Results 201-220 of 1,101 for speaker:Sinéad Gibney

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: As we have heard today and as will be on "Prime Time" this evening, it has been reported that the location data of tens of thousands of Irish people is being sold online. This data tells the buyer where people live and their place of work even if it is some sensitive location like a military base or a women's refuge. It tells them when people went to the doctor, where the park is that they...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (18 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I notice that the Tánaiste did not use the words "General Assembly" when he was describing how broken the triple lock is, so I do think we are still ignoring the fact that there is a facility within the triple lock to actually consult with the General Assembly. I would also point out that all previous Acts refer to this international United Nations force, not an international force. It...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (18 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: No one is denying the difficulties of the Security Council but the Tánaiste has given no effort to actually describe how the General Assembly could be engaged to fall back. It is in the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006. It is part of the triple lock and the Tánaiste is completely ignoring it. Constantly referencing other countries denies our history. It denies the Nice and Lisbon...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (18 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the consultation he has had with rank and file members of the Defence Forces in relation to the potential changes to their terms and conditions in the general dcheme of the defence (amendment) Bill 2025, which has recently concluded pre legislative scrutiny, particularly in the context of potentially more dangerous operational parameters of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (18 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: The general scheme of the defence (amendment) Bill 2025 represents a fundamental change to how we deploy troops overseas. For the many decades that Ireland has been participating in peacekeeping it has been under the exclusive banner of the UN. When people sign up for the Defence Forces, it is with a reasonable expectation that overseas service will be in a blue beret. Has the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces or his Department is keeping data on the number of people leaving the Defence Forces, by service, rank, and when they are leaving; if so, how far back this data goes; if it has been analysed to better understand the reason members are leaving the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49296/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department is considering redeploying peacekeepers to UNDOF in the next two years, considering the wind down of UNIFIL and expected increases in numbers of Defence Forces personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49297/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (18 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he has had any engagement with the Road Safety Authority, An Garda Síochána or the Department of Justice, |Home Affairs and Migration on the Crowe Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49353/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety (18 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he has had any engagement with An Garda Síochána on the Crowe Report; the way in which the issues raised within the report are being addressed to ensure a high standard of roads policing, with the ultimate goal of reducing illegal behaviour and making roads safer; and if he will make a statement on the...

National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030: Statements (17 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank the Minister for being here. We welcome the opportunity to make these statements and broadly welcome this new strategy that sets out a human rights-framed vision for disability action over the coming years. Of course, we have to also highlight that the waiting still goes on, particularly for the disability community. Reports, analyses and strategies including this one are very...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: We have had two months away from each other and in that time, the genocide in Gaza has continued unabated. The Israeli campaign of ethnic cleansing has taken the lives of journalists and doctors and continues to take the lives of innocent Palestinian men, women and children. We have seen developments in recent days at European level. Over the summer, we have seen states take action and we...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (8 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to commit to publicly supporting the Gender Apartheid Campaign and the explicit inclusion of the gender apartheid as a crime against humanity in the new UN treaty which was currently under consideration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47041/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (8 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 649. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of all of the professional and technical grades in the civil service in which there are currently people employed, including any grades currently temporarily vacant; and the numbers in each grade, in tabular form. [46928/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Low Pay Commission (8 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 717. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the economic impact assessment of the Low Pay Commission’s recommendation to abolish sub-minimum rates of pay has been completed; if there is a timeline for completion and publication; if he plans to publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46765/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (8 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 720. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 966 of 29 July 2025, the data and research his Department has to support the answer regarding the emergence of new jobs; whether these jobs will be equal or greater than the number of jobs lost to AI; whether the minister is aware of research which indicates AI has led to decreased graduate...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: European Union (8 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 721. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment given the eight competent authorities for the EU AI Act announced in March, if he will set out the specific regulatory bodies and market surveillance authorities that are responsible for each of the prohibitions laid in Article 5 of the EU AI Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46930/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 29. To ask the Taoiseach the number of full-time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43668/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Equipment (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 30. To ask the Taoiseach whether his Department has a policy or goal of better insourcing of IT requirements and needs of the Department for better cybersecurity, autonomy and crisis management. [43686/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he or his officials have met with peace activists or experts in the past 12 months; the date and agenda of those meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43716/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in light of the Hague Group meeting in Colombia, which Ireland attended, and the declaration of 12 countries to end all ties with Israel through the use of their legal and administrative systems, if Ireland is considering making such a commitment; if so, the barriers to doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42293/25]