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Seanad: Sex Offenders (Amendment) (Coercive Control) Bill 2023: Second Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Mark Wall: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. I call Senator O'Loughlin.

Seanad: Sex Offenders (Amendment) (Coercive Control) Bill 2023: Second Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Mark Wall: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I thank our Fianna Fáil colleagues, Senators O'Loughlin and Clifford-Lee, for introducing this important Bill, which the Labour Party supports. Notwithstanding what the Minister of State has said about the concerns she has raised and their implications for the provisions of this Bill, we hope they can be thrashed out and worked through in a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Mark Wall: I welcome our guests here today. I have a couple of questions about average connection times for the ESB and for Uisce Éireann. Deputy Ó Cuív mentioned the 16 weeks for connection with Uisce Éireann but can we get specific dates in relation to average connection and especially for rural once-off houses? What are the average connection times at the moment for the ESB and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Mark Wall: Yes. I will come back in if I have any more questions.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2023)

Mark Wall: I too raise the "Prime Time" programme broadcast last night. When I left the House, I went home to watch it. I watched Sarah McInerney interview Niall Hodgins of the Garda Representative Association and it was an extraordinary interview. In his answers, Niall Hodgins informed all of us who were watching that, as my colleague has said, there was no plan. Garda members turned up simply...

Seanad: Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Mark Wall: The Acting Chairperson summed it up well. There is not a family that has not been touched, unfortunately, by pregnancy loss. The Labour Party is proposing to put workplace leave to deal with that on a statutory footing, as the Minister of State said. It is important. I second what the Minister of State said regarding the work of my colleague, Senator Sherlock, on this matter. It seems to...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Mark Wall: As no other Senators are indicating, I call on the Minister of State to reply.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Mark Wall: The Minister of State without interruption, please.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Mark Wall: The Minister of State without interruption, please.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Mark Wall: The Minister of State without interruption, please.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2023)

Mark Wall: There are two issues I wish to raise. Yesterday, the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, announced a detailed implementation plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. It is very welcome and goes into great detail regarding the 130 or so recommendations from that particular report. I ask that the Leader would organise a debate with the Tánaiste and Minister for...

Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)

Mark Wall: All neighbours.

Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)

Mark Wall: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I have raised sports funding in this House on a number of occasions. The last time the Minister of State was in the House we were debating a report from the sports and media committee when we raised sports funding as well. It is a vital conversation to have in this House. As has been mentioned a few times this evening, it is important for many...

Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)

Mark Wall: As I said, it is a separate club.

Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)

Mark Wall: I will explain again because the Minister of State was on his phone when I last explained. There are five clubs in Athy and they are beholden to those five clubs to use the facilities. The problem in Athy, which is being replicated in other places I will mention, is that those clubs are at full capacity. The pitches they have they need for their own teams. That is why we are at capacity...

Seanad: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Mark Wall: I welcome the Minister to the House. I begin by paying tribute to Teach Tearmainn, which provides a vital service for victims of domestic abuse and violence in my county of Kildare. Alongside emotional and informative supports, it offers refuge to women escaping horrific and traumatising situations in their homes. The work it does is commendable. As unfortunate as it is, its services are...

Seanad: Vacant and Derelict Buildings: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Mark Wall: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I join my colleague, Senator Sherlock, in thanking Senator Moynihan for her considerable input into what we consider, as all Senators have said, the important Private Members' motion we are discussing. A lot of emphasis has been put on Dublin for obvious reasons. For someone from a more rural area who travels through a lot of rural areas to get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Roll-out and Delivery of Broadband in Rural Areas: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Mark Wall: I apologise to the witnesses as I got parked on the N7 on the way in, as did a lot of people this morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Roll-out and Delivery of Broadband in Rural Areas: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Mark Wall: Yes, in fairness, we are working on that. A lot of people were caught on the N7 today. I thank the witnesses. I am benefiting from fibre broadband in my area, as are my neighbours. It has made a difference. It is important to start off with that. I apologise if my questions have been asked previously. There are pockets in the area where fibre has been delivered where for whatever...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Roll-out and Delivery of Broadband in Rural Areas: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Mark Wall: To clarify, what is happening here is that there are some additional works needed in order to provide for these people whose neighbours are getting fibre broadband. They have been told these works will be provided. This is going on for a number of months and unfortunately we have not been able to get to the bottom of it. Their neighbours are getting fibre broadband, but because of...