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Seanad: Cost of Living: Motion (15 Jun 2022)

Mark Wall: I will not read out all that I have prepared. I welcome the Minister to the House. The reality is that we all know that more and more families are hurting and finding it difficult to make ends meet. They are turning to us, and other public representatives, in greater numbers to assist them in finding answers to the demands the cost of living is putting on them. Normally, the country's...

Seanad: Cost of Living: Motion (15 Jun 2022)

Mark Wall: No interruptions, please. Senators should speak through the Chair.

Seanad: Cost of Living: Motion (15 Jun 2022)

Mark Wall: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)

Mark Wall: I, too, welcome the Minister of State to the House to deal with this important emergency legislation. As he says, the purpose of the Bill is to amend section 8 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. As it did in the Lower House yesterday, the Labour Party welcomes this legislation and will be supporting it. There was, however, a worry articulated in the debate yesterday. The Minister...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)

Mark Wall: The Labour Party will be supporting the legislation today.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Mark Wall: I want to return to an important issue I raised with the Leader two weeks ago, that is, the reduction in the allocation of SNAs for some schools following the recent announcement. Setting aside the totally unacceptable way in which some SNAs found out on a website at 4.20 p.m. in the afternoon that they no longer had a job, the issue now is the unrealistic demands facing the schools that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Mark Wall: I also thank our guests for being with us this morning and it is a very important discussion we are having. If it is okay, I will start on the topic of carers. I am aware that in the run-up to the increases in the means test on 1 June, many letters were sent to carers and those in receipt of the carer's allowance. Does the Department have any idea of how many people lost out as a result of...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: I welcome the Minister. I acknowledge, as colleagues have, the Government's continued efforts to deal with the unjustified war in Ukraine and how this country has stood up and stood out in supporting the displaced people of that democratic country who have ended up in this country in their thousands, seeking our support. As colleagues have said, the Government and communities need to be...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: I move amendment No. 82: In page 51, to delete lines 26 to 32 and substitute the following: “(4) (a) Nothing in subsection (2)(a) prevents a broadcaster from broadcasting, or a relevant media service provider from making available, party political programmes provided that an unfair preference is not given to any political party— (i) by a broadcaster, in the allocation of...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: I am filling in for my colleague, Senator Sherlock. I welcome the paragraph the Minister has inserted but we have a question about the definition of "party political broadcast". We are seeking the inclusion of this further provision on that. I would welcome a comment from the Minister.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: I move amendment No. 84: In page 52, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(ba) in relation to broadcasters only— (i) that the broadcast programme material, taken as a whole— (I) adequately reflects the participation, and (II) is responsive to the interests, of members of all groups (defined by reference to gender, sexual orientation, disability,...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: We tabled this amendment following a Bill with which the Minister may be familiar that my colleague introduced this week on the amount of time allocated to females in broadcasting. As we all know, it is a very serious imbalance, and the amendment attempts to address that. We will try to progress the Bill my colleague has introduced but, in the meantime, we are seeking that this amendment...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: Based on the Minister's reply, I will withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: I move amendment No. 91: In page 53, line 22, to delete “salts or sugars” and substitute the following: “salts, sugars or milk-based formulae (infant milks, follow-on milks, growing-up milks and toddler milks) aimed at infants and young children up to 36 months”.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: I welcome amendments Nos. 89 and 90 that were brought forward by the Minister and withdraw amendment No. 91.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Transport (13 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: I welcome the Minister of State. I also welcome the recent 20% reduction in fares, as I have done previously, and the introduction of the youth travel card. Both changes are helping commuters and will make a difference but, as we all know, more is needed. The reason I tabled this matter is to once again highlight the totally unfair, penal and discriminatory difference in train fare prices...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Transport (13 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. As I said in my opening remarks, I appreciate what the Minister has done with regard to the forthcoming youth travel card and the 20% reduction in fares. Unfortunately, commuters in south Kildare will still be getting into their cars because doing so saves them €500 a year. In fact, some are saving €150 or €200 a month. I...