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Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2018)

Frank Feighan: We eagerly look forward to 11 December and hope for a solution at Westminster. We want the closest possible relationship with the United Kingdom and it to have the closest possible relationship with the EU. It will be a very difficult time and what we need now are cool heads. I hope that there is an agreement with which we can all work. I thank Mr. Martin O'Neill for the years of service...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Frank Feighan: The Minister is very welcome.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2018)

Frank Feighan: I also condemn the criminal damage done to the First World War soldier statue in St. Stephen's Green. While we can be very upset, it certainly does not reflect the mood of the people. Over the past few months and weeks of commemoration, the generosity shown by the people and politicians across all parties has at last shown respect to men and women from our country who died between 1914 and...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2018)

Frank Feighan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (15 Nov 2018)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House again today. It is always nice to see him. He has had a great interest in health over a number of years. My Commencement matter is the need for the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, to provide an update on plans for a fixed catheterisation laboratory, cath lab, at Sligo University Hospital. For many years, my colleague, Deputy McLoughlin, has...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (15 Nov 2018)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. This review is rigorous with evidence and data. I know there are stakeholder consultations but the review started on 31 January and will not be complete until June 2019, which means it will have taken a year and half. I am not familiar with the complexities but that seems like a long time to have a review. I look forward, however, to seeing the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Frank Feighan: I am pleased that agreement has been reached between the EU and UK negotiators. We sought to protect the peace process and Good Friday Agreement and maintain the common travel area and related benefits for Irish and British citizens. We have to ensure that we are at the place in Europe where we can protect jobs and the economy. The Republic of Ireland did not vote for or want Brexit. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Sports Policy 2018-2027: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (14 Nov 2018)

Frank Feighan: Most people have raised the matters I wished to discuss. A national sports policy is welcome. The goal is to increase participation in all sports in Ireland. Many years ago soccer had "Participation Through Fun" and once we get people participating, it is wonderful. There was mention of the remarkable run of the women's hockey team to the world cup final. I highlight it again. It is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Sports Policy 2018-2027: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (14 Nov 2018)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister for his remarks. We play rugby on an all-island basis. A total of 70% of people born on the island of Ireland who reside overseas reside in Commonwealth countries. Deep down, we have this instinct that it is not us but from a legal, educational and political perspective, these people are the same. We are talking about 2.4 billion people. We have this reluctance,...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Frank Feighan: I also attended the Ballymurphy inquest yesterday. I hope that the people will get justice and that the good names of their families will be finally vindicated. I heard the personal testimony of the relations of Fr. Hugh Mullan and Frank Quinn. I heard Frank Quinn's daughter, Angela Sloan, say that her mother cried herself to sleep every night in memory. She loved her husband so much. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: Waterways Ireland and Loughs Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Frank Feighan: I thank the witnesses. It is great to see Ms Livingstone here. Coming from Boyle in County Roscommon, I have a huge interest in Waterways Ireland. My father had a boat on the Shannon Navigation. While we enjoyed it now and then, when he passed away 15 years ago my brother and I had a row over who would not get the boat. Thankfully I won and he got it. His wife never forgave me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: Waterways Ireland and Loughs Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Frank Feighan: I was also chairperson of Lough Key Forest Park Action Group. Although more can be done, it is wonderful to see the various agencies, including local authorities, Coillte and the witnesses' organisations, working together to make that one of the major tourist attractions. We sometimes take the six largest North-South implementation bodies for granted. It is hugely significant for me and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: Waterways Ireland and Loughs Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Frank Feighan: Waterways Ireland is hoping to raise charges for people to park their boats, is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: Waterways Ireland and Loughs Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Frank Feighan: I thank Ms Livingstone. I ask Ms McMahon not to take this badly, but I will leave the loughs to the politicians who live near them.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Frank Feighan: We have seen again today that the issue of health is very emotive and complex and sometimes very political. In Roscommon today, the plans for the Mayo Roscommon Hospice are being launched. This is the final piece in a jigsaw that has been a success story. People talk about Roscommon and what happened but anybody who wants to go to Roscommon University Hospital sees the strategic moves that...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Deirdre Hargey, Lord Mayor of Belfast (8 Nov 2018)

Frank Feighan: The Lord Mayor is very welcome to the Seanad today. As she rightly said, it is an historic and symbolic occasion. The Seanad is much richer for having the Lord Mayor here and we need more of these new engagements and relationships. I was thinking about Belfast and Dublin 100 years ago. One hundred years ago, Belfast was a larger city than Dublin but Dublin now has three times the...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Deirdre Hargey, Lord Mayor of Belfast (8 Nov 2018)

Frank Feighan: I could not say. In any case, it is a new relationship. The Seanad is much richer because of the experience and the views of the two Northern Senators, Niall Ó Donnghaile, who brings a nationalist perspective, and Ian Marshall, who brings a unionist perspective. This is very significant and symbolic, and they are very valued Members of the Seanad. Brexit brings its challenges but I...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (6 Nov 2018)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the Tánaiste and I thank him and his officials for all the work they have done in the past few years. It has been a very difficult time. I compliment the Government, the Taoiseach, the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, the Tánaiste and our spokesman in the Seanad, Senator Richmond. Over time, it has been a very difficult few years but the Government's message has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: safefood Ireland (25 Oct 2018)

Frank Feighan: The witnesses are very welcome. I see they are one of the six implementation bodies under the Good Friday Agreement. I know first-hand the partnership and collaboration. Dr. Kearney rightly referred to the relationships. One can never put a value on these things. Those relationships have built up in the past 30 years and we see it in politics where relationships cross borders, including...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)

Frank Feighan: I also want to remember the late former Deputy Seymour Crawford. I served with Seymour from 2002 and 2011. He was, as Senator Gallagher stated, a gentle giant and an honourable, decent and respectful man. He will be much missed by his colleagues in Leinster House and his constituents. As Senator Leyden said, Seymour did more for North-South relations on the island of Ireland than most,...