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Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Frank Feighan: I would say to Senator Leyden to look at what is happening on the ground because I have seen a huge change in the last six months. The people in Roscommon are not fools. They will not tolerate people like the Senator going up to the top of the hill, moaning and shouting, and saying people's lives are at risk. They know that it is much safer, that they have a better hospital and that the...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2017)

Frank Feighan: It was a sham.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2017)

Frank Feighan: The Taoiseach should continue the long-term tradition of travelling to the White House to meet President Trump. It will afford him an opportunity to articulate all that is good in Ireland. He should tell the President that visitors and refugees are welcomed with compassion and courage on this island. He should also say Ireland is at peace, that we have torn down our walls and that we want...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2017)

Frank Feighan: We have been talking about Brexit for the past year and we will probably talk about it for another few years but it reminds me of the phoney war before the Second World War when there were eight months of no military manoeuvres and then all hell broke loose. This has been a phoney war so far but we are now coming up to the time when the trouble starts. We discussed the Norway-Sweden border...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2017)

Frank Feighan: It would qualify for the International Fantasy Award.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2017)

Frank Feighan: I agree with Senator Gerard P. Craughwell's comments on the men of Jadotville who were absolutely forgotten about. I was one of the first Deputies to correspond with the Minister on the way history and the State had mistreated them. I was delighted when they were eventually commemorated at a ceremony in Custume Barracks in Athlone which I attended alongside many of their families. That...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (26 Jan 2017)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to explain the work he has done. I was in Belfast last Sunday and Monday. It was only on Sunday night that we saw the cowardly shooting of a PSNI officer which brought back the reality of a breakdown in trust and peace. All parties have worked and are working extremely hard to ensure that we never go back to the awful times we saw in the last 30...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2017)

Frank Feighan: Senator Craughwell raised cross-Border health issues, for example, charging people who present at an emergency department in Enniskillen. There has been a great deal of co-operation in terms of health and I understand that, in recent years, 53,000 people have been treated in this way. If there are irregularities, though, they must be addressed. An air ambulance based in Athlone has saved...

Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (25 Jan 2017)

Frank Feighan: I very much welcome this motion. It is very timely. As somebody who spent his time in school learning all aspects of history, I feel a minimum of two hours per week should be a requirement. In most cases this is the same or better than what is currently provided in terms of class time. I agree that we need to look at the way history is taught. When I was at school we understood our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)

Frank Feighan: I welcome all the witnesses. I do not want to go over old ground because the witnesses have answered most of the questions succinctly. We all know the extraordinary power of sport and how it heals wounds and brings people together in the best and worst of times. We have an extraordinary ability in Ireland to celebrate success. I think of the Taoiseach of the time going out to hug Stephen...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)

Frank Feighan: Can I come in with a supplementary?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)

Frank Feighan: The witnesses spoke about Event Ireland and have worked closely with them. Event Ireland is under the remit of Fáilte Ireland, which is an all-Ireland body. I understand that there have been cases where people from the Republic of Ireland have competed in the Commonwealth Games. Are the witnesses aware of these cases? I understand a Donegal runner competed in the Commonwealth Games.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)

Frank Feighan: Did a Donegal athlete compete as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)

Frank Feighan: There is a precedent there. Sometimes, the sporting bodies are ahead of politicians. This is not the Government speaking. It is Senator Frank Feighan speaking. There are points of principle within the Good Friday Agreement that relate to this. All I will say is that we need to open up the conversation as long as it is helpful.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Frank Feighan: I congratulate and thank the Minister for Health for going to the United Kingdom to invite the European Medicines Agency to come to Ireland. I remind the House that I was the first Oireachtas Member to raise the issue that if Brexit occurs, those 700 to 900 jobs would leave Canary Wharf.I called on him to bring those jobs to Carrick-on-Shannon, which I believe would be a great area to...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Frank Feighan: Correspondence is being sent out already.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland; Challenges, Strategies and Governance: FAI, GAA and IRFU (18 Jan 2017)

Frank Feighan: I also have questions for the FAI. Is it possible for me to ask them before Mr. Delaney leaves?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland; Challenges, Strategies and Governance: FAI, GAA and IRFU (18 Jan 2017)

Frank Feighan: I will try to be brief. I welcome the witnesses. We are very proud of each organisation in terms of their work at local, national and international level. I am the Co-Chairperson of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly. I also previously served as Chairman of the Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. Two of the three organisations here today operate on an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2016)

Frank Feighan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. They were very informative. Like my colleagues, I was amazed to discover that more than 50% of trade through UK ports involves the Republic. It just shows the consequences of a lack of restrictions on free movement of goods and people. I may be wrong about this but I think the British Government is in denial of the position in which we find...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2016)

Frank Feighan: I wish to come back on the issue of the Narrow Water bridge. When I chaired the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement when Senators Mary White and Terry Brennan were on that committee along with other members who are here, we spoke of and supported the crossing, but there was never talk of the southern relief road to bypass Newry. I will not say we are surprised...