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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the introduction of a subsidy scheme for farmers will be considered to encourage them to spread ground limestone on their land holdings to promote the natural growth of grass and to reduce the need for fertiliser; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9855/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: ...the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are grants available from his Department or bodies and agencies under his remit that provide grant funding towards the costs of planting land for forestry, biodiversity and beekeeping (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7527/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (20 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 938. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if hedgerows on agricultural land should be included and counted towards the total reduction targets in climate emissions in view of the fact that they are natural carbon collectors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6469/20]

Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: I wish to raise one last issue, which has been going on for the past ten or 12 years. When I first got involved in the local authority in Roscommon, permission for one-off housing on the bad land in the area was much easier to obtain. In my constituency, which now includes northern Roscommon, Leitrim, Sligo and southern Donegal, there is an issue with one-off housing. We have been to...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2018)

Frank Feighan: ...Tánaiste, Deputy Coveney. The event drew on what has happened in the past 20 years within a different space. We sometimes do not recognise the significance of the Good Friday Agreement on the island of Ireland or, indeed, on the two islands. Most people spoke but two certainly captured the imagination. The first was George Mitchell, who said the real heroes of the Good Friday...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2018)

Frank Feighan: ...what my colleague, Senator Hopkins, said about a house. The family concerned did a huge amount of work with the local authorities to save the house from being flooded but it is now in no-man's land, for want of a better word. The Minister of State, Deputy Moran, or the Minister should come in here to outline what will be done. The Minister is working hard around the country but the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: A Vision for Change: Update from Health Service Executive (30 Nov 2017)

Frank Feighan: ..., a rehabilitation unit and a palliative care service for the Mayo-Roscommon hospice. The total cost of the development would have been €20 million. We wanted to use the six or seven acres of land that were available and offered to pay for a new mental health facility. We waited six or seven months but were then told that it would inconvenience patients and staff. Five years...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Registration of Title (10 Mar 2015)

Frank Feighan: 337. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review a land register transaction in light of delays in this transaction (details supplied). [10345/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (23 Oct 2014)

Frank Feighan: 97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if land is leased and the lessee is drawing area aid, if the owner is entitled to a single farm payment. [40791/14]

Water Services (Exempt Charges) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Sep 2014)

Frank Feighan: ...index-linked, for a period of 15 years. This adds up to a total of €23,000 for each of them. They are being paid this money - and rightly so - as a result of the fact that their turf-cutting rights relate to lands that are part of special areas of conservation. Eighty-five percent of those people have been relocated from natural heritage areas, NHAs, as a result of the great work...

Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)

Frank Feighan: When will the regulation and valuation of land Bill, which will merge the Property Registration Authority, the Valuation Office and Ordnance Survey Ireland, be introduced?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Drugs Smuggling (19 Nov 2013)

Frank Feighan: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review existing patrols at ports, land and sea, in the west of Ireland regarding sniffer dog, cover for operation and practice in relation to checks and monitoring for drugs; and the changes that are proposed to strengthen the cover in these locations. [49383/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Inspections (16 Jan 2013)

Frank Feighan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if contractors will have to carry particular forms of identity in order to gain permission to come onto people's land to carry out septic tank inspections. [1848/13]

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Frank Feighan: ...aisle of the aeroplane offering refreshments, not one person bought a cup of coffee or a sandwich because they knew it was bad value. They preferred to wait and spend their money wisely when they landed. If that had been a flight with mostly Irish people, the staff would have spent half an hour at least selling refreshments. One guy would have wanted a can of beer and a sandwich, the...

Written Answers — Tax Reliefs: Tax Reliefs (22 Feb 2012)

Frank Feighan: ...(Teagasc) is adequate requirement for relief from stamp duty under the provision for young trained farmers relief of the Stamp Duty Consolidation Act 1999 in respect of deed of transfer of lands from father to son, in view of the fact this was an acceptable documents for relief on deed transfer in January 2005 in respect of same family. [10337/12]

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (2 Feb 2012)

Frank Feighan: ...if he will put in place a compensation package for farmers who have bogs in these special areas of compensation and who have not cut turf in the past five years; and if the farmers who had sold bog land under the voluntary bog purchase scheme and who did not receive any payment will be compensated under this or a previous scheme, given that a small number of farmers did in fact sign...

Report on Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Frank Feighan: ...rail infrastructure and replacing buses and trains. Where did the money go? For years it was not well spent. To an extent, I agree with Deputy Wallace that some of the money was spent on buying land at exorbitant prices, but who watches the watchers? In a race to the bottom we tried to pursue the most grandiose projects at the grandest costs, but they provided no value for the taxpayer...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (8 Nov 2011)

Frank Feighan: Question 305: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a farmer who has 19 acres of bogland in special area of conservation (details supplied) in County Roscommon who has not cut turf for the past five years on this land is entitled to the compensation package. [33321/11]

Written Answers — Consular Services: Consular Services (15 Jun 2011)

Frank Feighan: Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding an Irish citizen who paid for property in Italy, the owner of lands claimed that he had no knowledge of the sale of the site and subsequently agents were forced to admit receipt of moneys and offered a substitute property and despite this UK solicitors acting for the Irish citizen have been...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (21 Apr 2011)

Frank Feighan: Question 108: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the sale of bog land in a special area of conservation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [8968/11]