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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: The Tánaiste will be aware that last year the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, announced over €50 million for communities across Ireland who opened their village or town to so many people from Ukraine fleeing war and aggression from Russia and the Putin regime. The funding has been allocated across all local authorities based on the number of new arrivals located there. Many...

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (25 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: The petitioners are very welcome. It was very interesting to note their commitment to and passion for an area in which I feel we have lacked in recent years. Every time I cycle in Germany or Holland, in the summer or winter, I always ask why we cannot have their facilities in Ireland. We can have them only if people like the witnesses, from various communities, get up and go with an idea...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (24 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister of State. I am happy that the Minister recognises the importance of the community involvement scheme and that it allows communities to access funds for repairs of more lightly trafficked public roads. I hope the upcoming budget will be more committed to continuously supporting the community involvement scheme because it is important. It is about residents living around...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (24 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, for coming to Sligo last Friday. His trip was very informative and welcome. I also thank him for taking this Topical Issue on the community involvement scheme. The House, especially those of us who were members of our local authorities before being Members of the Oireachtas, will be aware that the CIS was fully embraced and taken up by many...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Waste Management (23 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: 405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered providing a reduction or payment assistance in relation to domestic waste charges for disabled people particularly to persons who have excess charges because they suffer from incontinence or other similar issues that incur extra waste disposal charges. [2954/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (23 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: 608. To ask the Minister for Health if it is a requirement for a doctor who is seeking to be issued with a GMS registration that he/she must agree to an allocation of (public) patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2619/24]

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...