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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (7 Mar 2024)

Frank Feighan: 259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 29 February 2024, if he will provide an update on the conservation advice pilot grant scheme (details supplied). [11372/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Mar 2024)

Frank Feighan: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a Leitrim based apprentice (details supplied) who trained under SOLAS are not recognising the time he spent working at an accredited company from July 2020 to May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11373/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Chair. I am sharing my time with Senator Emer Currie. It is great to see Mr. Duffy and Ms Deane in here again, and I thank them for all of the great work they are doing. From my contacts, the €800 million is very much welcomed. There are a lot of projects there that will make a difference. With regard to one project, I represent the constituency of Sligo-Leitrim as...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (5 Mar 2024)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister of State, and I look forward to the application process. He said that the Government's fundamental aim in its national sports policy is to increase the levels of participation in sport and physical activity across the population. This has a specific focus on less represented groups, including women and girls. A lot of good progress has been made in Sligo, and I want to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (5 Mar 2024)

Frank Feighan: Applications are eagerly anticipated for the large-scale sports infrastructure fund by regional sporting organisations. I am trying to find out when the Minister expects this fund to open. Sport plays a huge role in people's lives and one such sports club is Sligo Rovers Football Club in my area. The Acting Chair will know how important it is to the community. It is a community-based...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2024)

Frank Feighan: There is considerable concern across my constituency of Sligo–Leitrim, north Roscommon, south Donegal and, indeed, many others regarding the lack of available grant funding to apply for an extension of the sewerage schemes in many of our local towns and villages. Some years ago, prior to the establishment of Irish Water, the Department of housing provided significant funding on a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (29 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: 218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the conservation advice pilot grant scheme (details supplied). [9766/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: As the Minister is aware, the Government has a plan to reduce the cost of part-time education, which was announced in the budget. He is aware that many people in counties Sligo and Leitrim, and throughout the country, are part-time students. In my constituency, Atlantic Technological University, ATU, which we are very proud of, offers a number of part-time education courses. Often,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Discussion (28 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: I will try to be brief because a few of the questions have been asked. I thank Dr. Banks, Ms McDonagh, Dr. Travers and Ms Byrne for coming in. Ms Byrne's contribution was very appropriate. She had to fight to go to Maynooth University but her fight did not just give her direction, but also gave many other people direction. It was significant. I thank her. My colleague said it is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Discussion (28 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: I understand that it has been an interesting evening and the fact there were a lot of votes has held up progress. I will try to be as brief as possible. The perception among parents in schools is that placement in a special class or special school is better than to receive strong support in public discourse, which in turn increases the pressures on the NCSE and the Department of Education....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: 68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the exemption for local authorities from the part 8 own development approval process and from planning, for the provision of specified forms of housing developments on designated State lands, beyond the current deadline of 31 December 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9485/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Safeguarding: Safeguarding Ireland (21 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: I thank Ms Rickard-Clarke, Ms O'Connor and Mr. Cavanagh for coming in today. We appreciate the great work Safeguarding Ireland has done since it was established following issues in December 2015. I have a few questions. The Irish Association of Social Workers has highlighted that 51,000 concerns about the abuse and neglect of adults have been reported to the safeguarding and protection...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (21 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: 107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she would consider reviewing the means test for non-contributory and part-contributory pensioners who may rent their home and live with relations or friends, within the framework of the next budget, to incentivise older people who have options around moving in with relatives and may have sizeable homes to consider the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (20 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: 240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the publication of an OPW funded study into coastal erosion in Strandhill, County Sligo has not been released publicly to date; the reason it has taken almost two years to complete and release this report findings; when the draft report is set to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8011/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Key Issues Affecting Youth: North South Youth Forum (15 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: It is a great honour and pleasure to have the witnesses here today. It is great to see young people having a huge interest in politics and the way our countries work. This is the future. When I was growing up, I wished there were forums like this. I am not sure I would have been allowed to be on them, but I am delighted to see the witnesses have an interest. It is important that they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Key Issues Affecting Youth: North South Youth Forum (15 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: Sometimes it is little things like that are very important. We need to break down those barriers. A former leader of my party, John Bruton, passed away last Saturday. He was very respected. It was wonderful to see the First Minister and the deputy First Minister along with the leaders of parties coming to pay their respects because it meant a lot to my party and politicians across the...

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: On behalf of the constituents and the members of Fine Gael in the constituency of Sligo-Leitrim, north Roscommon and south Donegal, I want to send my condolences and sympathies to Finola Bruton, the Bruton family and my colleague Richard Bruton. John Bruton was a man of principle, ideas, honour, integrity and passion. He was also a great man of honesty and fun. I want to talk about my...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (7 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider as part of his planning for Budget 2025 re-introducing the tax relief at €2,000 for persons paying tax in the State who have private health insurance and have experienced the dramatic price rises in their premiums in recent months. [5441/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (1 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any further consideration has been given to the proposal to sanction a new primary school for Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; if the Board of Management has identified a potential site for a new school; and whether communication has been received by her Department seeking approval to negotiate with any potential site owner. [4691/24]