Results 21-40 of 6,043 for speaker:Frank Feighan

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (27 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: 311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of funding paid to applicants to 21 February 2025 under the current humanitarian scheme (section 1) in the aftermath of storm Éowyn in counties Leitrim and Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8796/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (27 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: 355. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to extend the current accommodation recognition payment for hosting refugees from Ukraine beyond 31 March 2025, or if he intends to review the scheme within his Department before the end of March. [8795/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: Since Storm Éowyn on 24 January last, a huge number of people living in rural parts of my constituency and in the north west have no access to broadband or to landline and mobile phone networks. There seems to be absolutely no urgency on the part of the providers to rectify matters. There are elderly people living on their own who have emergency contact buttons that do not work....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (25 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: 200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide any information regarding the full restoration of broadband and phone communications in rural Ireland, especially in the north-west region in the aftermath of storm Éowyn. [7209/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (25 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: 841. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the awarding of medical cards to cancer patients; and if she is aware especially in recent months of the refusal by the HSE to award medical cards to some cancer patients who are experiencing stress and hardship because of these decisions. [7210/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Clinical Trials (25 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: 873. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the National Clinical Trials Oversight Group; when her Department will publish the planned interim report on challenges of conducting trials in Ireland; when it is intended to produce a final report proposing solutions to the issues impacting clinical research in Ireland; and her observations on the way to reduce administrative...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: Across the country and especially in the north west, we have huge challenges in providing adequate home care for some of our most elderly and infirm citizens. I, like most TDs, receive daily correspondence from families who are allocated home help or care hours only to discover there are no qualified personnel to fulfil these allocated hours. The issue is having an impact on our care homes...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: Sligo-Leitrim. The north west.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: 590. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the payments for ACRES 2024 given a number of farmers in Sligo and Leitrim have yet to receive any payment for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5695/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Weather Events (11 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: 120. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he or any of his officials or Army officers received a request or discussed with ESB Networks managers the option or possibility of assistance by Óglaigh na hÉireann in the aftermath of the recent Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4553/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (11 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: 183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new contractor for the Coast Guard Rescue service based at a location (details supplied) will commence its operations; if there any delays in relation to the agreed startup date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4833/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Forestry Sector (5 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Healy-Rae, on his recent appointment. I wish him well in his new role. I have no doubt he has hit the ground running. The Minister of State will be aware that a public meeting was hosted by the secretariat of the Leitrim public participation network, PPN, in Ballinamore, County Leitrim, on Thursday last, 23 January. This was a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Forestry Sector (5 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister of State and it is plain to see that he has done a lot of work already. There is one thing I have noticed over the years. We have a lot of various Departments, and everyone is busy, but no-one seems to spend time talking to one another. I saw this happening when we had flooding on the Shannon many years ago - about 12 years ago. The local authorities were blaming one...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Funding (5 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he would consider allocating increased funding under the CIS scheme for rural roads, especially in local authorities with a substantial number of small public roads that rely on this funding to improve access for rural dwellers. [3234/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Funding (5 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he would consider ‘match funding’ the local improvement scheme road funding allocation for 2025 from the Department of Rural and Community Development, which has generously funded the schemes over the past five years, given the importance of his Department allocating specific funding for these schemes, which are...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Schools Building Projects (5 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: 438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2621/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (5 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: 857. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is considering opening a farm retirement scheme during 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2252/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (5 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: 904. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is expected that there will be a funding announcement for applications under the 'Building Blocks' scheme, allowing community childcare facilities to expand their premises and enrol more children into their facilities. [2250/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (5 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: 949. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to investigate and clarify the situation in relation to the request by a family (details supplied) in Donegal for a review of records held by the disability services regarding the transitioning plan or lack thereof for their child, from child to adult disability services for which a reply was due to the family...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (5 Feb 2025)

Frank Feighan: 1409. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he plans to make an allocation of funding to local authorities under the LIS scheme in 2025; and if he will seek match funding from the Minister for Transport to boost the funding allocation to assist local authorities in reducing their LIS waiting lists. [3236/25]