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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 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: Will the Minister give the House an update on the Government proposals on any assistance that might be available or is being considered for commercial tenants with their rents? I have noticed that many commercial tenants are very fearful, especially of the international landlords, who do not seem to be as forgiving as the local landlords. They seem to have a bottom line, which does not take...

Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: I wish to raise one last issue, which has been going on for the past ten or 12 years. When I first got involved in the local authority in Roscommon, permission for one-off housing on the bad land in the area was much easier to obtain. In my constituency, which now includes northern Roscommon, Leitrim, Sligo and southern Donegal, there is an issue with one-off housing. We have been to...

Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: It is good to be a backbencher again in the Dáil, although the Seanad was not such a bad place for asking questions. I want to ask about local authority housing developments under the Rebuilding Ireland programme. Are they all back up-and-running throughout the country? During the past ten or 15 years the local authorities were buying houses on the open market and getting developers to...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister and all of his team for the work they have been doing in very difficult circumstances over the past few months. I express my condolences to the families and friends of those who have been lost to this awful disease over the past few months. My mother is 92 and is in a local nursing home. She happened to be in Sligo University Hospital. As someone who have benefited...

Covid-19 (Tourism): Statements (6 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: With regard to "Normal People", my father comes from Tubbercurry where much of it was filmed, and I like to think we are all normal people down there. Deputy Harkin will agree with me that one aspect we need to look at is that approximately 90% of businesses in Sligo are tourism-related. I found it incredible that one hotel was paying between €75,000 and €175,000 in rates a...

Covid-19 (Tourism): Statements (6 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: I hope to speak for five minutes and the Minister of State might answer my questions for five minutes, if that is okay. I very much welcome the Minister of State's address to the House on the impact of Covid-19 on Irish tourism and his plans to support the sector in recovering from this crisis. First, we must think of the more than 1,300 people who have passed away from Covid-19 and our...

Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Frank Feighan: And Deputy Peter Burke as well.

Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Acting Chairman for his generosity. I ask the Minister about large-scale capital infrastructure projects such as the new building extension at Summerhill College, Sligo, and other classroom infrastructure projects in my constituency such as the ASD unit at Abbey Community College, Boyle. The projects were announced by the Department last year. Will they be able to commence...

Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Frank Feighan: Do I have ten minutes or am I sharing with Deputy Durkan?

Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Frank Feighan: I have ten minutes then. I thank the Minister for coming in here today. Most importantly, I want to express my sincere condolences to the families and friends of those we have lost to this awful disease. I also want to pay tribute to the front-line staff of all professions. Their vocation has been incredible. I know they have the support of the entire country in trying to help them out....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (5 Mar 2020)

Frank Feighan: 452. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures being considered to assist small and microbusiness which may be forced to close in the event of a Covid-19 outbreak here; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the insurance which covers many small and microbusinesses does not cover for the loss due to such an event; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (5 Mar 2020)

Frank Feighan: 1024. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the barriers to the future growth of the aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul industry here as identified by the National Civil Aviation Development Forum in 2016; his further plans to support the industry to grow into the future (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3171/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility (5 Mar 2020)

Frank Feighan: 1158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a person (details supplied) qualified for the optical benefit and hearing aids under the treatment benefit scheme between the ages of 25 and 65 years, but at 66 years of age, with more than 260 PRSI contributions, cannot apply for the benefits, which are now required; and if she will make a statement on...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (20 Feb 2020)

Frank Feighan: It is great to be back in the Dáil. I wish to thank the people of Sligo, Leitrim, south Donegal and north Roscommon for their great welcome and for electing me to Dáil Éireann. I come from Boyle, north County Roscommon, the location of a by-election in which George Noble Plunkett was elected. It was arguably the most important by-election in the country. He was an...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Dec 2019)

Frank Feighan: I wish yourself, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, and all my colleagues and the staff a happy Christmas and a prosperous new year. Senator Craughwell outlined the housing issue. It is an issue that needs to be dealt with. I was in Leitrim last Monday. The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, opened or turned the sod on 53 new homes in four different developments...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Frank Feighan: I thank the witnesses for coming in. It is hard to believe that, since last March, we would have arrived at this situation. I have a long involvement in junior soccer. I was treasurer of the Roscommon district league back in the 1980s, I was secretary of my local soccer club, I ran a double-decker bus to Germany in 1988 and I was at a celebration of junior football in Sligo County Council...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Frank Feighan: The Minister stated: "While I have been advised that it would be unlawful to share the full details of the KOSI auditors’ findings, [which we understand] I can confirm that their opinion is that the FAI is not fit to handle public funds." He cannot say more, but that is probably the most damning statement made today. My heart goes out to the 200 staff and their families who are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Frank Feighan: I propose that we invite representatives of UEFA to a meeting of the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Frank Feighan: Yes.