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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (23 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: 660. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full update regarding the development of the 42 bed unit extension to Sligo University Hospital; the timelines around tender closing dates and expected construction commencement and competition; and if he will update regarding other capital developments in and around the hospital campus in Sligo. [2993/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: First, may we send our condolences to the family of the late Tony Lloyd, MP for Rochdale? Tony had been an MP since 1983, previously in Manchester, and served many times as a minister in UK Labour Party Governments. He was also shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2018 to 2020. He was just a great guy. He was a great listener. He was on the all-party parliamentary group on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body (18 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: We have a lot of greenways.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: I thank your guests for coming to our meeting today and for their hard work over the years. We have a very talented, hard-working, responsible and powerful team here today. It is great to have them. Much good work has gone on here. I have just a few questions. At the public meeting here on 6 December, Independent Living Movement Ireland stated Ireland is not really good at asking...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: 972. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of jobseekers allowance payments for 12 months or longer, for two years or longer, three years or longer, four years or longer and for five years or longer, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1679/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: 973. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people on jobseekers allowance who are long-term unemployed and who had penalties applied to their payments in 2023 due to failure to engage with her Department's labour activation services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1680/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: 974. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people on jobseekers allowance who are currently in receipt of a reduced jobseekers allowance payment due to a penalty imposed on their payment for failure to engage with her Department's activation services; if she will consider stepping up control work in this area in 2024; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: 975. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps her Department intends to take in 2024 to ensure that long-term unemployed persons are encouraged to take up employment given the labour shortages being experienced in many sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1682/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: 976. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the savings achieved by her Department arising from control work in respect of jobseekers allowance payments for each year between 2013-2023; the savings she estimates her Department will achieve in 2024 from control measures in relation to long term jobseekers allowance payments, in tabular form; and if she will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2023)

Frank Feighan: It is great to see Mr. Neill, Mr. Roberts and Mr. Kelly. We have seen a lot of them in the past year, which is positive. I attended the launch of the report in Iveagh House in July and it was incredible to see how the Northern Ireland economy has changed. Retail Northern Ireland will drive growth and prosperity in the next ten years and we need more of that. It is welcome. We have been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (12 Dec 2023)

Frank Feighan: 346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the normal funding options for small DEIS schools; if her Department will introduce a small grants work (minor works) scheme and IT support grant; if the current ancillary (general) grant will be reviewed and increased in line with recent inflationary pressures on energy and other related increases that many small...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (12 Dec 2023)

Frank Feighan: 450. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is a prerequisite for local authorities to insist on applicants for the vacant home refurbishment grants to supply full details and professional and technical reports on the condition of the existing septic tank of the property before they consider processing the vacant homes grant application; if applicants can seek...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (12 Dec 2023)

Frank Feighan: 487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive a decision regarding the review of their carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54926/23]

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Frank Feighan: Some years ago, my great friend, the late TD, Louis J. Belton, commented at a Fine Gael Parliamentary Party meeting that one cannot have law without order. In the past few years, maybe because of abuse of social media and the spread of fake news, Ireland has changed. There is a lot of anger and vicious abuse of people, particularly public representatives and those who with responsible...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (5 Dec 2023)

Frank Feighan: 373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she would provide clarification as to whether children who turned 18 this year but are still attending secondary school are entitled to have their child benefit reinstated after the recent budget 2024 announcement, noting that if this measure only came into effect from September 2024, this would put all leaving...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Frank Feighan: I have spent three hours here waiting to speak.

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Frank Feighan: I condemn the awful and disgraceful events in Dublin last week. Our thoughts are with the innocent children, the care workers and all of those who rightly intervened to save lives. I thank all the emergency services, and the brave men and women of An Garda Síochána who stood firm to protect our citizens and our society, and to uphold the rule of law. We need to give An Garda...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network (22 Nov 2023)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. This is an issue that many people have brought to my attention and I see it myself. There are times that we want more trains from Sligo going through Ballymote, Collooney, Boyle, Carrick-on-Shannon, Dromod and Longford. If I want to get from Dublin to Longford, that is fine, but we want to get to the north west. I thank the Minister of State...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network (22 Nov 2023)

Frank Feighan: This is a long-running saga. I recall 30 years ago coming to Leinster House to fight for the survival of the Dublin-Sligo train line. We are very proud of the line but I do not think it gets the attention it deserves. Something is happening in Sligo and the north west. I always say Sligo is the new Galway of the north west. The number of talented young people who have come to our area,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Article 23 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the witnesses. I read the statements with interest and I thank the witnesses for taking the time today to come online. It is very important. I have a number of questions that I want to ask. In the 2016 census more than 209,000 women with disabilities stated they had children and 63% of disabled women are mothers compared with 46.9% of non-disabled women. As the committee has...