Results 61-80 of 1,220 for speaker:Mark Wall

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (30 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: 894. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider a scheme to subsidise the cost of a prostate check for those in receipt of a State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51742/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (30 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: 895. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the project to provide a new hospital at St Vincent's Athy, Country Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51743/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Community Development Projects (30 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: 1001. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he intends to advertise another round of community centre investment fund grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51750/25]

Industrial Relations (Boycott of Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: In accordance with Standing Order 85(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Wednesday, 1 October 2025.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (25 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. She is right; it is a problem in County Kildare and a problem throughout the State, but it is particularly bad in the town of Kilcullen. Nowhere else that I know of has 110 families facing childcare difficulties in the one town. The population of Kilcullen is just over 4,000, so one can imagine the percentage of families seeking childcare. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (25 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Niamh Smyth, for coming to the House. I want to talk to her about childcare, particularly in Kilcullen, County Kildare, in my constituency. It was the end of July when I was contacted via email and phone by a number of families in Kilcullen about the lack of childcare in that growing town. I met with a large number of mothers on a very sunny day...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: 83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide the number of requests for an oral hearing over the past four years; the number of oral hearings that have been held virtually, in-person and over the phone, in the past four years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50021/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: I think we can all agree on the importance of oral hearings as part of the social welfare appeals process. To that end, I ask the Minister to set out the number of requests for oral hearings over the past four years, and the number of oral hearings held virtually, in person and over the phone.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: I thank the Minister for the reply. My concern is that a reply to a parliamentary question from my colleague, Deputy Duncan Smith, stated that social welfare held 5,397 oral hearings in 2018 and the Minister has confirmed that the 2024 figure was down to 432. I am sure the Minister gets many requests for appeals. I know my office does. One of the mechanisms my office has used is the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: I have to disagree on the importance of oral hearings. Much as virtual contact is good and modern, I deal with many people who cannot come to terms with that new technology. I used to attend 30 to 40 oral hearings. I am sure other Members of the House used to attend them as well. I have hardly attended one in the past two years because of the lack of oral hearings being held. When you...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: 127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he intends to introduce a cost of disability payment in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50031/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: 119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will extend the domiciliary care allowance from 16 to 18 in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50032/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (25 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: 124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider changing the means-test for the state pension (non-contributory) from gross to net income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50029/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2026 (25 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: 136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to clarify whether his Department intends to introduce a targeted, second tier payment of child benefit in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50030/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: 303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he plans on abolishing the means-test for the carer’s allowance in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50024/25]

Auto-Enrolment: Statements (24 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: I am glad to get the chance to speak on auto-enrolment which is a very important topic for workers in this country, as has been said by colleagues throughout the House. The Labour Party broadly welcomes the introduction of the auto-enrolment scheme which is very much needed. It will and should provide an uplift to the basic standard of living in the future for workers in this country who...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I appreciate the promotion. I raise the importance of the housing aid and housing adaption grants that are administered by the local authorities. In particular, I refer to a letter recently received by all public representatives in County Kildare stating that the grants have been paused. My office is aware of more than 20 applicants who have been told to apply...

Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the number of children in consistent poverty nearly doubled in 2024 to 8.5 per cent, rising by over 45,000 in one year to 104,780, up from 4.7 per cent in 2023; — the research by Economic and Social Research Institute shows one in five children, over 225,000, live in families below the poverty line when housing costs...

Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: I hope that is something we can all agree on in this House. An eviction ban on cases where children are involved should help to provide some respite for the many households that are struggling. We can help to protect future generations and that would lead to a long-lasting, positive outcome for Ireland's young people. The eviction ban during the Covid-19 pandemic prevented people entering...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (23 Sep 2025)

Mark Wall: 13. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans for introducing a reimbursement scheme for families who have had to pay for private therapies for their child due to long waiting lists for public services. [50027/25]