Results 121-140 of 7,119 for speaker:Jack Wall

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (26 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: 218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of over-time paid in each Garda division over the past three years; the percentage of this over-time given to court duties per division, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8330/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (26 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: 221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the update on a proposed new prison (details supplied); the current status of the project; the timelines involved; whether there has been consultation with local agencies on the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8373/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (25 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: 111. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action she intends to take to ensure that parents have access to State-provided early years education facilities where there is a lack of provision; her plans to reduce the cost of child care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8541/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (25 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: What actions will the Minister take to ensure parents can have access to State-provided early years education facilities where there is currently a lack of such facilities? I also ask what actions she will take to reduce the cost of childcare.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (25 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: I thank the Minister. Early Childhood Ireland outlined in January that statistics from Pobal state that 6,663 children under the age of one are on a crèche waiting list where there are only 223 places available. It also goes on to say that 12,208 children aged between one and two are on a waiting list where there are only 675 places available. The Minister mentioned that in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (25 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: I thank the Minister. The other area I wish to ask about is childcare costs. I recently met a young family in Newbridge, County Kildare, who are paying €1,400 per month. The Minister will know, as it is often referenced in this House, that this is a second mortgage. However, it is obviously not just in Newbridge that those are the costs of childcare; it is throughout the State....

Driver Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (25 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. I wish the Minister of State well in his new role. There has been a great deal of talk about the totally unacceptable statistic of 174 of our citizens dying on the roads, about young drivers and about allowing drivers to learn the rules of the road. In the time available, I want to bring the Minister of State's attention...

Disability: Statements (25 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: I congratulate the Leas-Cheann Comhairle on his new role and wish him the very best. I also congratulate the Minister on her new role. As Labour Party spokesperson on children and disabilities, I look forward to working with her constructively during this term. I thank her for her engagement to date. Obviously, the waiting lists referred to in this debate are something we have to tackle,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: 124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position with an application for an Irish passport for a person in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7112/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ambulance Service (20 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: 178. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that emergency vehicles are being taken off ambulance officers given the importance of these vehicles to response times; the number of times these officers have been able to respond to incidents within their own communities, given that an issue with benefit-in-kind is being quoted as the reason; the efforts he had made to resolve the matter;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on additional class space for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7006/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Services (20 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: 375. To ask the Minister for Health the reason emergency vehicles are being taken off ambulance officers given the importance of these vehicles to response times; the number of times these officers have been able to respond to incidents within their own communities; the efforts she has made to resolve this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7007/25]

Provision of Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: I wish the Minister and Minister of State well in their new briefs. I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this important motion. The lack of special school places in my area, Kildare South, continues to grow. Not a week goes by when I do not get contacted time and again by worried parents who simply cannot find a place for their loved ones. It was in late 2023 that the then Minister of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Citizens Information Services (18 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: 487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to mark the 50th anniversary of the registration on 8 March 1975 of the first independent and impartial, State-supported Citizens Information Services (at an event in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin, where Tánaiste Brendan Corish was guest of honour); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5662/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Citizens Information Services (18 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: 488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the metrics put in place to measure the quality of the Citizens Information Service before and after the restructuring of corporate governance structures enforced in 2018 despite a majority in Dáil Éireann deeming those changes "flawed and ill-considered" (Joint Oireachtas Committee Report, 1 June 2017); and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Citizens Information Services (18 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: 489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is satisfied that the additional expenditure of €4.55 million on restructured Citizens Information Service, as reported to the Oireachtas committee on social protection in November 2017, represents value for money; whether the restructured corporate governance model has, as yet, achieved European Foundation for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: 845. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board tutors will receive proper employment contracts with guaranteed hours and improved conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6312/25]

Housing Policy: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: Recent commentary talks about a housing crisis in this country. The term "crisis" does not describe what so many families and individuals are experiencing because what we have is a housing emergency. No other word can describe it. It is not a crisis when over 15,000 of our citizens, including over 4,500 children, are living in hotel rooms. That in itself is an emergency. However, this...

Programme for Government: Statements (Resumed) (11 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: I agree with my colleague, Deputy Smith. We recently met with Dublin Fire Brigade. We listened to unbelievable stories from individual members who went above and beyond on a daily basis for the people of Dublin. A young firefighter called Aisling says she is trying to build in her mortgage because she knows she may have to retire at 55 due to the nature of the job. Even after 40...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (11 Feb 2025)

Mark Wall: 91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on reported plans that Bord na Móna is considering selling off the part of its company that deals with waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4231/25]