Results 821-840 of 1,009 for speaker:Mark Wall

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the provision of a town bus for Newbridge, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17373/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (8 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 372. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update position on primary medical certificates; if changes will be made to the scheme during the term of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17459/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school bus ticket for a person in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16644/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeships registered with her Department for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17030/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (8 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 690. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are figures available detailing the number of speeding fines issued resulting from the decrease in speed limits in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17028/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 841. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the development of a national early learning and childcare agency; the actions her Department has taken to date to set up the agency; the further actions her Department plans to take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17456/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 1063. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that all available opportunities for trade apprenticeships within each Government Department are being allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17031/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 84. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the national childcare website does not list fees for childcare providers for the year 2021; if her Department will rectify this as matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21091/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 92. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the number of access and inclusion model childcare places provided since 2020, by county, in tabular form; the actions she is taking to increase places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20982/25]

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: I thank my colleague, Deputy Eoghan Kenny, for tabling this important motion. I thank and welcome all the parents and guardians who are in the Gallery today. If we cannot value the things that matter the most, like a right to education, how can we build a future for our children? Our Labour Party motion does exactly that. It highlights a right to education as a basic value of Irish...

Report of the Farrelly Commission: Statements (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: I thank the Minister for the way she went about making arrangements for this debate. I also offer my condolences to her and her family. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Farrelly commission report on behalf of the Labour Party. At the heart of this scandal are two matters, namely Grace and other vulnerable children and how they were maliciously failed by the State and those...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disabilities Assessments (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: As part of the work of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Autism, we had a number of presentations on the cost of disability to families. One of the most recent reports I have seen shows there is an additional €30,000 per annum cost for a family with a disability or a loved one with a disability. That is obviously substantial and causes hardship. A lot of that hardship is ongoing....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disabilities Assessments (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: I thank the Minister. Reference has been made to the work programme for the social protection committee. I am sure, along with others in the House, that this is something that we would love to have included in the work programme. It is very important for many people when they are looking at an additional €30,000 that they have to scrape for to find. This is a substantial amount....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: I thank the Minister. We have spoken about this already today, as the Minister rightly said. It is encouraging to see the number of people who have been rewarded. We have spoke about women and their contribution. That is reflected in the numbers the Minister has presented. They are the ones that unfortunately had to stay at home in many cases to look after children. They get their due...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: The Minister is 100% right. One of the main questions I get in my clinics when people come in to fill out applications for a State pension is about the qualifying contributions and so on. It is important that we all broadcast this and put it on our social media and everywhere else we can, as the figures are low. It is a start but we need to encourage more people to avail of it and to get...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disabilities Assessments (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will update the Dáil on the work his Department has carried out in designing a cost of disability payment, as outlined in the programme for Government; the expected date of introduction of such a payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21989/25]