Results 1-20 of 27 for justice speaker:Mark Wall

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 May 2024)

Mark Wall: ...out some badly needed research on gambling advertisements and then decide the best way forward.Perhaps the Minister of State would consider a 24-hour ban. I have been following the debates at the justice committee and particularly in the Dáil over the recent Stages of this Bill. I noted the Minister of State's response to Deputies on banning credit card betting. I acknowledge that...

Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Mark Wall: ...going to stretch what we have at the moment, that will simply not work. We will lose the great work that community gardaí have done in the Kildare South area. I appeal to the Minister of State to bring to the Minister for Justice the request that the community garda model remains within the Kildare district. Part of our motion relates to sports and playing facilities, as mentioned...

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Mark Wall: ...abuse, fear, violence and worse. We in the Labour Party support the Bill. We wish Senator Martin the very best with steering it through the House. We look forward to working with the Minister for Justice on the Bill.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Mark Wall: ...that repeal the Department's responsibility for pursuing what are called "liable relatives" for maintenance. It is our understanding that the matter will now be dealt with by the Department of Justice. We will await further details in that regard. We had a discussion with the Minister in this House on the social welfare Bill during which I raised the extension of child benefit to those...

Seanad: Defence Forces Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (30 Jan 2024)

Mark Wall: ...the airwaves on that Saturday in October 2021 was absolutely unbelievable. Since then, the group has campaigned tirelessly to have the statutory inquiry put in place. I acknowledge the Defence Forces justice alliance and all the other groups involved. I also acknowledge Senator Tom Clonan. When we debated the independent review group, Senator Clonan had already done some considerable...

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (30 Jan 2024)

Mark Wall: ...who have lost a loved one. They ensure bereaved families are informed and that any questions the latter have are addressed, and they do so compassionately and sympathetically. The Oireachtas justice committee report – I thank my committee colleagues for their excellent work – calls for the system to be centred on the bereaved. I concur with this call. Families...

Seanad: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: An Dara Céim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Mark Wall: ...for more than 20 years. Like 150,000 other couples in Ireland, they were cohabiting and had not married. It would seem, however, from early reflection and commentary on the judgment today that what Mr. Justice Heslin said about the case before the Supreme Court hinging on a legitimate decision made by the State to support not families but those who had made the choice to enter the...

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

Mark Wall: ..., like me, seen the videos of Garda members being isolated and attacked again and again by a baying mob. It is simply not good enough that this was allowed to happen in the capital city. In every justice debate in which I have taken part in this House since I was elected, I have raised with the various Ministers or Ministers of State of the day the issue of Garda resources and numbers in...

Seanad: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Mark Wall: ...will be responsible for budget allocation for non-governmental support services, including refuges; rape crisis centres; and helplines. Close to €50 million was allocated by the Departments of Justice and Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for related activities that will be transferring to this agency. A Tusla review carried out last year showed that only 30%...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: ...in with like-minded young people and showing them that there is another path. That is always important, and something we should all support. The funding for this comes from the Department of Justice's Dormant Accounts Fund. It is important that continued funding is provided for those young people. They are also looking at starting up a project for even younger people. That is what we...

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

Mark Wall: ...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. today, the Select Committee on Justice of the Dáil will debate the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022. It is not the first time that I have raised the issue in this House. Along with Senator O'Reilly and other colleagues, I have...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 May 2023)

Mark Wall: I too welcome the Minister to the House this evening. The Labour Party welcomes the introduction of Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022. This Bill is long overdue and will bring a number of improvements to our criminal law. I am particularly pleased to see proposed improvement provisions to help with domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, as well as provisions to...

Seanad: Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (10 May 2023)

Mark Wall: ...this report which was received by the Government in January 2023. In its report, the judicial planning working group recognised that current judicial numbers cannot provide timely access to justice given population growth; new and growing areas of law and increasing complexity of issues raised by the courts. The group noticed the unsatisfactory waiting times in most of our courts which...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2023)

Mark Wall: ...are subject to must also be part of any such task force. As well as experiencing abusive behaviour on the beat, members have reported a marked increase in online abuse across a wide range of social media platforms. The Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 must be urgently reviewed in this context because it does not include the offence of abuse on social media platforms. We are all...

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (2 Feb 2023)

Mark Wall: ...his opening speech. That is a prohibitive element for people engaging in law. I welcome the fact that the Minister is addressing that in the Bill. The Minister also mentioned former judge, Mr. Justice Frank Clarke, and the closing date of 6 p.m. tomorrow for submissions to the civil legal aid review. Our legal aid centres are inundated with work at present and I seek a commitment from...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Mark Wall: ...to insert the following: “Object of Act: judicial independence 2. (1) With a view to upholding the independence of the judiciary as the foundation of public confidence in the administration of justice, the Oireachtas in passing this Act seeks to ensure that the recommendation and selection of persons to serve in judicial office is based on merit and is free from political...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Mark Wall: .... It is an unacceptable failure for this State and for every person in it that we still do not know the truth of what happened on that fateful night. The families are still seeking the truth, answers and justice for their loved ones. This is important legislation and it seems that the Minister has listened to the continued calls of families, their legal representatives and local...

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

Mark Wall: ...this legislation and will be supporting it. There was, however, a worry articulated in the debate yesterday. The Minister of State mentioned it again today. It concerns a letter from the Minister for Justice, Deputy Helen McEntee, to the Ceann Comhairle stating that on 2 June more than 2,131 cases were before the District Court throughout the country. Notwithstanding contingency...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2022)

Mark Wall: ...this urgently. It is a new phenomenon that GoFundMe pages have to be set up to get the additional money but, unfortunately, it is causing severe problems for those who are entitled to and getting carer’s allowance. I welcome the justice committee's pre-legislative scrutiny report yesterday in regard to gambling, which is something the Leas-Chathaoirleach, Senator Cassells and I...

Seanad: Gambling (Prohibition of Advertising) Bill 2021: Second Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mark Wall: .... Despite these efforts, some of the bigger gambling companies have not signed up to their own self-regulated code of practice. Indeed, it led to some of the gambling companies at the recent Joint Committee on Justice pre-legislative scrutiny meeting calling for and supporting a gambling regulator, which I hope the Minister of State's legislation will provide for in the next year. Our...