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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2021)

Mark Wall: I agree with and support Senator Chambers's call for clarification on maternity services. I have also received calls in recent days about partners still being obliged to sit in cars, making those phone calls and text messages to loved ones. The Leader has also supported those calls. The HSE has been out but we need clarity and, more importantly, those sitting in cars, sending texts and...

Seanad: Carer's Allowance: Motion (10 May 2021)

Mark Wall: I too welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, to the House. It is good to see him again. I thank Senator Seery Kearney and her Fine Gael colleagues for bringing this very important motion to the House today. However, it is beyond time for action to replace words. Government action is urgently needed on the motion before the House today. Last Wednesday, the Oireachtas Joint...

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion (10 May 2021)

Mark Wall: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I thank Senators Blaney and McGreehan for tabling the motion along with the other Fianna Fáil Senators. Those of us in the Labour Party agree with the opening statement of the motion. As political parties we must all reaffirm our commitment to the Good Friday Agreement. We will always support the full implementation of all aspects of this...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Customs Checks and Trade Flows in and out of Irish Ports: Discussion (10 May 2021)

Mark Wall: I welcome everybody. It is great to have representatives from three agencies in front of us. I thank them all for their contributions so far. I have a few questions. One of the issues raised, and already referred to by the Revenue witnesses, is the 24-hour rule. People in the road haulage sector have been asking if there is any leeway in that regard. The closeness of the UK and Ireland...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submisssions and Considerations: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Mark Wall: I wish to be associated with the remarks of the previous two speakers in welcoming representatives of both The Wheel and Community Gardens Ireland. I thank them very much for their presentations. I wish to be associated with the words of Deputy Carey on what community and voluntary organisations have done for us all during the pandemic. I am always struck by the volunteerism of so many...

Seanad: Loan Guarantee Schemes Agreements (Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland) Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Mark Wall: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I want to be associated with the Leas-Chathaoirleach's words regarding the momentous occasion we have all seen today in our towns and villages with so many retail outlets opening. I had the great pleasure of driving through my hometown of Athy this morning and seeing the pride businesses were taking again...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions and Considerations (Resumed): Irish Local Development Network (19 May 2021)

Mark Wall: I thank both witnesses for their presentations, and all those who work in LEADER programmes throughout the country. I have been involved in a number of them in my own County Kildare over a long period and have realised the great work they do on the ground. I want to pick up on one aspect mentioned by the Chairman in his introduction of the representatives, namely, tackling isolation....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions and Considerations (Resumed): Irish Local Development Network (19 May 2021)

Mark Wall: I thank the witnesses.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2021)

Mark Wall: I, too, want to thank Senator O’Donovan for bringing up epilepsy this week. I have a very close family member who had a late life experience, just as Senator O’Donovan had, and I can assure the House that it is a very scary experience to see a loved one going off in the back of an ambulance without knowing what has happened. I raise two issues with the Deputy Leader today. The...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2021)

Mark Wall: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank all my colleagues for this very important debate on housing and its supply, which I welcome. There is no doubt in my mind that we are in the middle of the biggest housing crisis ever to hit this State. Like many in this House, I am sure, my phone is full of messages, phone calls and emails from those who are struggling to get the basic human...

Seanad: Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 May 2021)

Mark Wall: I thank the Cathaoirleach for the opportunity to speak on this important Bill that I am proud to co-sign with my Labour colleagues. I thank Senator Ivana Bacik for her work on the Bill. Once again, she is promoting women's health in this country and identifying the many failures we have with regard to the health of women.Once again, she is introducing a Bill to assist women at one of the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Enrolments (25 May 2021)

Mark Wall: I welcome the Minister of State to the House to discuss a very important matter for many people in the county in which I live, Kildare. There is no doubt there is a problem there. It is acknowledged by the Minister for Education in replies to my Labour Party colleagues over the last year or so, and the direct conversations I have had with the Minister and her office. In acknowledging the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Enrolments (25 May 2021)

Mark Wall: I thank the Acting Chair and I also thank the Minister of State for the reply. Unfortunately, we are not hearing anything new in the reply the Minister of State has given us today. These are the same replies that all public representatives who have been pursuing this issue have been receiving because it is a very significant one for us all in south Kildare. It is the same reply as the one...

Seanad: Search and Rescue System: Motion (28 May 2021)

Mark Wall: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, to the House today. As other Members have said, it is very important that we start by thanking the men and women of the current SAR contract for their bravery and professionalism and what they do for us all on a daily basis. I also thank both Senators for bringing forward this Private Members' motion. It is very important that it is...

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Second Stage (31 May 2021)

Mark Wall: I, too, welcome the Minister of State to the House to discuss the purpose of this Bill, as he has outlined. That purpose is to update and set out in one stand-alone enactment the law relating to the State's maritime jurisdiction, including by giving further effect to relevant provisions of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, to repeal sections 2 and 3 of the Continental...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2021)

Mark Wall: I raise two items with the Leader. First, I request a debate on the urgent need for the Government to provide further supports to our sports clubs and to support the reopening of our youth clubs that are struggling to reopen their doors. I am sure we were all excited to see our sports clubs reopening and by the prospect of attending live games again. However, behind the reopening and the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2021)

Mark Wall: I join colleagues yesterday and, I am sure, today, in raising the need for defibrillators throughout the country, following the shock we all felt during the Denmark-Finland game when a young fit player, Christian Ericksen, dropped to the ground after suffering a cardiac arrest. The medical team on site jumped into action and with the aid of an automated external defibrillator, AED, the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2021)

Mark Wall: Like Senator Gallagher, and I am sure like public representatives elsewhere in the State, I am seeking clarity on licensing. Over the past days I received a number of representations about the possibility of fines being handed out by An Garda Síochána to those who are enjoying or about to enjoy our outdoor summer. The Garda have said that pubs and restaurants are not legally...

Seanad: Aviation Sector: Statements (21 Jun 2021)

Mark Wall: I also welcome the Minister of State. The aviation industry was already on its knees when we learned, with shock, of the scale of job losses at Stobart Air last week. There can be no doubt that this announcement has sent shock waves through every other aviation operator in this State at a time when they are all desperately seeking oxygen. The announcement has effectively opened the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defibrillators Provision (22 Jun 2021)

Mark Wall: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. We all looked in shock last Saturday week at the distressing scenes at the soccer match between Finland and Denmark when a young and fit international footballer dropped to the ground, suffering a cardiac arrest. The medical team on-site jumped into action and with the aid of an automated external defibrillator, AED, the player was stabilised...