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Mark Wall (politician)

Mark Wall (politician)

Irish politician (born 1970)

Mark Wall (born 13 January 1970) is an Irish Labour Party politician who has served as a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel since April 2020.[1]

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Biography

Wall attended Churchtown national school and Scoil Eoin in Athy and later received a Diploma in Marketing and Business Studies from I.T. Carlow

His father, Jack Wall was a Senator from 1993 to 1997 and TD from 1997 to 2016.[2]

Political career

He was first elected to Kildare County Council at the 2009 Kildare County Council election and additionally to Athy Town Council at the same time.[3] Wall served as Deputy Mayor of Athy in 2012, Mayor of Athy in 2012–2013, Mayor of Kildare in 2013-2014 and was elected Cathaoirleach of Athy Municipal District in 2015. Wall has served as a board member of Scoil Lorcain Castledermot, Kildare Centre for the Unemployed, Churchtown Castlemitchell Community Development Association, Athy Heritage Company and The Willow Project.[4]

He was an unsuccessful candidate for Kildare South at the 2016 and 2020[5] general elections, but was elected to the Seanad in 2020.[3] Mark Leigh was co-opted to Wall's seat on Kildare County Council following his election to the Seanad.[6]

During his time in the Seanad, Wall has spoken about the issue of gambling addiction and repeatedly raised the issue.[7] In 2021, Wall introduced a bill to ban gambling advertisements, stating that adequate supports should be "in place to help those suffering from (gambling) addiction".[8] A survey conducted by Wall in 2021 found that three in every four Irish people knew someone with a gambling addiction, with Wall stating this was "hugely concerning".[9]

References

  1. [1]
    "Mark Wall". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Jack Wall". Oireachtas Members Database. 2 February 2016. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. [3]
    "ElectionsIreland.org: Mark Wall". electionsireland.org. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Mark Wall - Biography". The Labour Party. 5 November 2015. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Election 2020: Kildare South". The Irish Times. Dublin. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  6. [6]
    Hogan, Senan (26 May 2020). "New face to join Kildare Co Council following election of Mark Wall as Senator". KildareNow. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  7. [7]
    News Desk (16 July 2021). "Gambling among young people must stop according to Labour Senator Mark Wall". South East Radio. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  8. [8]
    Blaney, Ferghal (18 February 2021). "Labour seeks ban on all gambling adverts despite financial black hole fears". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  9. [9]
    "Three in four Irish people know someone who is battling with a gambling addiction". independent. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
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