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Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences against the Person (Amendment) (Spiking) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: I congratulate our three distinguished visitors in the Gallery for their work on this Bill, because it is so important. I thank Senator Doherty and all those who have worked on it. As Senator Doherty has said, it is an issue for those of us who have children when they go out and socialise at night. We welcome the work that has been done by everyone on this important Bill. Does the Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: I, too, welcome our guests. A couple of weeks ago, I was chairing while a Private Members’ Bill was being considered in the Seanad. I believe Mr. Hession was present on the day with the Minister. The Minister was quite clear that nobody would lose their payment. Indeed, Mr. Hession said in the opening statement this morning that the Department does not wish to cause any anxiety or...

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: I welcome the Minister to the House.

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: Senator Clonan, are you sharing time?

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: Is this a point of order, Senator McGreehan?

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: The point is made.

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: The point is made. I call Senator Clonan, without interruption.

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: We need somebody to second the motion.

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: You can. Please second the motion.

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: I welcome all those from CoAction, Clonakilty, County Cork who are with us today as guests of Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan. They are welcome to Seanad Éireann. I hope they enjoy their stay.

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: I thank Senator Clonan and others for bringing forward this important motion. As Senator Black has done, I pay particular tribute to Senator Clonan. I know this matter is close to his heart, given his direct experience of challenges faced by people with disabilities and their families and of trying to navigate the dysfunctional support systems we have. He is a tremendous advocate for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report on Participation Income for Family Carers: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: I welcome all our guests and thank them very much for their time, as well as for the report, which I read last night. There are a couple of issues. I think it was Dr. Cullen who spoke about worth and value. I deal with carer's allowance on a daily basis and I think in the last statistics I saw that 77% of those who are on carer's allowance are actually women. Many of those women tell me...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report on Participation Income for Family Carers: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: Can I come back to that point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report on Participation Income for Family Carers: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: I take what the professor said. Where are the witnesses in relation to the medical assessment? Are they proposing changes or are they looking at changes? Do they think it is fit for purpose at the moment? I wanted to follow up on that comment, and Professor Murphy has just mentioned it again. I know she is not saying that we should carte blanche give carer's allowance to everybody, but...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (10 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: It is always important to start with the proud history of St. Vincent’s Hospital in Athy. It can be traced back to the opening of the Athy workhouse on 9 January 1844. This came just in time to relieve some of the hardships and effects of the Famine in and around the area of south Kildare. The next big event was the arrival of the Sisters of Mercy in 1873 and in 1898 it became a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (10 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: I agree this is good news for the people of Athy and south Kildare. There is always concern when mention is made concerning value for money, such as at the end of the Minister of State's response. I assure the Government and the HSE, however, that the people of Athy will stand over the value for money provided, day in and day out, by the staff and management of St. Vincent's Hospital, Athy....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: I, too, support calls for a debate in this Chamber on what has been ongoing since the weekend. As has been said, it is important that the international community come together and that we debate this matter in the House to determine where we can go. We have all seen the horrific videos and photographs online of innocents being destroyed in this conflict. I totally support what has been...

Seanad: Care Payments: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Mark Wall: I second the motion. I too welcome the Minister to the House today. I thank my Labour Party colleagues for proposing the motion. As my colleague, Senator Sherlock, has said, we are dealing with 500,000 family carers. I have spoken previously to the Minister at the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands about the carer's allowance. We have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Mark Wall: I want to be associated with Senator Carrigy's remarks and the work he has done with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Autism. I am a member of that committee, which has done terrific work. We look forward to the implementation of the 109 recommendations set out in our report. I encourage all Members to do the training, which I hope to avail of next week at the next session. At 4 p.m....