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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 May 2024)

Frank Feighan: 41. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical officer will be appointed to the Plunkett Home, Boyle, County Roscommon, given this position was advertised and approved at the end of 2023. [11712/24]

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister and Minister of State for the work they are doing. We have dealt with many evolving issues in the past four years since they took office and I thank them for sitting down and listening, not only to me but to the farmers in my constituency. I appreciate that. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on behalf of the farmers I represent and to highlight the unique...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Frank Feighan: I am an optimist. It is always good to see some good news here and I thank the witnesses for the great work they are doing. The TFI LocalLink has changed the way we do our business. I never thought that was possible but it is certainly being rolled out. A total of 90% of the regular rural bus service has a level of wheelchair accessibility. We need to do more but it is very high. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Apr 2024)

Frank Feighan: 1431. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve funding for the upgrade of audiology services at Sligo University Hospital which are in urgent need of funding for new equipment and the upgrade of clinic rooms (details supplied). [14549/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Mar 2024)

Frank Feighan: 1265. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical officer will be appointed to the Plunkett Home, Boyle, County Roscommon, given this position was advertised and approved at the end of 2023. [11754/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Mar 2024)

Frank Feighan: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a Leitrim based apprentice (details supplied) who trained under SOLAS are not recognising the time he spent working at an accredited company from July 2020 to May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11373/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Safeguarding: Safeguarding Ireland (21 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: I thank Ms Rickard-Clarke, Ms O'Connor and Mr. Cavanagh for coming in today. We appreciate the great work Safeguarding Ireland has done since it was established following issues in December 2015. I have a few questions. The Irish Association of Social Workers has highlighted that 51,000 concerns about the abuse and neglect of adults have been reported to the safeguarding and protection...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Key Issues Affecting Youth: North South Youth Forum (15 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: It is a great honour and pleasure to have the witnesses here today. It is great to see young people having a huge interest in politics and the way our countries work. This is the future. When I was growing up, I wished there were forums like this. I am not sure I would have been allowed to be on them, but I am delighted to see the witnesses have an interest. It is important that they...

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: On behalf of the constituents and the members of Fine Gael in the constituency of Sligo-Leitrim, north Roscommon and south Donegal, I want to send my condolences and sympathies to Finola Bruton, the Bruton family and my colleague Richard Bruton. John Bruton was a man of principle, ideas, honour, integrity and passion. He was also a great man of honesty and fun. I want to talk about my...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (7 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider as part of his planning for Budget 2025 re-introducing the tax relief at €2,000 for persons paying tax in the State who have private health insurance and have experienced the dramatic price rises in their premiums in recent months. [5441/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (31 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: 33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what action he is taking to safeguard the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland, and future investment in manufacturing and research and development into Ireland, from any unintended consequences as a result of the European Commission pharmaceutical review, currently under way; if he can update on any meetings his Department has had on...

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Jan 2024)

Frank Feighan: I am grateful for the opportunity to discuss this very important charities Bill which, as the House is aware, revises and updates the 2009 Charities Act. I thank the Minister of State for taking time to come to the House today but also for his work in this area. We are all too aware of the various news stories over the past number of years detailing various accusations. It is a fact...

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 Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (12 Dec 2023)

Frank Feighan: ...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 funding under this scheme to provide for an upgrade of the septic tank system; if not, if the funding opportunity comes solely under the septic tank renewal grant which is...

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...

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: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Frank Feighan: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. I wish to put on the record my thanks for their great work and service in a difficult area. Sometimes it can go without saying, but I thank them once again. The Ombudsman for Children report entitled Nowhere to Turn states the interagency working between the HSE and Tusla remains a problem in some areas and with regard to children being left in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Community Development Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Frank Feighan: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will proceed to give permission to MSLETB to proceed with a lease on a portion of derelict grounds at Drumshanbo, County Leitrim to the local community centre committee (details supplied) to develop a new sports facility and playing courts which may not proceed unless matters around the lease are progressed soon. [49491/23]