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Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Frank Feighan: Then I can raise it on the Order of Business and that is what I am doing.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Frank Feighan: I am seeking an answer.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Frank Feighan: It would be reasonable to get an answer from the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources or his representative tonight.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Frank Feighan: Will Senator Mansergh allow me to join the debate?

Seanad: Development of Rugby: Motion. (29 Jan 2003)

Frank Feighan: In the early 1980s when I was playing Gaelic football and soccer with enthusiasm, a rugby club called East Connacht was founded in Carrick-on-Shannon. The club generated considerable interest in north Roscommon, south Sligo and Leitrim and many of my friends were involved in it. The highlight of the year was the game against Loughrea or Creggs which the team invariably lost. We used to enjoy...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Post Office Network. (29 Jan 2003)

Frank Feighan: I thank Senator Mansergh for sharing time with me. Why has the Government subvented An Post to the tune of €12.5 million over the past two years when, as I understand, it is being used to pressurise and coerce postmasters and postmistresses to retire early from their post offices or continue on an agency basis? The criteria for obtaining this agency status are to sell stamps or pay pensions...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jan 2003)

Frank Feighan: The area allowance scheme was both useful and practical to encourage the long-term unemployed to set up their own businesses and get back into full-time employment. While I have praised the scheme, why has the Government changed one of the criteria from one year's unemployment to five years' unemployment? The scheme got the long-term unemployed out of a cycle of unemployment and also helps...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Feb 2003)

Frank Feighan: Will the Leader invite the chief executive officer of Irish Rail to outline to the House what has been done to upgrade the railway lines? I know the company's slogan says it is getting there but last Monday many of my constituents complained about the Dublin to Sligo line. The train from Sligo was 20 minutes late getting in to Dublin and half an hour late getting back from Dublin to Sligo....

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Feb 2003)

Frank Feighan: Can the Leader ask the Minister for Transport for a statement on the matter? He is responsible for Irish Rail.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

Frank Feighan: I thank my colleague, Senator Leyden, for supporting my call for a debate on the closure of rural post offices.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

Frank Feighan: These closures are an attack on rural Ireland and the reason I raise the matter—

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

Frank Feighan: This is a separate issue. The Department of Transport introduced a rural transport initiative under which some areas were selected on a trial basis. However, due to a bureaucratic bungle, old age pensioners cannot use this rural transport because it has not been registered. If old age pensioners cannot use rural transport in rural Ireland, that transport initiative is doomed. I ask the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

Frank Feighan: My issue was not addressed. Order of Business agreed to.

Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Second Stage. (11 Feb 2003)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the Minister to the House. The original Opticians Act, which this Bill is amending, dates from 1956. It seems it has been 48 years since this area has been visited. In researching this Bill, I found that the then Minister was Mr. O'Higgins of the coalition Government and that prior work was done in the previous Government by Dr. Ryan. The main thrust of that Act was to bring order...

Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Second Stage. (11 Feb 2003)

Frank Feighan: This section seems to make common sense since if an optometrist sees something untoward in a patient's eye, he or she will alert the patient to this. Oddly, the title "optician" is used in section 12(b)(4) when earlier amendments have been made to substitute the word "optometrists". Why continue to use the word "optician"? Great progress is being made in this area of health care, particularly...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Rail Services. (11 Feb 2003)

Frank Feighan: I wish to share my time with Senator Feeney.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Rail Services. (11 Feb 2003)

Frank Feighan: Despite many cash injections, Iarnród Éireann has unsuitable and unsafe passenger trains on its mainline network, especially on the Sligo and Westport lines. Locomotives break down regularly and people living in Connacht expect this as the norm. Passengers are considered second-class citizens. Recently a train on the Sligo-Dublin line was late and no apology was given. Carriages used on the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Rail Services. (11 Feb 2003)

Frank Feighan: If a person catches a cold on a train, it cannot really be safe. If there is no heat, it would be possible to die.

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Feb 2003)

Frank Feighan: I would like the Leader of the House to ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to come to the House to explain his crazy suggestion that local authorities should be allowed to determine the opening hours of pubs. This reckless and crazy idea does not address the serious problem of excess consumption of alcohol. On a lighter note, I am sure the Leader, who is an avid football...

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Feb 2003)

Frank Feighan: It is quite appropriate—