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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Draft Regulations on the Operation of the Social Welfare Appeals Office: Discussion (26 Apr 2023)

Mark Wall: Good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Draft Regulations on the Operation of the Social Welfare Appeals Office: Discussion (26 Apr 2023)

Mark Wall: I was just looking to come back. I was not rolling my eyes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Draft Regulations on the Operation of the Social Welfare Appeals Office: Discussion (26 Apr 2023)

Mark Wall: I was not rolling my eyes. I was trying to catch the Cathaoirleach's attention. I am also a member of the Joint Committee on Autism and we get this day in, day out. This question is probably more for Mr. McKeon than Mr. Molloy with regard to documents and their complexity but it feeds into the appeals process as well and the concerns people have. If a person can handle online, I am all...

Seanad: Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (25 Apr 2023)

Mark Wall: I welcome the Tánaiste to the House to discuss this important report and the urgent actions needed to address the major and worrying concerns raised throughout the report. As colleagues have said, it is right that the report also acknowledges that the Defence Forces have a proud and rich legacy that is recognised and highly respected at home and abroad. It is a legacy on which many in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy (Resumed): Discussion. (25 Apr 2023)

Mark Wall: I thank Ms Dada for her presentation. I would like to touch on her schooling and how it affected her diagnosis or lack thereof. Did she get any help when going through primary school or secondary school?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Mark Wall: I welcome all three Ministers here. This is a very important discussion we are having. I continue to receive calls on a daily basis from people looking for housing.. Unfortunately, where I live in County Kildare, people are still seeing that houses are not being delivered quickly enough. We all want houses delivered quickly enough. The Minister has stated that the Government is doing it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Mark Wall: It was announced today that the scrapping of the development levies will cost €308 million. Is the Government going to fund the local authorities for that money. Can the Minister confirm this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Mark Wall: One of the biggest issues that comes up when I talk to Kildare County Council in particular, is availability of land for social housing development. What are the plans to make land available to support local authorities in purchasing land? Much of the land they have at the moment is simply not suitable for housing development.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Mark Wall: I thank the Minister. I want to take up a point that Deputy Higgins raised and which I also raised with the Minister the last time he was in the Seanad regarding the housing adaptation grants. I am informed through a Commencement matter that this report has been on the Minister's desk since January of this year. The Minister might check with his officials if that is true or not. What are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Mark Wall: Will that be within a couple of months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Mark Wall: I want to raise the issue of movement of people to different local authorities within the tenant in situscheme, from Dublin to Kildare, for example. The last time this was brought up at the committee, no conversations were going on between local authorities. Has that changed? Can someone who was on another local authority list benefit from the tenantin situscheme?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2023)

Mark Wall: I support colleagues who raised yesterday's independent review group report on the Defence Forces. I thank again the Women of Honour and our colleague, Senator Clonan, on the considerable work they have done recently on what is, as I said yesterday, a national disgrace. It is important that we mention what the report findings are. The Tánaiste and Minister for Defence called this "a...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (29 Mar 2023)

Mark Wall: I, too, welcome the Minister to the House. The lifting of the no-fault eviction ban is the most important issue I deal with at this time. I welcome the opportunity to discuss it with him this evening. As someone with community clinics, I can tell him that the ban is the number one topic in Kildare South this week. At clinics in Newbridge, Kildare town, Monasterevin and Athy, people wanted...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (29 Mar 2023)

Mark Wall: I can only tell the Minister. He is telling me that and I am sure he is going to get a reply back. However, this is what I was told and other Members of this House were at that meeting as well. I was told there was no co-operation between local authorities in regard to that situation. I know of two people under stress in that case and, as the Minister knows, many people come from the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Mar 2023)

Mark Wall: I support Senator Ó Donnghaile's call for a debate on the eviction ban. I have received numerous phone calls this morning and last night. It is important that someone from the Government come to the House to discuss where these people are going to go. I dealt with families this morning who were in tears. I have contacted the local authority, but there are no places for them. I would...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Schemes (22 Mar 2023)

Mark Wall: Before Senator Dooley starts, I will welcome visitors from St. Joseph's National School from Bekan in County Mayo, who are with Deputy Dillon today. I hope they enjoy their stay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Mark Wall: I thank the Chair. I thank all our guests for coming in today. I wish to be associated with the words about council staff on the front line. It is important that we always take the opportunity to thank staff in housing and homeless sections, as they do great work. Whenever I speak to them, they are forthcoming with information and return calls. It is important that I acknowledge that, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Mark Wall: I thank Mr. O'Reilly for his reply. Unfortunately, it is more the other way around, with many more Dublin people in Kildare than the reverse, so the Dublin authorities will be seeing more of this. Yesterday was the first time I encountered it. Can a Dublin authority encourage Kildare County Council to purchase? I have received other queries on this matter in the couple of weeks the tenant...