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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report on Participation Income for Family Carers: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: I take what the professor said. Where are the witnesses in relation to the medical assessment? Are they proposing changes or are they looking at changes? Do they think it is fit for purpose at the moment? I wanted to follow up on that comment, and Professor Murphy has just mentioned it again. I know she is not saying that we should carte blanche give carer's allowance to everybody, but...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (10 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: It is always important to start with the proud history of St. Vincent’s Hospital in Athy. It can be traced back to the opening of the Athy workhouse on 9 January 1844. This came just in time to relieve some of the hardships and effects of the Famine in and around the area of south Kildare. The next big event was the arrival of the Sisters of Mercy in 1873 and in 1898 it became a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (10 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: I agree this is good news for the people of Athy and south Kildare. There is always concern when mention is made concerning value for money, such as at the end of the Minister of State's response. I assure the Government and the HSE, however, that the people of Athy will stand over the value for money provided, day in and day out, by the staff and management of St. Vincent's Hospital, Athy....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: I, too, support calls for a debate in this Chamber on what has been ongoing since the weekend. As has been said, it is important that the international community come together and that we debate this matter in the House to determine where we can go. We have all seen the horrific videos and photographs online of innocents being destroyed in this conflict. I totally support what has been...

Seanad: Care Payments: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Mark Wall: I second the motion. I too welcome the Minister to the House today. I thank my Labour Party colleagues for proposing the motion. As my colleague, Senator Sherlock, has said, we are dealing with 500,000 family carers. I have spoken previously to the Minister at the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands about the carer's allowance. We have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Mark Wall: I want to be associated with Senator Carrigy's remarks and the work he has done with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Autism. I am a member of that committee, which has done terrific work. We look forward to the implementation of the 109 recommendations set out in our report. I encourage all Members to do the training, which I hope to avail of next week at the next session. At 4 p.m....

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Mark Wall: First, I thank Senator Clonan. I am proud to be one of the sponsors of this Bill because it is important. I welcome Senator Clonan's family and especially Eoghan to the Gallery. I thank the Minister of State for the commitment on assessment of needs she gave recently during a debate on a Labour Party motion in the Dáil. It is important in the context of our debate this evening...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Mark Wall: I thank Senator McDowell and ask the Minister of State to respond to the debate.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2023)

Mark Wall: I, too, want to talk about childcare. Along with Senator Keogan, I attended the briefing by the Federation of Early Childhood Providers yesterday in the audiovisual room. As the Deputy Leader will be aware, I have been raising their concerns over a period. Yesterday, it was brought home to me once again the deep trouble that many of those providers are in. All the Oireachtas Members were...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2023)

Mark Wall: I was very proud to attend the State reception the other night. What struck me was how young these girls are. Maybe it is just that I am getting older, but they are ambassadors we should all be proud of. They were absolutely brilliant the other night in what they did, the way they showed themselves, the way they spoke, the way they came up and the way they gave time to politicians. That...

Seanad: Ban on Dumping New Products Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Mark Wall: I apologise for coming late to the debate. I welcome this Bill and thank our Sinn Féin colleagues for introducing what is an important piece of legislation. The Labour Party is glad to support it. I acknowledge what the Minister of State said about European law, but we have to make a stand in Ireland as well. I am sure that is what colleagues have told him already. When we hear a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (4 Jul 2023)

Mark Wall: I, too, welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank her for joining us. I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this matter for discussion. Willow Community Counselling Services was founded by Sharon Malloy in 2018. It is managed by a dedicated board of directors. I wish to again put on record that I am one of those directors. I am seeking additional funding because I was told...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (4 Jul 2023)

Mark Wall: I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate that she is not with the relevant Department. I also appreciate the response she gave. She hit on one point I would like to take up, namely, the families affected. This is one of the areas that Willow would like to explore more. One of the reasons we went to a new premises was to accommodate families and bring them in for the care that is...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2023)

Mark Wall: We are resuming our consideration of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill on amendment No. 12b, in the names of Senators McDowell, Boyhan, Clonan, Craughwell, Keogan and Mullen. It arises out of Committee proceedings and has already been discussed with amendment No. 12a. Is there a seconder for the amendment?

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2023)

Mark Wall: It cannot be moved, then.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2023)

Mark Wall: Amendment No. 12d, in the names of Senators McDowell, Boyhan, Clonan, Craughwell, Keogan and Mullen, is on the second additional list of amendments, dated 16 May 2023, and arises out of Committee proceedings. Amendments Nos. 12dand 13 are related and may be discussed together, by agreement.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2023)

Mark Wall: Do we have a seconder?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Grant Payments (21 Jun 2023)

Mark Wall: I welcome the Minister of State. I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this important matter. We are here again to discuss the ongoing issues with housing aid and housing adaptation grants, and the report that is due into the review of same. Not a day goes by that I do not get calls or queries from the good people of Kildare and Laois in respect of these grants. The problems have not...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Grant Payments (21 Jun 2023)

Mark Wall: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I want to put on record my thanks to the Government for the increase in the grant. The Minister of State indicated that the grants have increased year on year since 2014, which is welcome for all `the people I deal with on a daily basis. However, again today we are not hearing what is happening. I have people who are living in their sitting...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2023)

Mark Wall: As we speak this morning, retained firefighters from all over the country are making their way to Connolly Station to join us here in about one hour's time. It is the second time in two weeks that I have had to raise the issue of retained firefighters in the Chamber. Last Monday, they were told there would be a very positive statement by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and...