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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: I sit on this committee. I have been here since 10 a.m. I had to leave for a few votes. I spoke for five minutes. I have no problem with people coming in but I find it very unfair that members of this committee cannot get in for more than five minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: I must go again to a vote. I think the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, is doing everything to ensure I do not get in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: It has been an interesting and difficult few weeks for the FAI, members of the footballing community, politicians and others. We have asked many technical questions. Some answers have been given and some cannot be given. We are unhappy in certain ways. I will come at this matter from a different angle. Last week, Mr. John Treacy was asked to answer "Yes" or "No" on the question of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: I hope our guests will forgive me if they have already answered the question I am about to ask. If the issue with the €100,000 happened again tomorrow, would it be addressed differently or how would the FAI go about that instead of getting an individual loan that has caused much of this confusion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: I am a member of the public and I attended my first Sligo Rovers' game over 50 years ago. I went to my first Republic of Ireland game over 40 years ago. I ran a double-decker bus to Germany in 1988. I am a member of the soccer fraternity. I have served as secretary of my local soccer club and I was treasurer of the Roscommon district league 30 years ago. I welcomed the recommendations of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: I normally would not comment on the Garda or the PSNI. However, I am concerned about the recent theft of ATMs. Last week, as I was driving back from a function, I passed a garage on the Feeny Road in Dungiven from which another ATM had been stolen. This is the eighth theft of an ATM in Northern Ireland and there have been many more in Cavan and Monaghan. What is happening? Do the banks...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (4 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: Yes, I will have to leave shortly.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (4 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: Yes, I am first.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (4 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: I am delighted to see the Minister of State here. St. Angela's College in Sligo is the only-----

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (4 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: Yes.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (4 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: It is all right.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (4 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: It is agreed.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Third Level Institutions (4 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: I am delighted to see the Minister of State and that she is taking this Commencement matter. St. Angela’s College in Sligo is the only home economics college in the country and the need for capital funding for larger capacity classrooms-laboratories to accommodate students has never been greater. A national shortage of home economics teachers and a much more health conscious...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Third Level Institutions (4 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. It is nice to hear that departmental officials have visited St. Angela's College on 15 March 2019. I look forward to seeing a proposal from St. Angela's College and NUI Galway to try to draw down funding for the best way to go forward. I think we are moving in a significantly positive direction. I again thank the Minister of State for her reply.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: I join with my two colleagues from Mayo in talking about railways. It was remiss of me yesterday not to congratulate Mayo on their great victory last Sunday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: It was great for the west of Ireland and it was great to see after 18 years that something is coming back. I will say that when Mayo last won division 1 of the league, Roscommon won the Connacht Championship so maybe it will be a good year for Roscommon as well.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: The west is best and that is the way it should be. I agree that we need to have a debate on railways and on the speed of same. Where I live in Boyle in Roscommon, it takes two and a half hours to get to Dublin. I had a Commencement matter last week to the effect that if we want to have an agreed Ireland, there must be a one hour train journey between Dublin and Belfast. It was mentioned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the witnesses. Many of the questions I wanted to ask have been answered. I will come at this from a different point of view and broaden the discussion. I was involved in association football 30 years ago and it certainly was not well organised at a national level. I was one of those who was delighted when the Genesis report was brought in to radically overhaul the FAI governance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: Mr. Treacy said that over the past decade the FAI has been audited by Sport Ireland's independent auditors on more occasions than any other sporting organisation. Is there a reason for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: Sport Ireland is involved with different organisations, such as Sport New Zealand and Sport Scotland. When these problems happen, does Mr. Treacy lift the telephone to one of his counterparts to say there is a problem and ask it should be approached?