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

Frank Feighan: .... I appreciate that. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on behalf of the farmers I represent and to highlight the unique challenges that many of them have to face due to marginal land holdings. The constituency I represent which includes the hinterland of north Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim and south Donegal has a very strong agricultural output, with a particularly high number of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Apr 2024)

Frank Feighan: ...address the fodder crisis which has put farmers under pressure. We need to do more. We need to come up with a voucher scheme because farmers, certainly those in the north west who are on marginal land, are really feeling the pain and we need to assist them as quickly as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: ...will extend the exemption for local authorities from the part 8 own development approval process and from planning, for the provision of specified forms of housing developments on designated State lands, beyond the current deadline of 31 December 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9485/24]

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

Frank Feighan: ...kept. Regarding the witnesses' comment that their Astroturf football pitch was once a hub of activity but was sacrificed, could they try to get the local authority to find out whether any other land is available? I would advise the witnesses to go through their politicians. I understand that there is a good TD here from Louth. I will leave it at that. The area in which I am really...

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Frank Feighan: ...moneys from the RRDF, the town and village scheme and CLÁR. Derelict buildings have been problematic but in the coming months the old Royal Hotel will become a bright new building in the centre of the town and provide a landing space for start-up businesses and exhibition space. The Minister came down and saw that site before and after. That riverside promenade and civic space will...

Irish Sheep Sector: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Frank Feighan: ..., and this was said to me by the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association, ICSA, due to the multiplier factor, an additional 1.33% is generated in the Irish economy. Sheep farms are based across all counties of Ireland but particularly in the west. That is probably areas where other types of farms are simply not possible. Only for sheep farming, that land would certainly not be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Jan 2023)

Frank Feighan: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide clarification on the residential zoned land tax and whether there are exemptions for farmers and agricultural land zoned for a mixture of uses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3145/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Properties (8 Nov 2022)

Frank Feighan: ...on the matter of vacant or derelict buildings in HSE ownership. This is in the context of the Housing for All plan and the national effort on housing and supports for Ukrainians arriving in Ireland. The HSE periodically review the heath estate property portfolio in light of current and projected needs of the health service and also demographic projections and resourcing...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Climate Action Plan (31 Mar 2022)

Frank Feighan: ...reduce to between 16 million to 18 million tonnes in 2030, which is an absolute reduction of between 5 million and 7 million tonnes. The sector will also contribute additionally through reducing land-based emissions, through better managing our soils and, in particular, peat soils.The focus over the next decade will be on a significant cut in chemical nitrogen use, by making better use of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces Properties (3 Mar 2022)

Frank Feighan: ...of my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Coveney, I thank the Senator for raising this important issue today. Unfortunately, I wish to advise the House that there are no plans to dispose of any land held by the Defence Forces in the Stamullen and Gormanston areas to local authorities for The Minister and I fully appreciate the importance of local community groups and the outstanding work...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces Properties (3 Mar 2022)

Frank Feighan: .... This matter has been discussed at the highest level in the Defence Forces. Unfortunately, I do not have good news for the Senator, but in light of the issues she has raised and the fact that no lands are available under the development plan, perhaps we could ask the Defence Forces to consider this matter again.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces Properties (3 Mar 2022)

Frank Feighan: ...also consider their operational requirements. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to accommodate within the role and requirements of the Defence Forces requests from communities to access lands. I ask that the Senator write in and seek a meeting. I would love to see there being some mechanism whereby the local community could access those lands. I have seen myself how important...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (3 Feb 2022)

Frank Feighan: ...with officials from Kildare County Council regarding this site acquisition. The Department is continuing to actively engage with all stakeholders. Given the commercial sensitivities associated with land acquisitions generally, the Department of Education is not in a position to provide any further information at this stage. Deputy Durkan has asked me to convey the urgency of the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...it as one of its nine key objectives. Our own Food Vision 2030 also highlights the challenge and proposes a number of actions, including maintaining the strong level of current support, the promotion of land mobility and succession planning, and increased education. This reflects the need to ensure a vibrant agriculture sector equipped with skilled and innovative young farmers to respond...

Statistics (Decade of Centenaries) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Oct 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...was a republican who left the door open for Austin Stack to release him and, from what I hear, Austin Stack bottled it and years later came into the Dáil. That is recorded in a book, possibly one about the Kerry landings but I am not sure. I like to put little things like that on the record sometimes. In the 15 years since the previous census was taken, in 1911, Ireland had gone...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (6 Oct 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...patterns of development, also taking into account the critical need to ensure the availability and choice of housing, including for older people as the Senator said. The efficient use of urban land, existing service amenities and infrastructure and issues such as traffic congestion, competitiveness and public health also need to be taken into account. In terms of the issues raised, it...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (6 Oct 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...to provide a greater choice of housing types for older people in their communities. This includes new typologies that tie in with compact growth objectives to address the efficient use of urban land where services and supports are available. The Senator rightly said that the current density guidelines allow for more flexibility in many circumstances. This has been clarified by the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Prison Mental Health Services (25 Nov 2020)

Frank Feighan: ...of the most recently published European model rules. A specifically designed detention facility in Dublin Airport will provide a dedicated short-term facility for persons refused permission to land and will reduce the need to transfer such persons to another facility. The operation, management and governance of special observation cells is being reviewed and a clear distinction between...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration Authority (30 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 905. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will enquire with the Land Registry Office regarding the way in which a situation (details supplied) could occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13626/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Office of Public Works (16 Jun 2020)

Frank Feighan: 145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding spent to date by the Office of Public Works on acquiring and servicing lands in Caltragh, Sligo town, to accommodate the construction of a new Garda regional headquarters in Sligo, including legal fees, site acquisition, advertising and other associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10739/20]