Results 641-660 of 1,108 for speaker:Sinéad Gibney
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: Does Dr. Burke agree that multilateralism strengthens neutrality, no matter what the interpretation of neutrality?
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: It is an active policy position. Mr. Power does not see that multilateralism is a way of strengthening neutrality in Ireland?
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: That is what I am trying to get to the bottom of, in fairness.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: When we talk to people they say that neutrality is important to them. We know it is important to the Irish people. We know that poll after poll tells us that. Yet, it is so confusing for people when they continuously hear from the Government, the Department and now the witnesses that there is no connection between this legislation, the triple lock, and even neutrality itself, even though...
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: -----we were told this would help to protect our neutrality at a time we were being pulled into greater and stronger European Union membership.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: I have a couple of other questions, so I want to leave it there.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: You are holding the position that multilateralism and neutrality are not connected and that the triple lock and multilateralism are not connected either.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: That is fine. Building on some of the European Union features that have arisen here today and that Senator Higgins touched on, with the withdrawal from the Golan Heights to facilitate the participation in EU battlegroups it seems that we are focusing more on EU military missions. Meanwhile, some EU member states have recently left the cluster munitions treaty. Is there a potential for this...
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: It is unlikely on the basis that the Government would not agree with it, but there is nothing in this legislation to prevent it .
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: That is my question.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: But it is-----
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: No, no. I would like to finish, please-----
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: No. Multiple times the witnesses are saying-----
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: Excuse me-----
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: I have let him answer the question.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: I have let you answer the question. I am simply trying to say that what this legislation does is take away the legal frameworks and legal guardrails. It allows for policy. Dr. Burke has said that policy is what matters, but unfortunately our concern is that the policy is determined by the Government of the day without any oversight or guardrails around it. That is the issue we have with...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: 60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department have had any engagement at EU level on the ongoing case on the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive currently before the Court of Justice of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33160/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Regulation (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: 64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the means by which the proposed change to the Corporate Sustainability and Due Diligence Directive in the EU Omnibus proposals, which will result in the need to assess all tier 1 suppliers for compliance, but no risk-based assessment for the full supply chain, will reduce the regulatory burden on SMEs; and if he will make...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Regulation (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: 84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement his Department has had with stakeholders surrounding the proposed change to the Corporate Sustainability and Due Diligence Directive in the EU Omnibus proposals, in particular details of engagements with environmental, human rights, and anti-trafficking organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Alcohol Sales (19 Jun 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: 252. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to elaborate on his position that alcohol labelling would impact competitiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33469/25]