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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Mar 2017)

Frank Feighan: I also send my condolences to the families of the woman and young children who perished in Clondalkin. It is very sad. Sometimes we need to reflect on the fact that these awful things happen. We must do everything we can to try to ensure that they do not happen again. As we approach St. Patrick's Day and the St. Patrick's Day events, I note that the week is an important one for the island...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Mar 2017)

Frank Feighan: I was shocked again at what happened in Tuam. I did not think we could be shocked anymore after the Cloyne report and the Ryan report. Speaking in the Dáil at the time of the Ryan report, I said that we cannot blame anyone else for this. We cannot blame Britain or Germany. We have ourselves to blame. We are angry and we are reaching out to blame people. However, the State has been...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Mar 2017)

Frank Feighan: Where were the educationalists? We were all part of it and it is absolutely shameful.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2017)

Frank Feighan: We should not bring families into it.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2017)

Frank Feighan: It is getting to be a bit of a habit, but I again commend the House of Lords for overruling the British Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2017)

Frank Feighan: Last December the House of Lords commissioned a report on Brexit and the impact on Ireland. The report was very measured and took the Irish angle into consideration, which was very welcome.Yesterday, the UK Government was overruled by 358 votes to 256 in the House of Lords. The peers were worried about demanding rights for EU citizens in the UK. There are times like this when we feel the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Frank Feighan: We are in the middle of a crisis but we should note that the NTA has done great work in rural areas to provide a service, particularly where there was never one before. That fact could be missed because people are very angry about the current crisis. I see that the Expressway only provides 10% of school transport. What percentage is school transport in terms of the remaining 90%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Frank Feighan: I do not know who releases these figures. I do not think school transport should not be included in the figures. It is disingenuous to use school transport figure in the overall figure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Frank Feighan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Frank Feighan: Yes. School transport is a different type of service.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Frank Feighan: We can agree to differ.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Frank Feighan: It is not that I want less information. I suggest that the inclusion of the school transport figures means that the Department has used a bit more imagination and that it needs to do so.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2017)

Frank Feighan: I, too, would like to be associated with the remarks made about the late former Deputy Peter Matthews. He was a great friend and colleague and always available to give advice when one needed it. Our thoughts are with his family. He was a decent man. Last night there was a CHAMPevent. The aim is to promote dialogue and co-operation between Deputies, MPs, Lords, Members of the Scottish...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Frank Feighan: The Senator can foresee many things.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Frank Feighan: Yesterday, members of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement were invited to meet members of the Likud Party in the Knesset in Israel and many religious leaders. They were very interested in the Good Friday Agreement, which brought peace to this country, in effect. I reminded them that the Anglo-Irish Agreement was the forerunner of the Good Friday Agreement....

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products (15 Feb 2017)

Frank Feighan: I will address the need for the Minister for Finance to ensure all necessary resources are available to the Revenue Commissioners in order to protect the livelihoods of solid fuel traders located near the Border in light of the price differential in the North and the continued threat of fuel smuggling. I thank the Minister for coming before the House today. I am glad to get the opportunity...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products (15 Feb 2017)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister for coming to the House and outlining the position. I urge the Minister to continue to engage on this matter with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. We all know that Department is responsible for regulating solid fuel in the State. The Minister is aware, as are many other Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas, that this issue is...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2017)

Frank Feighan: I join my colleague in calling for the matter of the beds that are supposed to be closed in the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire to be rectified. I agree with Senator Gavan that these matters should be highlighted. One good news item is that representatives of the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire met representatives of Roscommon County Hospital in...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2017)

Frank Feighan: We ran out of money in 2010.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)

Frank Feighan: I also welcome the decision to hold a public inquiry on the situation involving Sergeant Maurice McCabe and hope the truth will come out. It has been a difficult few years for the McCabe family and now we will have the right mechanism to get to the truth which must be heard. I want to raise an issue which I do not particularly like raising. On the way to Dublin this morning I was listening...