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

Mark Wall: ...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 said to the effect that a debate in this House is warranted at this stage. I wish to refer to the important ESRI report of last week on...

Seanad: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Feb 2023)

Mark Wall: ...forward, rather than closing the door on domestic and sexual abuse, as has too often been the case in the past. We are in an age of different types of abuse. Online abuse suffered by many victims destroys lives and needs to be called out an every opportunity. I thank my colleague, Deputy Howlin, for his considerable work in the context of the introduction of Coco’s Law. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2022)

Mark Wall: .... It will have our full support once again, as it did before. A strong message needs to go out to anyone who is thinking of the theft of life-saving equipment. It is simply not good enough. It can destroy lives and potentially cost people their lives. Something needs to be done. I welcome the fact that it has been brought forward. I look forward to supporting it in the future.

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Mark Wall: ...and nothing else. This is all we are asking. We will not target anybody else. When Senator Byrne speaks again he will probably say the same. This is not to target any group or individual. It is to target those destroying our countryside and causing €90 million of local authority expenditure each year. Several months before Christmas, Kildare County Council ran an amnesty for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2021)

Mark Wall: ...the sector would lose their jobs. I will quote the operator of a bar in my home town of Athy in an email to me and other public representatives yesterday in which he stated: My business has been destroyed. It wasn’t too bad before everything reopened to the regular 2:30 but after 4 weeks of trading late, our customers have disappeared with the new closing times... Is there...

Seanad: Local Government (Use of CCTV in Prosecution of Offences) Bill 2021: Second Stage (5 Mar 2021)

Mark Wall: ...have applied for grants valued at €200 million through sports capital grant schemes. Let us imagine if we had €90 million to spend on those grants each year, rather than cleaning up the mess of those who wish to destroy the environment and landscape. Let us imagine for a moment the facilities we would have in every corner of this country. My local authority in Kildare is...