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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...

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

Frank Feighan: The Department has given funding for transport to 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.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for their great work. Many clubs throughout the country are eagerly waiting for the sporting grants. There are far too many of those clubs in my constituency to mention. However, the one area I am very interested in is the large-scale sport infrastructure fund. I represent Sligo Rovers in the north west. I was in Tallaght Stadium last Friday...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (5 Mar 2024)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister of State, and I look forward to the application process. He said that the Government's fundamental aim in its national sports policy is to increase the levels of participation in sport and physical activity across the population. This has a specific focus on less represented groups, including women and girls. A lot of good progress has been made in Sligo, and I want to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (5 Mar 2024)

Frank Feighan: Applications are eagerly anticipated for the large-scale sports infrastructure fund by regional sporting organisations. I am trying to find out when the Minister expects this fund to open. Sport plays a huge role in people's lives and one such sports club is Sligo Rovers Football Club in my area. The Acting Chair will know how important it is to the community. It is a community-based...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2024)

Frank Feighan: There is considerable concern across my constituency of Sligo–Leitrim, north Roscommon, south Donegal and, indeed, many others regarding the lack of available grant funding to apply for an extension of the sewerage schemes in many of our local towns and villages. Some years ago, prior to the establishment of Irish Water, the Department of housing provided significant funding on a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Feb 2024)

Frank Feighan: As the Minister is aware, the Government has a plan to reduce the cost of part-time education, which was announced in the budget. He is aware that many people in counties Sligo and Leitrim, and throughout the country, are part-time students. In my constituency, Atlantic Technological University, ATU, which we are very proud of, offers a number of part-time education courses. Often,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Frank Feighan: I have spent three hours here waiting to speak.

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Frank Feighan: I condemn the awful and disgraceful events in Dublin last week. Our thoughts are with the innocent children, the care workers and all of those who rightly intervened to save lives. I thank all the emergency services, and the brave men and women of An Garda Síochána who stood firm to protect our citizens and our society, and to uphold the rule of law. We need to give An Garda...

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,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Frank Feighan: I support Deputy Grealish. The large-scale sports infrastructure fund has been very important and we should have another large-scale sports infrastructure fund as soon as possible. The Minister of State will be familiar with one club in the north west, Sligo Rovers, a co-operative venture owned by the people of Sligo and surrounding areas. They want to apply along with many others in my...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Frank Feighan: On a point of clarification, Sligo Rovers will play the Minister of State's club, Drogheda United, on 28 October at 6 o'clock. When he comes to visit his in-laws, he and the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, are more than welcome to call in.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

Frank Feighan: 13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will review and sanction the application for a building extension at a school (details supplied) as the current situation around accommodation for students is not sustainable due to its enrolment at 663 (an increase of almost 50% since its original accommodation was granted in 2019) which includes a co-educational aonad...