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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implications of Brexit for Transport, Tourism and Sport: Discussion (31 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: I appreciate what the Minister of State is saying. I would say that there are 30 towns in the State - four happen to be in my county - which are in a similar situation. Take Boyle as an example. We have Boyle Abbey, the 12th century Cistercian abbey, and we have Lough Key Forest Park, which is an outstanding facility. It is one of the major tourist attractions in the country. We have the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: I listened with worrying interest-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: I listened with worrying interest yesterday to the radio. A man called David Murray who went to Kildare and was falsely-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: I am sorry but it was mentioned on the radio yesterday.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: I am only paraphrasing what was mentioned on the radio yesterday. This man was falsely identified as a convicted child abuser and he received vile verbal abuse from, effectively, a mob which followed him in Monasterevin in County Kildare. His photograph and his name were put up on a website. People who have any issues should contact the Garda. This man took refuge in a pub in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: Rejoin.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: We miss you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training College of Ireland: Discussion (24 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: I thank the witnesses for their attendance and very detailed submission. This issue has been going on for five years and has been very difficult for the witnesses, pilots and their families. Of the 60 students that the witnesses represented, how many have gone on to become pilots or pursued other careers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training College of Ireland: Discussion (24 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: I was approached by two families over the years. There are not many airline pilots in the west. I was delighted that a man from my home town qualified as a pilot 15 years and he worked hard for it. What is the failure rate in a school such as this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training College of Ireland: Discussion (24 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: There has to be a failure rate? Is it 5%, 10%, 15% or 50%?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training College of Ireland: Discussion (24 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: I understand that, but I just wanted to know the failure rate in an aviation school.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training College of Ireland: Discussion (24 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: Did Enterprise Ireland put in €400,000 and take out-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training College of Ireland: Discussion (24 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: Was the amount €400,000?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training College of Ireland: Discussion (24 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: I understand that is the model and sometimes the money comes back to the Exchequer tenfold as well. The PTC did not give a discount on the IAA charges for examinations. What is that fee?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training College of Ireland: Discussion (24 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: Was a discount offered?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training College of Ireland: Discussion (24 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: Did Mr. Kealy seek a discount?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training College of Ireland: Discussion (24 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: Were there meetings with the IAA about a discount?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training College of Ireland: Discussion (24 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: One can ask for a discount but one will not get it unless one pushes for it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training College of Ireland: Discussion (24 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: I am sorry to interrupt but were those companies in operation at the same time as PTC?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training College of Ireland: Discussion (24 May 2017)
Frank Feighan: On what basis do people decide to go to a flight school?