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Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2024: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: I want to join with colleagues in wishing the Minister the very best into the future. I have dealt with her since I came into this House four and half years ago and I have served on the social protection committee and dealt with various Bills. I have always found her to be most co-operative in everything she does and very fair in listening to the points that have been raised by Members on...

Seanad: Curragh of Kildare (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: As a proud Lilywhite, I am delighted to be here tonight. I congratulate and thank Senators O’Loughlin and Chambers for bringing forward this important Bill. Senator O’Loughlin said the Curragh is iconic. It is iconic for every Kildare person, not just in this country but throughout the world. When we sing “The Curragh of Kildare” as we did in 1998, which was,...

Seanad: Curragh of Kildare (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Curragh of Kildare (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (17 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: Before we commence, I welcome to the Public Gallery my former colleague, Joanna Tuffy, as well as Siobhán and Courtney from New Zealand. They are welcome to Leinster House and I hope they enjoy their trip. I remind Senators that they may speak only once on a Report Stage amendment, except the proposer of the amendment, who may reply to the discussion of the amendment. Amendments...

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (17 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: Amendments Nos. 4 and 5 are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (17 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: When is it proposed to take Fifth Stage?

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (17 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: I wish to raise a number of issues today. My colleague, Senator Hoey, has the University College Cork, UCC, students' union in today to talk about student accommodation. Student accommodation is something we have all heard about and dealt with over the last number of years and particularly the last number of months. The UCC students' union will tell us that students are missing classes...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Electricity Grid (15 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach and the Cathaoirleach for selecting this Commencement matter. I also thank the Minister of State for being here to discuss the issue. I know from conversations with colleagues throughout the country, particularly in south Kildare, that there have been an awful lot of unplanned power outages in recent weeks and months. There are considerable knock-on...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Electricity Grid (15 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: I thank the Minister of State for the comprehensive reply. I am aware of the Minister's role in this but I also believe he should be aware of what is happening on the ground. I appreciate the CRU is an independent authority and it should be so but the Minister is responsible for energy provision in this country. If there are continual unplanned outages in certain areas of the country - and...

Seanad: Final Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: I welcome the Minister of State. I also welcome to the House our friends and colleagues from AsIAm. I thank them for all their advocacy and help in preparing this report. Previous speakers rightly thanked Senator Carrigy for his work as Cathaoirleach of the committee. I do the same. At various meetings we had, we learned of the opposition there was to his setting up the committee in...

Seanad: Final Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: I join colleagues in sending condolences to the O'Rourke and Naughten families and I second Senator Sherlock's proposal regarding No. 12 on the Order Paper. In the last couple of weeks in particular, I have been contacted by a number of people who were affected by unplanned power outages in Kildare South. There seems to be a concentration of these outages in the Lackagh, Monasterevin and...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: I move amendment No. 17: In page 118, line 32, after “television,” to insert “personal gaming device,”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: I move amendment No. 18: In page 121, line 10, to delete “or e-mail” and substitute “, e-mail or other form of push communication”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: I move amendment No. 19: In page 125, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “Obligation to safeguard from excessive and compulsive gambling patterns 157. (1) Where a licensee to whom this Chapter applies becomes aware of a gambling pattern (in this section referred to as an “excessive or compulsive gambling pattern”) that suggests a participant is placing...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: Amendment No. 19 seeks to address an imbalance that we perceive in the Bill, which essentially places the lion’s share of the responsibility to keep a person safe from harm with the person himself or herself. While it is, of course, important that a person takes responsibility for gambling behaviour, gambling companies should also take proactive steps to keep their users safe from...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Wall: I second the amendment.