2 billion in slightly more than five years. Politicians will have seen many instances of the scheme being abused. In one case an asylum seeker who was working illegally claimed around €85,000 in more than four years but faces a decrease in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: I suggested that it is far too expensive and a waste of taxpayers' money.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: We are not getting value for money.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: The Comptroller and Auditor General picked them out.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: I join Senators in expressing my shock at the outcome of the Mr. A case, which places young people at risk. We need leadership and unity to ensure that this loophole is plugged, which is what we intend to do. I call on the House to ensure that we have unity and leadership. I claimed a few months ago that a certain cabal within the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: What does one do when they have gone out of control? What does one do when the Minister refuses to do anything about it?

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: The Minister refuses to do anything about it. He has refused on numerous occasions to do anything about it. The Minister is asleep.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: The Minister is asleep and has forgotten about the west of Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: The Minister is also deaf.

Seanad: National Development Plan: Statements. (30 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the Minister and the opportunity to speak on progress on the National Development Plan 2000-2006. The Minister is from a county in the BMW region and it was welcome that his county used every resource at its disposal last Sunday to overcome a much stronger challenge from another county. I suppose it epitomised the challenges faced by the BMW region.

Seanad: National Development Plan: Statements. (30 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: I meant no offence to the Acting Chairman. We have welcomed major projects over the years. One must always welcome €1.5 billion being spent on national roads in the BMW region. I refer to projects such as the M1, the Dundalk western bypass, the N4 and the N5. There are many major road projects under consideration. However, there is one area in which I have some difficulty. There are dual...

Seanad: National Development Plan: Statements. (30 May 2006)

Frank Feighan: We must address infrastructure. If there are dual carriageways and motorways throughout the country, there should be some in the west and north west. I appreciate the road to Galway has dual carriageways and motorways but the west about which I speak covers counties Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo and Donegal. Senator John Paul Phelan referred to expenditure on broadband infrastructure, of which there...