Results 221-240 of 5,905 for speaker:Frank Feighan

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (28 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: 517. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will consider allowing a creche (details supplied) in County Sligo to join the new pilot scheme for the provision of hot meals to children in early learning and childcare settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15214/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Inadequate Personal Assistance Supports: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: It is a great honour to be here and I thank the witnesses for their submissions. They have been very powerful and personal and have given us a lot of information. I thank the ESRI for this vital report, and the witnesses for the work they are doing. I represent the Government. I was in the Department of Health for two and a half years, and it is only then you realise what the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (21 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: 1605. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider funding to provide CCTV systems or the means to upgrade existing antiquated CCTV systems in towns and villages within any of her 2023 funding programmes including the town and village scheme and Clár; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12444/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (9 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: 130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered taking any action to alleviate the "genuine difficulties" being experienced by users in registering/re-registering properties on the Residential Tenancies Board website; and if he proposes taking any action in providing resource support/additional staff to the RTB to assist in clearing the backlog being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Lord Empey (9 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: Senator Currie can go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Lord Empey (9 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: I am delighted to meet Lord Empey again, and I look forward to working with him and the British-Irish Council on the Good Friday Agreement. I will raise a few issues during my remaining time. On the amendment to Articles 2 and 3, Lord Empey has said that in 1991 there was a difference between could and would. That is an interesting observation. Speaking as a voice of unionism what are his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Lord Empey (9 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: As Lord Empey said, the first-past-the-post system was a mistake regarding the changing of the Good Friday Agreement. I wish Lord Empey well.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (7 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a tax incentive scheme strategy or study to encourage the development of a hotel enterprise, with a minimum of 20 beds, in tourism business-dependent towns that currently do not have a hotel within their town boundaries (details supplied). [9596/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Missions (7 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: 156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what plans are currently under development at his Department for a State trade mission to the United States of America in 2023; what individual US states are under consideration to visit during such a trade mission; the process for developing such trade missions in the US at his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (7 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a proposal (details supplied) to help speed up the Sligo to Dublin Connolly train line; if there are any plans to improve the speed of the Sligo to Dublin train service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11132/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (7 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an outline of the total level of public funds spent by SOLAS towards an electronic marking system for adult and apprenticeship programmes; the progress of this project; the breakdown of this spend, detailing how much was allocated to a software company (details supplied) and other companies; the actual overall cost,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (7 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: 497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the new measures being considered under the sale of intoxicated liquors in future legislative proposals; if once-off event licences for the sale of alcohol will be considered rather than the current transfer of licences as under current law and procedures around the district and circuit courts. [10904/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (2 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister of State. The board of management at the school have over the years since amalgamation fought hard to have facilities improved and with the Department co-operation through emergency works, summer work and occasional exceptional funding, ensured the best possible facilities for the pupils and staff. The board of management fully recognises that those facilities and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (2 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: I have raised issues affecting the primary school in Carrick-on-Shannon many times. The school campus was originally built in 1952. It was extended in 1983 and amalgamated in 2013. Scoil Mhuire in Carrick-on-Shannon is no longer fit for purpose. A technical report by the Department of Education has painted a damning picture of the school principal, staff and pupils having to cope in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (2 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: 73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans his Department has to incentivise private car park owners, restaurant, hotel leisure centres and so on to provide commercial EV charging at their facilities, especially in rural towns and villages across Ireland, which would support tourism and EV owners and continue the encouragement to people to consider EV cars when...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider advising Bus Éireann's school transport section to move a student collection point in (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10362/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (28 Feb 2023)

Frank Feighan: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider in the lifetime of this Government a pilot study or a report by a competent organisation into a possible narrow tax incentive scheme for owners/developers of town centre buildings in some rural counties incentivising them to develop same into modern commercial premises with over the shop apartments/living accommodation with an emphasis...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Feb 2023)

Frank Feighan: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with autism in County Roscommon that are waiting for primary and secondary school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10056/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Feb 2023)

Frank Feighan: 367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school places that will be made available in County Roscommon for 2023 and in 2024 for children with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10057/23]