Results 5,681-5,700 of 6,055 for speaker:Frank Feighan
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: I want that remark withdrawn.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: I want the Senator to withdraw that remark.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: No. I want Senator Leyden to withdraw that remark.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: I want Senator Leyden to withdraw that remark.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: I want Senator Leyden to withdraw that remark.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: Like Pinocchio, the Senator's nose is getting longer.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: I will be there.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: The Government has done nothing for us.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: Some 3.5 million people done.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: We have a good sense of humour in County Roscommon.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: I thank Senator Phelan for sharing his time with me. I called for a debate on decentralisation a little over a year ago, and I come from an area which welcomed any kind of decentralisation. I come from Boyle, which was promised decentralisation. We were told not to ask the hard questions and were promised that everything would be fine. Despite a town site for decentralisation being offered...
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: Decentralisation could and should have been a major force for change. I welcome any decentralisation to Carrick-on-Shannon. However, three times the number of jobs being delivered were promised to my constituency. The Minister of State has not delivered on his promise.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: Decentralisation could have been a force for change. Following the message from last week's report on the issue, decentralisation is an utter shambles. It is all confusion and a clear deception. That fact cannot be escaped. The Minister of State announced that 10,000 people would decentralise within three years. The figures will not even come close to that. There are firm commitments from...
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: The people are angry at the contempt the Government has shown for towns and for the entire country. The Minister of State promised 230 jobs to Roscommon. My colleagues and I welcomed those jobs but they will not happen in the lifetime of this Government. They are put back to 2011 and 2012. I do not know. Fine Gael will have to get into power to deliver real jobs for County Roscommon.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: The Minister of State should instantly sack whatever Sir Humphrey wrote the speech he delivered today. It states: "With this parallel approach, the OPW will be a decentralisation champion." There are no champions emerging from this decentralisation report, only chumps. The people are annoyed. I am annoyed because I took the report as a commitment last December. Fool as I am in opposition, I...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: I share the concerns of Senator Cox regarding the delay in the roll-out of BreastCheck in the west of Ireland. I raised the issue in this House on many occasions. I agree with Senator O'Meara that the Department of Health and Children has not properly funded this service. A woman living in the west of Ireland is more likely to die from breast cancer than a woman living in any other part of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (25 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: I have raised the issue of decentralisation on numerous occasions and it was I who requested the debate on it in the House in light of the deception I identified in respect thereof. It is not acceptable that the programme has been reduced from 10,300 to 3,500 places. This is a sad day for democracy and politics and thousands of civil servants have been deceived. Why does the Taoiseach have so...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (25 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: There is another issue on decentralisation to which I wish to refer, namely, that the Government has reversed the claim that the private sector and not the State would pay for the building work relating to the programme. This is a serious issue. The private sector was supposed to pay for all the buildings required. Who made the decision that the private sector would pay and who reversed it?...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (25 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: The Shannon will be drained by then.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Nov 2004)
Frank Feighan: Parlon country.