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

Frank Feighan: ...asked us what we thought of Brexit, we would always tell them, as diplomatically as we could, that we looked at it as the British shooting themselves in our foot. Unfortunately, it happened and we are where we are but much great work has been done. The witnesses are correct that Brexit has affected workers' rights and employment law. We must work together. The trade unions are unique...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Frank Feighan: ..., most people like the witnesses could spend their time going to meetings and functions and they could nearly eat out for the next five years on Brexit. A famous saying about Brexit is that we are where we are and we have to see where we will go now. With regard to devolution, we are in a very dangerous situation. There has not been a government for one and a half years. The longer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Student Access to Higher Education: Discussion (30 May 2013)

Frank Feighan: ...figures are very much manipulated. I would like to know how many of those students attended Trinity College. I suspect the figure is much higher than that for UCD, although I may be wrong. We are where we are and I very much welcome this report. I very much welcome the idea of a higher education joint working group. This committee must work very closely with the three institutes of...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2010)

Frank Feighan: ...to their jobs. The days of people working an extra two hours for overtime pay are over. The country cannot afford to pay it. We must now wear the green jersey and get ourselves out of this mess. We are where we are, as everyone says. AIB, Bank of Ireland and so on are in NAMA and we should support them. These banks need money and there is a lot of money out there. There are unions...