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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Frank Feighan: I support Deputy Grealish. The large-scale sports infrastructure fund has been very important and we should have another large-scale sports infrastructure fund as soon as possible. The Minister of State will be familiar with one club in the north west, Sligo Rovers, a co-operative venture owned by the people of Sligo and surrounding areas. They want to apply along with many others in my...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Frank Feighan: On a point of clarification, Sligo Rovers will play the Minister of State's club, Drogheda United, on 28 October at 6 o'clock. When he comes to visit his in-laws, he and the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, are more than welcome to call in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Frank Feighan: I thank the witnesses for taking the time to come in here today. I appreciate the great work they are doing in the Department of Education. I have gone through the opening statements and there are a few questions I wish to ask. On the budget, a further 5% of the total education funding brings the area of special education to €2.7 billion. It also provides for an additional 744...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Frank Feighan: Yes, I think so.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

Frank Feighan: 13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will review and sanction the application for a building extension at a school (details supplied) as the current situation around accommodation for students is not sustainable due to its enrolment at 663 (an increase of almost 50% since its original accommodation was granted in 2019) which includes a co-educational aonad...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

Frank Feighan: Across from my constituency office on Pearse Road in Sligo is Mercy College, Sligo. On numerous occasions, I have heard nothing but positive references to the parents, teachers and students of this great college. Its enrolment is now at 663, which is an increase of almost 50% since the original accommodation was granted in 2019. It has applied for a building extension and has been informed...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister, and I appreciate that the Department has a large number of projects to manage but we would appreciate if the Minister could follow up on our request so this project can be moved forward. Three years on from the announcement of this project, the accommodation remains the same despite an increase of 25% in our student enrolment. When the Minister is down in Sligo and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

Frank Feighan: I appreciate the demands that are there but we need to keep lines of communication open between the Department and the school. We will do everything to ensure that this happens.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (17 Oct 2023)

Frank Feighan: 352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when her Department is expected to pay the pension arrears and the exact amount to a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44721/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Frank Feighan: It is Deputy Feighan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Frank Feighan: This has been an interesting discussion. I am sorry I had to leave to go to another meeting. If I repeat what others have said, please remind me. Poverty and conflict will impact people with disabilities to a greater degree than people without disabilities. This is the case for those in low-income settings in particular. It sums up the challenges faced. It is good to see that slow and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (3 Oct 2023)

Frank Feighan: 525. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that a number of hotels and other approved accommodation centres across Ireland, (details supplied) have quite a number of rooms/beds available and are not fully occupied, despite the best efforts of management and owners in highlighting the vacancies there seems to be no take up from IPAS and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2023)

Frank Feighan: I welcome Mr. O'Brien and Mr. D'Arcy. I congratulate IBEC on its Peace and Prosperity campaign. It was very successful. Along with other Deputies and Senators, I attended the IBEC north-west annual presentation. It was all very positive. It was helpful for politicians. I ask them to keep up the good work. There are a few aspects I want to ask about. Regarding the transmissions of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (27 Sep 2023)

Frank Feighan: 98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify if a housing estate in County Roscommon (details supplied) can be included in the resolution programme under the National Development Plan for the period 2021-2025, to address legacy water services issues; if any of the existing allocated €68.5 million funding will be allocated to estates not viable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Frank Feighan: I welcome everybody and thank them for the great work they do. Things have changed in the last five or six years regarding public and rural transport. The rural transport initiative has transformed the way we look at our towns and villages. I thank everyone for the great work being done. I acknowledge my colleagues in the Green Party as well for the work they are doing. I did not think...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2023)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the witnesses. I thank them for the great work they and the trade unions have done over many decades in bringing together workers North and South and pursuing workers' rights. They are right. Like us all, we were very concerned about Brexit. I remember being over in the UK with Deputy Brendan Smith, and any time politicians asked us what we thought of Brexit, we would always...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Frank Feighan: I apologise for being late but I spent a little more time trying to get into Leinster House this evening than I would have liked. However, I was following the meeting on my iPhone. It is great to have modern technology. I am delighted to see the DSG represented here and I thank it for the work it is doing. It is great to see that there are people with lived experience of disability in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (20 Sep 2023)

Frank Feighan: 513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in a housing development with developer-provided infrastructure for wastewater treatment plants that cannot be connected to a public mains in order that Uisce Éireann can take these over, if there are plans for this to be addressed by his Department to alleviate the burden that is been placed on residents of the estates...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (13 Jul 2023)

Frank Feighan: 278. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) will be afforded the opportunity to file form 11, 2022, manually and not on-line, given the person in question does not have access to broadband or the internet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34866/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increased Employment Participation, Self-employment and Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Frank Feighan: The witnesses are very welcome today. They have come with some problems but also with some solutions, which is very helpful. I congratulate Mr. Hennessy and thank him very much for his presentation. It was interesting. As he was cycling around Ireland, he decided, with the help of Headway, to start a business. There are issues and Mr. Hennessy has highlighted them. We do not have a...