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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the practice of banks during Covid-19 to halt the drawdown process of mortgages for applicants whose companies are in receipt of the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13524/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of administrative officer positions in the public service that will become available in counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Longford, Cavan and Monaghan over the next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13632/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost-benefit analysis conducted by the OPW on the decision to divert as planned State funding away from a new Garda station in Sligo and instead to invest in remedial works at the current station and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12822/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a matter regarding a school (details supplied); if the matter will be concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12879/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 325 to 329, inclusive, of 16 June 2020, the Garda stations included in the Garda Building and Refurbishment Programme 2016–2021; if new Garda building upgrade projects at stations not originally included in the plan as set out in 2015 have now been included in the plan; the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 325 to 329, inclusive, of 16 June 2020, if she will provide a copy of the letter referenced outlining the decision not to proceed with a new Garda station for Sligo received by her on 2 January 2020; if she will provide a copy of all correspondence between the Garda Commissioner and her...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost-benefit analysis conducted by her Department on the decision to divert as planned State funding away from a new Garda station in Sligo and instead to invest in remedial works at the current station instead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12821/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the decision to invest in the old Garda station in Sligo instead of investing in a new station as originally planned has been future proofed against the future operational needs of An Garda Síochána in Sligo; if the decision took into consideration responsibilities in relation to the Disability Act 2005 and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will make additional funding available under the Garda Building and Refurbishment Programme 2016–2021 to proceed with the building of a new Garda station in Sligo as originally planned at the site already purchased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12828/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 442. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will again provide community cancer screening services despite Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13019/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 443. To ask the Minister for Health the stage the HSE plans to allow fathers to be allowed back into HSE pregnancy scans with their pregnant partners; when fathers will be permitted to access the maternity ward during a pregnancy for longer than a one hour duration; if face masks will help the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13020/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 444. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to assist expecting parents with classes online in the absence of physical antenatal class appointments being offered due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13021/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 879. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the solutions being considered to address the large amount of urban decay in towns and villages nationwide, in particular old and dilapidated business premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12924/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration Authority (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 905. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will enquire with the Land Registry Office regarding the way in which a situation (details supplied) could occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13626/20]

Emergency Bed Capacity: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: I am sharing my time with Deputy Dillon - six minutes and four minutes. Once again, I want to express my sympathy to the families, loved ones and friends of those who have been lost to this awful disease. I welcome the Minister's update on the Covid-19 disease, our response and its impact on the health service. It is reassuring that this week nobody passed away from the Covid disease...

Reopening of Schools and Summer Provision 2020: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: First, recently, I have noticed an influx of young children with autism being enrolled in smaller rural schools. The principals are very concerned. They want to know if funding is available for extra accommodation and to work with those young children. It is an issue that has happened in the past while. Second, Scoil Mhuire, Carrick-on-Shannon, is a primary school with more than 460...

Death of Garda Colm Horkan: Expressions of Sympathy (24 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: I knew Detective Garda Colm Horkan. Like every other Garda, I was respected him and was thankful to him and at all times believed, as Deputy O’Callaghan stated earlier, that they are of the community. We have a relationship with An Garda Síochána since the foundation of the State about which we must ask ourselves. Over the past number of years, I saw in both the Seanad and...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (17 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: I am delighted to see the Minister in the House to discuss the annual adaptation transition statement and the policy measures adopted by the OPW. There have been issues over the years. In 2009 one of the most difficult times I recall as a politician was when we had flooding of the River Shannon. I remember going to businesses and houses and standing up in water. As a politician I felt...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: We were very thankful that Sligo was one of the few counties that went 29 days without any further Covid-19 infections. We did have one new case last night but we hope we can go another 29 days without any more. I thank the Minister and his officials for meeting representatives of the Irish Dental Association, which is something I called for in the Dáil more than three weeks ago....

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: Yes, at seven minutes and three minutes. First, our thoughts are with the families of the more than 1,700 people who have passed away due to Covid. The past three or four months have been a difficult time for them. The Minister referred to the reopening of nursing homes to visitors. Like him, I thank the nursing home owners, staff, residents and the families of residents and staff...