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Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: I move amendment No. 82: In page 51, to delete lines 26 to 32 and substitute the following: “(4) (a) Nothing in subsection (2)(a) prevents a broadcaster from broadcasting, or a relevant media service provider from making available, party political programmes provided that an unfair preference is not given to any political party— (i) by a broadcaster, in the allocation of...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: I am filling in for my colleague, Senator Sherlock. I welcome the paragraph the Minister has inserted but we have a question about the definition of "party political broadcast". We are seeking the inclusion of this further provision on that. I would welcome a comment from the Minister.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: I move amendment No. 84: In page 52, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(ba) in relation to broadcasters only— (i) that the broadcast programme material, taken as a whole— (I) adequately reflects the participation, and (II) is responsive to the interests, of members of all groups (defined by reference to gender, sexual orientation, disability,...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: We tabled this amendment following a Bill with which the Minister may be familiar that my colleague introduced this week on the amount of time allocated to females in broadcasting. As we all know, it is a very serious imbalance, and the amendment attempts to address that. We will try to progress the Bill my colleague has introduced but, in the meantime, we are seeking that this amendment...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: Based on the Minister's reply, I will withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: I move amendment No. 91: In page 53, line 22, to delete “salts or sugars” and substitute the following: “salts, sugars or milk-based formulae (infant milks, follow-on milks, growing-up milks and toddler milks) aimed at infants and young children up to 36 months”.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: I welcome amendments Nos. 89 and 90 that were brought forward by the Minister and withdraw amendment No. 91.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Mark Wall: I want to return to an important issue I raised with the Leader two weeks ago, that is, the reduction in the allocation of SNAs for some schools following the recent announcement. Setting aside the totally unacceptable way in which some SNAs found out on a website at 4.20 p.m. in the afternoon that they no longer had a job, the issue now is the unrealistic demands facing the schools that...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)

Mark Wall: I, too, welcome the Minister of State to the House to deal with this important emergency legislation. As he says, the purpose of the Bill is to amend section 8 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. As it did in the Lower House yesterday, the Labour Party welcomes this legislation and will be supporting it. There was, however, a worry articulated in the debate yesterday. The Minister...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)

Mark Wall: The Labour Party will be supporting the legislation today.

Seanad: Cost of Living: Motion (15 Jun 2022)

Mark Wall: I will not read out all that I have prepared. I welcome the Minister to the House. The reality is that we all know that more and more families are hurting and finding it difficult to make ends meet. They are turning to us, and other public representatives, in greater numbers to assist them in finding answers to the demands the cost of living is putting on them. Normally, the country's...

Seanad: Cost of Living: Motion (15 Jun 2022)

Mark Wall: No interruptions, please. Senators should speak through the Chair.

Seanad: Cost of Living: Motion (15 Jun 2022)

Mark Wall: I second the amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Mark Wall: I also thank our guests for being with us this morning and it is a very important discussion we are having. If it is okay, I will start on the topic of carers. I am aware that in the run-up to the increases in the means test on 1 June, many letters were sent to carers and those in receipt of the carer's allowance. Does the Department have any idea of how many people lost out as a result of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Wall: I wish to raise an issue that I have previously mentioned a number of times in this House. I refer to the need to extend the short-hop zone to Newbridge train station, other train stations in south Kildare and to Portarlington in County Laois. I welcome the creation of a focus group by Newbridge Community Development within the last number of days to advocate for an extension. On my way...

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Wall: I ask the Acting Leader to propose the suspension of the House. The Minister of State needs to get to the Dáil for a vote.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Wall: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Wall: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also thank him for referencing the Bill I brought forward on behalf of the Labour Party. Indeed, my colleague, Senator Malcolm Byrne, brought forward a similar Bill on behalf on Fianna Fáil. It is very important that those two Bills were brought forward because the problem has not gone away, unfortunately. We are still getting calls....